Overview
This role serves as the Head Counsel for U.S. Policy Legal (Senior Director), providing strategic legal guidance across the U.S. business with a focus on federal and state healthcare programs and policies. The position offers high-quality legal support related to the evolving governmental healthcare, reimbursement, legislative, and regulatory landscape.
The role acts as a key legal advisor to the U.S. Public Affairs organization on healthcare policy matters, trade association engagement, and policy-driven business strategies. It ensures informed decision-making by offering authoritative counsel on enterprise risks and opportunities, including their mitigation, escalation, and resolution.
Responsibilities
- Provide and lead high-quality legal support related to U.S. government healthcare program policy and reimbursement.
- Support relevant functions, including the U.S. Public Affairs organization.
- Assess, monitor, and evaluate the evolving external governmental healthcare environment, including Medicare, Medicaid, 340B, and other federal and state programs.
- Guide and shape the organization's response to external changes and developments through legal counsel.
- Develop and maintain an active external legal network related to the healthcare policy landscape.
- Set legal strategy for relevant functions and represent the organization in trade association legal work groups and committees on healthcare matters.
- Drive cross-functional strategy development ensuring alignment with legal strategy.
- Conduct sophisticated legal analysis regarding complex and high-risk issues for the company and business units/functions.
Requirements
- Juris Doctorate degree and bar membership in at least one jurisdiction.
- Qualified/admitted lawyer with high academic achievement in law.
- Professional training in corporate/commercial law or pharmaceutical/compliance law, preferably from a highly regarded law firm.
- Minimum of 10 years of experience working in a law firm and as in-house counsel in the pharmaceutical or biotech industry.
- In-depth knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and U.S. legal affairs.
- Deep understanding of healthcare policy and government reimbursement legal frameworks, including federal and state healthcare programs and reimbursement.
- Profound knowledge of U.S. federal and state drug pricing and reimbursement regulations.
- Expertise in commercial, compliance, and regulatory matters related to the launch, marketing, access, pricing, reimbursement, and commercialization of branded pharmaceutical products.
- Ability to support global functions.
- Experience identifying and addressing strategic, compliance, and enforcement risks.
- Ability to understand complex business matters and prioritize tasks within area of expertise.
Compensation & Benefits
- U.S. Base Salary Range: $229,600.00 - $360,800.00
- Actual salary offered depends on qualifications, experience, skills, education, certifications, and job location.
- Eligibility for short-term and/or long-term incentives.
- Access to medical, dental, vision insurance, 401(k) plan with company match, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance.
- Tuition reimbursement program, paid volunteer time off, company holidays, and well-being benefits.
- Up to 80 hours of sick time per calendar year.
- New hires accrue up to 120 hours of paid vacation.
Location
- Massachusetts - Virtual
- Pennsylvania - Virtual
- Washington, D.C. - Virtual
Additional Information
- This is a full-time, exempt employee position.
- The position is classified as "hybrid" in accordance with the organization's Hybrid and Remote Work policy.
- It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment.
Equal Employment Opportunity
The organization is committed to creating a diverse workforce and providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, parental status, national origin, age, disability, citizenship status, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.