Senior Principal Legal Counsel - Global Commercial & Government Contracting

Medtronic•Boston, MA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

At Medtronic, we are on a mission to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life around the world. This Senior Principal Legal Counsel position will serve as a key legal partner supporting the Global Commercial Office (GCO) activities, with a strong emphasis on the company’s US government business segment. The role involves providing actionable, business-oriented legal advice on all aspects of federal procurement, including bid protests, contract performance, and dispute resolution. The successful candidate will navigate complex regulations, ensure regulatory compliance, and mitigate risk across the contracting lifecycle of federal, state, and local contracts. This includes managing GSA Schedules, VA procurements, and DoD agreements. Additionally, the role provides general, proactive legal guidance and drafting support for non-US government customer sales activities, enabling innovative business models compliant with federal and state healthcare laws. This encompasses areas such as the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute (AKS), data privacy and security laws, software licensing, FDA law, general commercial transaction legal principles, ASC specific regulatory frameworks, and other relevant regulations. The attorney will collaborate cross-functionally with various business clients, quality, regulatory, clinical, and operations teams, as well as functional centers of excellence including IP, compliance, M&A, privacy, AI, antitrust, litigation, government affairs, and health economics policy and reimbursement on issues related to healthcare-related government contracting, ASC initiatives, commercial program design, service offerings, and service and repair operational matters.

Requirements

Juris Doctor from a nationally recognized US law school
Licensed to practice law and in good standing under the Bar of at least one state in the United States or in Washington D.C.
8+ years of legal experience negotiating and drafting agreements governing the sale of healthcare products and services to large hospital systems as well as ASCs
5+ years of legal experience specifically focused on federal government contracting law, either in-house or with a reputable law firm.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting Sales and Marketing, with a focus on strategic partnerships related to medical devices and services.
Extensive experience negotiating and drafting collaborative partnerships, consulting services, data use agreements, capital acquisition programs (sales, leasing, and financing), discount arrangements, partnership agreements, distribution agreements, group purchasing organization agreements, service and repair agreements, other.
An adept ability to issue spot and effectively communicate complex legal risks, including antitrust and antikickback, simply and clearly to relevant stakeholders.
Ability to identify high risk situations and provide appropriate guidance, including the ability to make courageous and unpopular decisions in a diplomatic manner.
Proven ability to manage and execute multiple complex assignments across multiple stakeholder groups within required timelines and expectations.
Possesses a proactive, customer-centric, solutions-oriented and continuous improvement mindset.
Confident and humble leadership presence, with a proven ability to influence leadership at all levels of an organization.
Superior active listening skills and a keen ability to understand the big picture.
For Baccalaureate degrees earned outside of the United States, a degree that satisfies the requirements of 8 C.F.R. § 214.2(h)(4)(iii)(A) is required.

Responsibilities

Provide domain expertise and support to Medtronic businesses and regions on navigating the U.S. government procurement system, creating efficiencies, managing risk, and reducing liabilities.
Implement systems and processes to support compliance, control, and consistency in all U.S. government sales activities in partnership with Medtronic’s US Federal Government Enterprise team and other key stakeholders.
Develop and deliver resources including playbooks, training modules, Frequently Asked Questions and other business facing tools detailing contract administration and compliance requirements and implementation strategies.
Monitor and communicate pertinent changes in federal laws, regulations, and policies that impact Medtronic’s status and ability to compliantly perform responsibilities as a government contractor and supplier.
Draft, review, and negotiate complex government solicitations, contracts, subcontracts, and teaming agreements, ensuring compliance with federal acquisition regulations.
Provide legal guidance on strategies involving ASC partnerships, commercial models, distribution programs, reimbursement trends, and engagement with ASC stakeholders, consistent with ASC market dynamics and business strategy.
Support contract development and review for ASC offerings, collaborations, facility level programs, and commercial engagements.
Advise business teams on regulatory and compliance guardrails for ASC-based service models, digital engagement, and operational initiatives.
Support evaluation, structuring, drafting, and negotiation of strategic partnerships, commercial arrangements, and collaborative activities, including risk assessment and diligence on fraud and abuse and compliance implications.
Provide legal support for innovative commercial models, distribution structures, portfolio offerings, and cross-functional transactional execution.
Draft, negotiate, and advise on service, warranty, maintenance, and repair agreements.
Assess compliance risks related to service offerings and partner with quality, operations, and service teams to align legal and regulatory requirements with field service processes.
Partner with other functional team members, including the Health Law Center of Expertise, to provide expert guidance on AKS, state fraud laws, False Claims Act, and related enforcement trends.
Review and advise on pricing, discounting, rebates, service arrangements, and financial interactions with healthcare providers, suppliers, and ASC partners to ensure compliance.
Support internal reviews, risk assessments, and compliance programs.
Collaborate closely with compliance, anti-trust, regulatory, quality, and health economics teams on risk mitigation and policy development.
Provide legal training and practical guidance to business teams, including communication risk management, documentation hygiene, and escalation protocols.
Serve as primary legal contact and business partner for the GCO.
Identify, assess, and communicate key contract risks, obligations, and practical mitigation strategies to internal stakeholders.
Provide legal review of proposed website content, internal and external communications pieces, executive business updates, and other materials.
Support discussions and negotiations regarding GCO implementation strategies in partnership with other subject matter experts.
Collaborate closely with Medtronic’s various legal COEs and other legal and compliance professionals, as needed, to deliver the highest quality practical and strategic advice to commercial, finance, and other stakeholders to close deals effectively and compliantly.
Partner with other stakeholders to build efficient processes, creation and maintenance of playbooks, templates, self-help workflows, and document management systems.

Benefits

Health, Dental and vision insurance
Health Savings Account
Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
Life insurance
Long-term disability leave
Dependent daycare spending account
Tuition assistance/reimbursement
Simple Steps (global well-being program)
Incentive plans
401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
Short-term disability
Paid time off
Paid holidays
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Employee Assistance Program
Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)