Siemens Healthineers is a leading medtech company with over 125 years of experience. We pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably. Our portfolio, spanning in vitro and in vivo diagnostics to image-guided therapy and cancer care, is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways. 

With our strengths in patient twinning, precision therapy, as well as digital, data, and artificial intelligence (AI), we are well positioned to take on the greatest challenges in healthcare. We will continue to build on these strengths to help overcome the world’s most threatening diseases, enable efficient operations, and expand access to care. 

We are a team of more than 71,000 Healthineers in over 70 countries passionately pushing the boundaries of what is possible in healthcare to help improve the lives of people around the world.

Industry: Krankenhäuser und Gesundheitseinrichtungen
Company Size: 10.001+ Beschäftigte

Siemens Healthineers

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Join us in pioneering breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

Our inspiring and caring environment forms a global community that celebrates diversity and individuality. We encourage you to step beyond your comfort zone, offering resources and flexibility to foster your professional and personal growth, all while valuing your unique contributions.

Position Summary

The Counsel will support a very wide-range of legal topics, including strategic procurement, supply chain management, as well as strategic transactions and the global operational businesses within the Diagnostics segment of Siemens Healthineers, reporting directly to the Head of Legal, Operations, Diagnostics (who also serves as General Counsel, Point of Care).

The Counsel will be responsible for quickly gaining a solid understanding of Siemens Healthineers’ (particularly Diagnostics’) businesses, portfolios, global regulatory environments, challenges, and for counseling business partners with respect to a wide variety of operational, procurement, supply, manufacturing, logistics, commercial, regulatory, corporate, transactional, and other operational and governance matters. In doing so, the Counsel will, among other things, negotiate and draft complex commercial agreements, collaborations frameworks, strategic partnering agreements and joint development agreements concerning the development and sale of highly-complex medical devices, including related reagents and consumables.

**Essential Job Functions**

-  Draft, review, and negotiate a wide variety of commercial or strategic agreements to meet business and legal requirements, including procurement, OEM, supply, sales, distribution, research/validation collaborations, development & commercialization agreements.

-  Collaborate with strategic procurement, regulatory affairs, logistics, supply chain management, sales, R&D, marketing, finance, tax, intellectual property, privacy/cybersecurity and other departments to analyze and further business, regulatory and legal imperatives.

-  Actively counsel Diagnostics’ three global business lines, including senior management, on legal matters, including diligently counseling business partners on healthcare regulations, antikickback, fraud & abuse, privacy (including data privacy), digitalization, and other topics.

-  Partner with R&D, Marketing and other key teams to understand the product portfolio, engineering, design, and operational implications of new products, services and initiatives.

-  Educate business partners with regard to key commercial, competition, data privacy and significant regulatory considerations.

-  Proactively develop creative and compliant solutions to assist in structuring and resolving complicated business challenges. Provide ongoing counseling regarding (and efficient implementation of) various corporate policies, initiatives and/or programs.

-  Negotiate with key partners, suppliers, vendors, and (when appropriate) government agencies.

-  Draft and review terms and conditions, terms of use, FAQs, etc. relating to the design, sale and operation of our software and or other services.

-  Provide thought leadership and counseling on emerging issues including responsible uses of data and AI technology.

-  Prepare and conduct training of personnel on various procurement, logistics, collaborations, competition, commercial law regulatory matters and other relevant topics.

-  Cooperate across corporate business units and departments and throughout a large group of affiliated companies to achieve optimal results while appropriately mitigating risk.

-  Perform any other duties and special projects as may be assigned. Critical Competencies

-  Proven ability to independently lead and execute all facets of challenging multi-disciplinary engagements with highest integrity and ethics – from preliminary/conceptual advice, through structuring, due diligence, negotiating, drafting, closing, and any subsequent conflict resolution.

-  Highly polished and effective negotiation, communication, listening and drafting skills, including those suitable for interaction with senior managers and executive leadership within a global and matrixed organization.

-  Solid knowledge of and/or capability to quickly build expertise in healthcare legal and regulatory environments.

-  Working knowledge of the regulatory environments, including U.S. FDA regulations, anti-kickback laws, fraud and abuse statutes, software licensing and privacy laws applicable to medical device manufacturers.

-  Familiarity with key elements of procurement, manufacturing, logistics, licensing and digitalization topics, intellectual property and distribution legal issues.

