Associate Corporate Counsel

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Analytical Instruments • Laboratory Supply Chain Programs and eCommerce • Laboratory Equipment • Lab Services • Specialty Diagnostics

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Description

• Partner with divisional commercial and business teams to draft, review and negotiate contracts in a timely manner, consistent with all corporate contracting policies and approval requirements. • Counsel clients on healthcare compliance matters and commercial contract strategy. • Serve as contract SME to improve colleagues' understanding and compliance with contractual obligations. • Regularly communicate the status of contracts to leadership for quick resolution. • Assist commercial and sales operations teams with requests for proposal (RFP) and requests for information (RFI) to optimize commercial opportunities while minimizing any potential risk. • Develop and update templates, playbooks and other commercial resources. • Assist with other assignments to meet business needs and compliance initiatives, like training and implementation of contract automation tools and other process improvements. • Anticipate and drive the development of functional solutions and SOPs for a range of legal and business issues. • Guide customer conflict resolution and commercial/business disputes and facilitate regulatory review and resolution of complaints. • Research and advise on a variety of legal, regulatory and compliance matters, including healthcare fraud and abuse, healthcare transparency laws, commercial antitrust, anti-bribery/FCPA, medical device regulation, marketing and promotions, and data privacy. • Partner with compliance, quality and regulatory colleagues to ensure effective prevention, detection and remediation of violations of law, regulations and internal policies. • Educate and train employees on their obligations under the various laws, regulations and company policies.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree, Juris Doctorate and admission to state Bar required. • 5-7 years commercial contracts and business legal experience. • Mix of law firm and inhouse experience a plus. • Ability to translate legal theory into applied business success. • Excellent oral and written communication and interpersonal skill with an approachable presentation style. • Enjoy finding customer centric solutions while protecting the best interest of the company. • Experience developing and implementing legal policies and solutions. • Participates in cross-functional project teams to deliver strong results with limited resources, short timelines and a high degree of accuracy. • Maintains strict confidentiality of sensitive information. • Outstanding research and analytical skills for interpretation of legislation and regulations to enable effective of counseling clients about compliance responsibilities. • Validated intuition for business and understanding of financial implications contract terms.