Job Description
KARL STORZ is currently seeking a Senior Legal Counsel to join the Global Legal & Compliance department.
The primary responsibility of this position is to provide the KARL STORZ entities in North America with expert and strategic legal advice on all legal matters for the North Americas.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
Key responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Collaborating with business partners at all levels, both locally and globally, and effectively balance legal risk and strategic business initiatives;
- Providing legal guidance to the business on various regulatory matters, including Anti-Kickback Statutes, False Claims Act, antitrust, rebating strategies, and transparency laws.
- Reviewing, drafting and negotiating commercial contracts and other commercial agreements;
- Evaluating and weighing multiple inputs and impacts of any decision or course of action;
- Developing, reviewing, and implementing companywide or functionally specific policies, processes, programs and/or training;
- Promoting and ensuring compliance with company contracting policies and other corporate policies, procedures and programs;
- Other duties as assigned.
REQUIREMENTS
Our successful candidate will have excellent oral and written English language business communication skills; be extremely organized; be team oriented and collaborative; as well as be a proactive and resourceful individual.
Additional requirements include, but are not limited to:
- JD from a nationally recognized and accredited U.S. law school;
- 5 years, minimum, as in-house legal counsel (top-tier law firm candidates may be considered) advising on areas of law that impact multinational medical device companies such as intellectual property, compliance, commercial contracts, antitrust, privacy, healthcare fraud and abuse, FDA regulatory, corporate, and M&A;
- Significant experience drafting, negotiating and interpreting a wide range of complex commercial agreements, including distribution and discount agreements with GPOs and IDNs;
- Experience with healthcare/fraud and abuse laws, including False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, and Civil Monetary Penalties Law;
- Ability to do 5-15% overnight domestic and international travel;
- Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities and projects with excellent follow-through to meet deadlines;
- Superior common sense, judgment, pragmatism, tact, diplomacy and professionalism;
- Exceptional organizational, analytical and interpersonal skills;
- Strong presentation and written and verbal communication skills;
- Passion for business integrity, strong ethical center, and impeccable track record;
- Ability to inspire trust and confidence in clients;
- Ability to work in a team-oriented environment and be flexible, adaptable and responsive to colleagues at all levels;
- Ability to work with outside counsel and interact with senior management;
- Ability to maintain confidentiality;
- High level of familiarity with standard office software and the ability to learn new job-related systems and software.
Preferred but not required:
- 8+ years relevant legal experience as a commercial/healthcare attorney;
- Experience working with the FDA and the laws and regulations relating to the discovery, development, approval, sales and marketing of medical devices;
- Experience with HIPAA and other privacy laws;
- Experience supporting M&A transactions, strategic partnerships, and joint ventures;
- Experience advising senior executives (e.g., Senior Directors, VPs, and above);
- Excellent written and spoken German language business communication skills.
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Your Benefits - Medical / Dental / Vision including a state-of-the-art wellness program and pet insurance, too!*
- 3 weeks vacation, 11 holidays plus paid sick time*
- Up to 8 weeks of 100% paid company parental leave**
- 401(k) retirement savings plan providing a match of 60% of the employee's first 6% contribution (up to IRS limits)
- Section 125 Flexible Spending Accounts
- Life, STD, LTD & LTC Insurance
- We prepay your tuition up to $5,250 per year! - Tuition pre-imbursement
- Fitness reimbursement of up to $200 annually
- Employee referral program of up to $2,000 per hire
- And much more!
*Field sales, internships, and part-time employees are not eligible except where required by state law.
Non-employees, including temporary workers and consultants, are not eligible to participate in the KARL STORZ benefits program.
**To include, maternal/paternal leave, adoption, and fostering of a child.
KARL STORZ reserves the right to change or modify the employee's job description whether orally or in writing, at any time during the employment relationship. Additionally, KARL STORZ, through its supervisors, may require an employee to perform duties outside their normal description within the sole discretion of the supervisor. Employees must comply will all applicable KARL STORZ policies and procedures.
Credentialing requirements at KARL STORZ KARL STORZ is committed to maintaining a safe work environment for our employees and customers. Most field-based roles at KARL STORZ require hospital credentialing/health screens as a condition of employment. Credentialing can include required vaccinations, health screens & other requirements as outlined by our customers. During the interview process, we encourage you to ask how credentialing/health screens may impact the role you are seeking and if you require any reasonable accommodations regarding these requirements.
Pay Transparency The pay range and/or hourly pay rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job posting and may be modified in the future. When determining a specific team member's base salary and/or hourly pay rate, several factors will be considered including such things as location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, professional credentials, internal equity, and the amount budgeted for the role.
Equal Employment Opportunity & Reasonable Accommodation Statement KARL STORZ is committed to creating an inclusive space where employees are valued for their skills and unique experiences. To achieve this goal, we are committed to diverse voices, and all applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic. KARL STORZ is also committed to providing reasonable accommodations during our recruitment process. Should you need assistance or accommodation please email us at taoperations@karlstorz.com.
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