Corporate Counsel, Strategic Development

Arthrex•Pelican Bay, FL

About The Position

Arthrex, Inc., a global medical device company, is seeking a Corporate Counsel, Strategic Development to provide practical, business-oriented legal counsel to its Corporate Legal Department and internal business clients. The role primarily supports complex technology, digital, artificial-intelligence, data, strategic-development, and corporate-commercial initiatives. The attorney will work with the Sr. Director–Sr. Associate General Counsel and other Legal Department members on strategic transactions, global corporate initiatives, and scalable legal processes and policies. The position covers technology and commercial contracting, including software, cloud, data-processing, professional-services, licensing, implementation, hosting, maintenance, and related agreements. It also supports the Company’s artificial-intelligence initiatives and advises on legal, regulatory, privacy, intellectual-property, data-security, cybersecurity, transparency, and contractual risks involving emerging technologies. The attorney will support due diligence, execution, and integration for mergers, acquisitions, investments, divestitures, joint ventures, and other strategic-development initiatives. The role also addresses corporate governance and entity matters, legal operations, outside-counsel coordination, stakeholder training, and improvements to contracting processes and risk management. Up to 25% travel may be required.

Requirements

Juris Doctor degree required.
At least 5 years of experience practicing in the Corporate Development, Mergers and Acquisitions, Finance, or a related practice group at a nationally recognized law firm; experience at an Am Law 15 firm is preferred.
Admission to and good standing with a state bar required.
Experience drafting and negotiating complex technology, software, cloud, digital, data, intellectual-property, and commercial agreements required.
Strong understanding of technology transactions, software licensing, cloud services, data rights, intellectual property, and commercial contracting.
Practical familiarity with AI legal and governance issues, including data use, intellectual property, confidentiality, transparency, vendor risk, cybersecurity, privacy, and contractual risk allocation.
Strong contract-drafting, negotiation, issue-spotting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to evaluate legal risk in context and provide clear, pragmatic recommendations that support business objectives.
Ability to manage multiple complex matters, competing priorities, and time-sensitive projects with minimal supervision.
Excellent written, verbal, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills.
Strong attention to detail, sound judgment, discretion, and organizational skills.
Ability to collaborate across legal, technical, commercial, and executive teams.
Strong computer skills using Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook.
Willingness to learn and use technology-enabled legal tools, including approved AI tools.
Up to 25% travel may be required.

Nice To Haves

MBA.
Experience advising on legal issues involving AI, machine learning, data analytics, automated decision-making, or other emerging technology.
Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, investments, divestitures, joint ventures, or other strategic transactions.
Experience conducting or supporting legal due diligence, transaction-documentation review, and post-closing integration.
Experience supporting a multinational organization or advising on cross-border legal matters.
Experience in healthcare, medical devices, life sciences, technology, or another regulated industry.
Experience with contract-lifecycle-management systems, e-signature platforms, legal-research tools, virtual data rooms, workflow tools, and collaboration platforms.
Experience at an Am Law 15 firm.

Responsibilities

Provide legal support to senior and other members of the Corporate Legal Department on strategic, corporate, commercial, and operational matters.
Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on technology-related agreements, including SaaS, cloud-services, software-license, enterprise-software, professional-services, implementation, data-processing, hosting, maintenance and support agreements, and technology statements of work.
Serve as a legal resource for artificial-intelligence initiatives, including evaluation, procurement, development, deployment, governance, and use of AI and machine-learning tools and solutions.
Advise cross-functional stakeholders on legal, regulatory, privacy, intellectual-property, data-security, cybersecurity, transparency, and contractual risks involving AI, automation, data analytics, and emerging technologies.
Develop, implement, and maintain policies, procedures, playbooks, templates, and governance frameworks relating to AI, technology procurement, data use, software licensing, information security, intellectual property, and digital business.
Partner with internal stakeholders across IT, Information Security, Data Privacy, Digital, Marketing, R&D, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, Finance, Procurement, Compliance, Human Resources, and other functions.
Support due diligence, transaction execution, and integration for mergers, acquisitions, investments, divestitures, joint ventures, and other strategic-development initiatives, particularly regarding technology, software, intellectual property, data, cybersecurity, privacy, and key commercial contracts.
Assess transaction-related risks and help prepare diligence summaries, legal risk assessments, disclosure schedules, transaction documents, integration plans, and remediation recommendations.
Draft, review, and negotiate confidentiality agreements, letters of intent, purchase and merger agreements, transition services agreements, technology-transfer agreements, intellectual-property licenses, assignment agreements, and other transaction documents.
Support post-closing integration, including assignment, transition, amendment, or replacement of material technology, vendor, data, intellectual-property, and commercial agreements.
Advise on corporate governance, entity management, and general corporate matters, including Board, management, subsidiary, and corporate-approval materials.
Develop and maintain contract standards, approval processes, intake procedures, clause libraries, and legal-operations tools to improve efficiency, consistency, visibility, and risk management.
Manage and coordinate outside counsel and service providers on assigned matters, including scope, work product, budgets, and escalation of material issues.
Identify recurring legal and commercial risks and recommend process improvements, training, templates, and policy enhancements.
Provide stakeholder training and practical guidance on technology contracting, AI, data use, confidentiality, intellectual property, contracting authority, and related legal and compliance obligations.
Maintain knowledge of legal, regulatory, and industry developments relevant to technology transactions, AI, privacy, cybersecurity, intellectual property, digital health, and medical-device operations.
Develop effective relationships with internal stakeholders and external advisors and communicate legal issues clearly to legal and non-legal audiences.
Perform other duties as assigned by the Sr. Director–Sr. Associate General Counsel, Deputy General Counsel, or General Counsel.