Senior Legal Counsel US
Skills
Anti-Kickback StatuteContract NegotiationHealthcare CompliancePhrma CodePharmaceutical LawSpecialty Pharmaceutical
What the job involves
The main requirements, responsibilities and hiring steps.
Requirements
- J.D. from an accredited law school and active bar membership in at least one US jurisdiction
- 8+ years of relevant legal experience in pharmaceutical or biotech settings
- Significant in-house or law firm experience supporting specialty pharmaceuticals or biotech
- Experience supporting a specialty pharmaceutical or ophthalmology commercial launch preferred
- Deep knowledge of healthcare compliance frameworks including Anti-Kickback Statute False Claims Act PhRMA Code and state transparency laws
- Hands-on experience drafting and negotiating commercial customer payer promotional and vendor agreements
- Excellent judgment and ability to operate independently in a lean fast-moving organization
- Ability to work independently and cross-functionally
Nice to have
- Medical Affairs experience
- IST and grant review
- MLR familiarity
- Ophthalmology background
- Buy and bill knowledge
Day to day
- Serve as the primary legal business partner to Commercial and Medical Affairs as the company prepares for US launch and commercial scale-up
- Draft review and negotiate commercial promotional vendor distribution and market-access agreements while building scalable templates and playbooks
- Advise on healthcare compliance FDA requirements non-promotional scientific exchange and MLR review across commercial and medical activities
- Support Medical Affairs programs including investigator-sponsored studies grants scientific communications speaker programs advisory boards and congress engagements
- Collaborate with leadership legal compliance regulatory and outside counsel to identify mitigate and escalate legal risks