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