Senior Litigation Counsel

Siemens Healthineers

About The Position

The Senior Litigation Counsel manages the company’s U.S. litigation and dispute portfolio. This role serves as the primary U.S. litigation strategist, partnering with business leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to proactively mitigate risk, manage outside counsel, oversee discovery and trial readiness, and drive consistent, high-quality outcomes aligned to business priorities, patient safety, and regulatory obligations. This is a role well suited to an ambitious professional, looking for the next step in their career.

Requirements

Juris Doctor (J.D.) from an accredited law school.
Active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction and ability to remain in good standing.
10+ years of relevant litigation experience, including significant responsibility managing complex U.S. civil litigation (in-house and/or law firm).
Demonstrated experience managing outside counsel, budgets, and multiple matters simultaneously.
Strong command of U.S. civil procedure, discovery (including e-discovery), privilege, and motion practice; experience with expert-heavy matters preferred.
Proven ability to communicate risk and recommendations to business leaders in clear, practical terms.
High integrity, sound judgment, and ability to handle confidential and sensitive information.

Nice To Haves

Prior in-house litigation management experience within a medical device, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or other highly regulated life sciences environment.
Product liability and/or mass tort experience, including coordination of national counsel and management of repeat-player plaintiffs’ firms.
Experience partnering with Quality and Regulatory functions and working with quality system records, complaint files, CAPA documentation, and field actions.
Experience with FDA-related issues in the context of litigation (e.g., MDR reporting, 510(k)/PMA, adverse event evidence, regulatory communications) in collaboration with Regulatory/Quality teams.
Experience with arbitration/mediation and structured settlement programs.
Experience implementing litigation metrics, matter management tools, and eBilling systems.

Responsibilities

Owning the strategy, execution, and reporting for U.S. litigation matters, including product liability, commercial disputes, bankruptcy, automobile and other contested matters.
Leading pre-litigation dispute management, including intake and triage of claims and demand letters, early investigation and fact development, preservation/hold assessment, selection of response strategy, and pursuit of early resolution where appropriate.
Conducting early case assessment, including liability and damages analysis, venue/jurisdiction considerations, discovery strategy, dispositive motion strategy, and settlement evaluation.
Directing and managing outside counsel, including selection, staffing, budgeting, billing discipline, performance management, and application of preferred provider programs and guidelines.
Partnering with Quality, Regulatory, Medical/Clinical, R&D, Operations, Compliance, HR, and Commercial teams to ensure litigation positions are consistent with regulatory submissions, quality system documentation, and field actions (e.g., complaints, MDRs, CAPAs, recalls/corrections/removals).
Leading discovery governance for U.S. matters, including legal holds, collection strategy, review workflows, privilege analysis, protective orders, expert discovery, and coordination with eDiscovery vendors.
Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating litigation-related agreements and instruments (e.g., protective orders, confidentiality stipulations, settlement agreements, releases) in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
Managing and coordinating insurance-related activities for assigned matters, including identification of potentially applicable policies, timely notice/tender, coordination with carriers and TPAs, coverage position review (with specialized coverage counsel as needed), and alignment on defense and settlement strategy.
Partnering with Finance on reserves, accruals, and reporting for litigated and pre-litigation matters, including insurer reporting requirements where applicable.
Developing and presenting clear risk assessments and recommendations to senior leadership, including periodic portfolio updates, reserve discussions, and KPI reporting.
Supporting and overseeing responses to subpoenas, government inquiries, and pre-suit claims/dispute resolution processes, as needed.