Counsel (Compliance)

Overview

The organization is seeking a creative and agile Counsel to join its Legal Department’s Compliance Team. This role partners with commercial teams to provide compliance guidance and supports contracting activities primarily for diagnostic clonoSEQ business offerings, including EMR integration and laboratory services for physicians, hospitals, and community groups.

Responsibilities

• Advise on routine, ongoing compliance queries within the diagnostic clonoSEQ business, including alignment with compliance requirements, commercial initiatives, and interactions with healthcare professionals globally.
• Provide guidance to the business and integrate compliance controls into the scope of existing business practices where applicable.
• Draft, review, and negotiate laboratory services agreements (LSAs), electronic medical record (EMR) integration agreements, and other customer-facing contractual arrangements related to the clonoSEQ assay.
• Lead internal efforts related to risk mitigation and compliance with government contract terms.
• Partner closely with privacy and commercial attorneys, as well as counterparts in market access, marketing, finance, security, and operations, to spot issues and evaluate and mitigate risks.
• Maintain current working knowledge of laws, regulations, and industry guidance affecting the corporate-wide compliance program, including antikickback and fraud and abuse laws, transparency laws, OIG and DOJ guidelines, and industry standards such as AdvaMed and MedTech codes.
• Perform other duties as assigned, including projects or workstreams outside what is expressly contemplated.

Requirements

• Juris Doctorate from a nationally accredited law school.
• Current member in good standing of a U.S. state bar.
• At least 5+ years of prior in-house or law firm experience providing compliance and/or transactional legal counsel.
• Ability to travel at least 3–5 times per year for in-person team or department meetings, audit opportunities, and other required meetings.
• Knowledge of and experience with U.S. laws, regulations, and industry guidance affecting the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or lab industry.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity or experience with FARs, DFARs, and other government contracting terms and rules.
• Demonstrated client service orientation, including the ability to establish and own relationships with business owners and respond quickly and pragmatically to demanding client needs.
• Sound business judgment and ability to navigate complex legal issues without losing sight of overall business goals.
• Strong verbal and written business communication skills, including synthesizing and summarizing complex or voluminous information into clear, concise, actionable communications for non-attorneys.
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities, work under fast-paced conditions, make decisions, and demonstrate good judgment.
• Strong project management skills, including prioritizing tasks and goals to achieve timely, on-target, and within-budget outcomes.
• Initiative to solve problems and help the commercial function within the Legal department drive process improvements and scalability.

Working Conditions

• This position may be remote and requires occasional travel.

Compensation & Benefits

• Salary Range: $172,000 - $258,000
• Other compensation elements include:
  • equity grant
  • bonus eligible

Additional Information

• The organization is not currently sponsoring candidates requiring work authorization support for this position.

Employment Equity / Equal Opportunity

• The organization is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status, and without discrimination based on disability.

Note to Employment Agencies

• The organization values relationships with recruitment partners and will only accept resumes from partners with active agreements. The organization is not responsible for fees related to unsolicited resumes or resumes received by employees who are not part of the Human Resources team.