Legal Counsel Senior

Elevance Health•Indianapolis, IN

1d•$160,336 - $240,504•Hybrid

About The Position

The Legal Counsel Senior is responsible for completing a variety of routine and non-routine legal assignments and intermediate level projects independently and using professional legal concepts and principles in accordance with company and departmental objectives to solve challenging, or legal issues in practical ways. Works autonomously with regular collaboration and reporting to management. At this level the associate has developed a specific technical depth and/or breadth of organizational and industry legal issues.

Requirements

Requires a JD, current license to practice law, and a minimum of 6 years of specific industry and/or technical legal experience post licensure; or any combination of education and experience, which would provide an equivalent background.

Nice To Haves

Healthcare industry experience.

Responsibilities

Works with more experienced attorneys to represent the organization in legal duties.
Contributes to overall results of an SBU or CEE unit and/or department.
May support the development of other attorneys and paralegals by providing guidance on technical and tactical procedures for lower-level attorneys.
Assist Associate General Counsel with review of complex commercial contracts, including research services agreements, clinical trial site agreements, confidentiality agreements, data licensing agreements, data use agreements, data collaboration agreements, and other research-related legal documents and materials.
Counsel internal stakeholders on restrictions and permitted data uses for general research studies, public health initiatives, and health plan operations studies.
Proactively support compliance partners with legal issues and analysis related to clinical trial agreements and clinical research organization collaborations.
Counsel internal stakeholders on external communication, presentation, and publication issues, and assist with drafting consulting agreements and other legal documents.
Handle other legal matters and legal projects as assigned.