Director & Sr Counsel II Value (Market) & Access - Remote

Overview

This role serves as Director and Senior Counsel II for Value and Access, partnering primarily with the Value & Access department. Key focus areas include government pricing and contracting, trade, specialty pharmacies, and communications with payers. The position may also support therapeutic areas on promotional and scientific communications and other strategic market access initiatives, including 340B.

Responsibilities span a broad range of legal services typically provided to VP-level clients who control business activities and report to them. Counseling requires strong understanding of how decisions impact the overall business, given the high risks associated with incomplete advice. The role also mentors more junior attorneys in relevant areas of expertise.

Responsibilities

• Serve as lead counsel for the 340B function on legal, regulatory, and compliance issues related to federal programs and government price reporting requirements across the portfolio of medicines.
• Provide counsel to Value & Access functions on Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, and competition law matters.
• Deliver strategic legal counsel to senior management on product pricing and access matters, with significant interaction across the organization.
• Advise on best price, WAC, AMP, ASP, and federal and state price reporting.
• Prepare, review, and negotiate complex government, payor, and trade agreements.
• Influence clients by identifying and communicating risks associated with complex business activities based on broad understanding across multiple specialized legal areas.
• Partner with clients by evaluating immediate business/legal issues in a broader business context, identifying business purposes and objectives, and developing alternative fact hypotheticals and legal solutions.
• Lead negotiations on behalf of clients to achieve solutions aligned with business objectives.
• Coordinate with other in-house counsel and supervise outside counsel when appropriate.
• Manage administrative assistants, paralegals, and other personnel within the department (directly or indirectly).
• Mentor and/or train more junior attorneys, paralegals, administrative assistants, and/or other personnel within the department.
• Maintain strong awareness of the national business environment affecting the client, keep current with evolving legal and business issues, promote corporate policies, and proactively monitor the client’s business environment.

Requirements

• Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school.
• At least eight (8) to ten (10) years relevant legal experience.
• Admission to at least one State bar.
• Demonstrated knowledge of law in at least two specialized areas (e.g., patents, FDA Regulatory, commercial, litigation, etc.) critical to maintaining business operations.
• Strong knowledge of the products, competitors, and regulatory environment of the business.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, including discretion and ability to maintain confidentiality of information.
• Proficiency in government price reporting requirements, including AMP, Best Price, ASP, 340B, and/or federal health care program contracting (e.g., Medicaid, VA, etc.).
• Strong understanding of state and federal laws, regulations, and policies in several specialized legal areas, including the ability to interpret and apply such requirements to inform business activities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Specialized legal areas within an attorney’s expertise may include: Intellectual Property, Regulatory, Trade, Compliance, Contracting, Environmental, Employment, Litigation and/or Antitrust.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary range: $230,400 to $345,600.
• This position may be eligible for a role-specific discretionary bonus, relocation, and/or other compensation elements.
• Salary ranges are reviewed continuously based on market data and may be adjusted in the future.
• Actual compensation will be based on job-related factors such as skills, experience, and qualifications, and other factors permitted by law.

Eligibility Requirements

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
• Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required).
• Must be 18 years of age or older.