Description:
We are looking for an Assistant General Counsel, to join our growing Legal & Compliance team, as the third attorney, to advise on a variety of issues. This role will have a significant impact on developing and implementing legal and compliance policies, practices, and systems. You will partner and collaborate with members of our Finance, Sales, Market Access, Reimbursement, R&D, Marketing, Supply Chain, and HR teams. The Assistant General Counsel will report to our General Counsel-Chief Compliance Officer & Secretary and can be located onsite, hybrid, or fully remote (with occasional travel).Responsibilities:
- Provide risk mitigation, legal advice and compliance guidance to multiple business partners, including the Product, Marketing, Market Access, Reimbursement, Sales, Research & Development, People Ops and Finance teams as needed
- Advise on company contracts, including drafting, negotiating, reviewing, interpreting, and managing strategic, high-value contracts
- Develop compliance policies and procedures, soliciting feedback from internal stakeholders, preparing and drafting policies/SOPs and overseeing implementation and training in a variety of areas, including people operations, market access, reimbursement and sales operations
- Partner with legal team members to develop and build legal and compliance infrastructure and program for lab services/life science organization
Requirements:
- JD from top law school and licensed to practice law in one or more US jurisdictions
- 5+ years of experience with a major law firm (100+ attorneys) and/or in-house legal department
- Experience working with life science or health care organizations
- Experience independently drafting, negotiating, reviewing, and managing wide variety of contract types
- Experience developing processes to comply with legal/regulatory requirements, drafting and implementing policies and procedures, and delivering employee training
- Ability to be highly resourceful, adaptable, and nimble in a high-growth, fast-paced environment
- Strong team-player with willingness to roll-up sleeves and pitch in wherever needed
- Interest in learning new areas of law and business and proven ability to take on projects in unfamiliar areas and lead to completion
- Strong leadership skills, with ability to clearly communicate effective legal solutions to leadership and colleagues in a collaborative yet consultative way that meet business objectives yet appropriately mitigate risks
- Interest and aspirations in developing career as an in-house legal and compliance attorney, with aspirations of eventually becoming a general counsel in the future
Nice-to-haves:
Familiarity with some or all of the following:
- Start-up, emerging high-growth company experience
- Molecular diagnostics/genetic company or CLIA lab
- Patient billing, reimbursement and payor relationships
- Litigation management
- Intellectual property/patents
- HR/Labor & employment law