Counsel Commercial Law

Siemens Healthineers

About The Position

Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions. Provides business oriented legal advice and counseling to Business Partners. Responsibility for various legal matters with low or medium complexity. Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions. As Counsel - Commercial Solutions, you will be responsible for: · Working in conjunction with legal colleagues to support the delivery of legal services related to Siemens Healthineers’ broad & expanding portfolio of medical devices and services, with a focus on supporting the in vitro diagnostics business area but also including diagnostic imaging, advanced therapies, digital health, information technology and cloud agreements and related services. · Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide variety of commercial agreements to meet business and legal requirements, including highly complex sales agreements for sophisticated leading healthcare organizations (including group purchasing organizations (GPOs), integrated delivery networks (IDNs) and national reference laboratories (NRLs), complex collaboration agreements, business associate agreements, confidentiality agreements and requestions for proposals with a focus on sales contracts for the sale or leasing of laboratory in vitro diagnostic instruments, reagents and related products, software, and services as well as for diagnostic imaging equipment, service and related items. · Collaborating with sales, marketing, finance, and other departments to analyze business, regulatory and legal contract terms, with a view to responsibly driving growth and profitability while managing legal and regulatory risks. · Actively counseling the sales and field finance staff members on commercial law, healthcare regulations, fraud & abuse, privacy (including data privacy) and related topics. · Developing creative and compliant solutions to resolve complicated business challenges and customer disputes. · Developing and delivering training of sales, field finance and other personnel on commercial law, regulatory matters, Siemens Healthineers’ templates and other relevant topics. · Assisting in the education and guidance of business partners with regard to key commercial, competition, data privacy and significant regulatory considerations. This position may suit you best if you are familiar with what is below, would like to develop your career with Healthineers and you have the following critical competencies: · Ability to independently lead and execute all facets of challenging engagements with highest integrity and ethics - from preliminary/conceptual advice, through structuring, negotiating, drafting, closing, and any subsequent conflict resolution. · Effective negotiation, communication, listening and drafting skills. · Experience with U.S. healthcare legal and regulatory environment, fluency with IVD business models and industry strongly preferred. · Fluency with the regulatory environments, including anti-kickback laws, fraud and abuse statutes, and privacy laws applicable to medical device manufacturers preferred. · Ability and interest in working collaboratively with multiple teams simultaneously, some of whom may be located outside of the U.S. · Ability to identify and initiate needed actions and follow-up. · Ability to innovate in design and delivery of legal strategies and solutions to support ever-evolving business objectives. · Interest in monitoring and improving processes through ongoing optimization efforts, technology enhancements, and business partner feedback preferred. · Willingness and ability to travel domestically and, from time-to-time, internationally.

Requirements

Ability to independently lead and execute all facets of challenging engagements with highest integrity and ethics - from preliminary/conceptual advice, through structuring, negotiating, drafting, closing, and any subsequent conflict resolution.
Effective negotiation, communication, listening and drafting skills.
Experience with U.S. healthcare legal and regulatory environment, fluency with IVD business models and industry strongly preferred.
Fluency with the regulatory environments, including anti-kickback laws, fraud and abuse statutes, and privacy laws applicable to medical device manufacturers preferred.
Ability and interest in working collaboratively with multiple teams simultaneously, some of whom may be located outside of the U.S.
Ability to identify and initiate needed actions and follow-up.
Ability to innovate in design and delivery of legal strategies and solutions to support ever-evolving business objectives.
Willingness and ability to travel domestically and, from time-to-time, internationally.
Minimum of 12 years of corporate and commercial law experience in a well-regarded law firm or in-house legal department with a respected healthcare company preferred.
U.S. law degree (J.D.) required.
Admitted to practice law in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Interest in monitoring and improving processes through ongoing optimization efforts, technology enhancements, and business partner feedback preferred.
In vitro diagnostic business models and industry strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Working in conjunction with legal colleagues to support the delivery of legal services related to Siemens Healthineers’ broad & expanding portfolio of medical devices and services, with a focus on supporting the in vitro diagnostics business area but also including diagnostic imaging, advanced therapies, digital health, information technology and cloud agreements and related services.
Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide variety of commercial agreements to meet business and legal requirements, including highly complex sales agreements for sophisticated leading healthcare organizations (including group purchasing organizations (GPOs), integrated delivery networks (IDNs) and national reference laboratories (NRLs), complex collaboration agreements, business associate agreements, confidentiality agreements and requestions for proposals with a focus on sales contracts for the sale or leasing of laboratory in vitro diagnostic instruments, reagents and related products, software, and services as well as for diagnostic imaging equipment, service and related items.
Collaborating with sales, marketing, finance, and other departments to analyze business, regulatory and legal contract terms, with a view to responsibly driving growth and profitability while managing legal and regulatory risks.
Actively counseling the sales and field finance staff members on commercial law, healthcare regulations, fraud & abuse, privacy (including data privacy) and related topics.
Developing creative and compliant solutions to resolve complicated business challenges and customer disputes.
Developing and delivering training of sales, field finance and other personnel on commercial law, regulatory matters, Siemens Healthineers’ templates and other relevant topics.
Assisting in the education and guidance of business partners with regard to key commercial, competition, data privacy and significant regulatory considerations.