-  Demonstrated skill in working collaboratively with multiple teams simultaneously and coordinating with multi-jurisdictional and multi-cultural transaction partners.

-  Proven ability to identify legal issues and risk and initiate needed actions and follow-up.

-  Innovation in design and delivery of legal strategies and solutions to support ever-evolving business objectives.

-  Experience with monitoring and improving processes through ongoing optimization efforts, technology enhancements, and business partner feedback.

**Education/Qualifications**

-  U.S. law degree (J.D.) or U.S. LLM from respected institution after a professional degree in law.

-  Minimum of 6 years of commercial and corporate law experience (preferably with at least 3 years of experience with a well-regarded law firm); in-house experience with a respected healthcare company or within a related highly regulated industry will also be viewed as a positively distinguishing attribute.

-  Admitted to practice law in the State of New York (or international law degree equivalent). If not admitted in New York, promptly obtaining a NY In-House Counsel license is required

**Who we are **: We are a team of more than 72,000 highly dedicated Healthineers in more than 70 countries. As a leader in medical technology, we constantly push the boundaries to create better outcomes and experiences for patients, no matter where they live or what health issues they are facing. Our portfolio is crucial for clinical decision-making and treatment pathways.

**How we work: ** When you join Siemens Healthineers, you become one in a global team of scientists, clinicians, developers, researchers, professionals, and skilled specialists, who believe in each individual’s potential to contribute with diverse ideas. We are from different backgrounds, cultures, religions, political and/or sexual orientations, and work together, to fight the world’s most threatening diseases and enable access to care, united by one purpose: to pioneer breakthroughs in healthcare. For everyone. Everywhere. Sustainably.

To find out more about Siemens Healthineers businesses, please visit our company page here.

**The Base Pay Range For This Position Is**

$193,400 - $265,925

Factors which may affect starting pay within this range may include geography/market, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

If this is a commission eligible position the commission eligibility will be in accordance with the terms of the Company's plan. Commissions are based on individual performance and/or company performance.

The Company offers the following benefits for this position, subject to applicable eligibility requirements: medical insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, 401(k) retirement plan. life insurance, long-term and short-term disability insurance, paid parking/public transportation, paid time off, paid sick and safe time.

**Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: **Siemens Healthineers is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, color, creed, religion, national origin, citizenship status, ancestry, sex, age, physical or mental disability unrelated to ability, marital status, family responsibilities, pregnancy, genetic information, sexual orientation, gender expression, gender identity, transgender, sex stereotyping, order of protection status, protected veteran or military status, or an unfavorable discharge from military service, and other categories protected by federal, state or local law.

**EEO is the Law: ** Applicants and employees are protected under Federal law from discrimination. To learn more, click here.

**Reasonable Accommodations: ** Siemens Healthineers is committed to equal employment opportunity. As part of this commitment, we will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations.

If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing a job application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please fill out the accommodations form here. If you’re unable to complete the form, you can reach out to our HR People Connect People Contact Center for support at peopleconnectvendorsnam.func@siemens-healthineers.com. Please note HR People Connect People Contact Center will not have visibility of your application or interview status.

**California Privacy Notice: **California residents have the right to receive additional notices about their personal information. To learn more, click here.

**Export Control: ** “A successful candidate must be able to work with controlled technology in accordance with US export control law.” “It is Siemens Healthineers’ policy to comply fully and completely with all United States export control laws and regulations, including those implemented by the Department of Commerce through the Export Administration Regulations (EAR), by the Department of State through the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), and by the Treasury Department through the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctions regulations.”

**Data Privacy: ** We care about your data privacy and take compliance with GDPR as well as other data protection legislation seriously. For this reason, we ask you not to send us your CV or resume by email. We ask instead that you create a profile in our talent community where you can upload your CV. Setting up a profile lets us know you are interested in career opportunities with us and makes it easy for us to send you an alert when relevant positions become open. Register here to get started.

**Beware of Job Scams: **Please beware of potentially fraudulent job postings or suspicious recruiting activity by persons that are currently posing as Siemens Healthineers recruiters/employees. These scammers may attempt to collect your confidential personal or financial information. If you are concerned that an offer of employment with Siemens Healthineers might be a scam or that the recruiter is not legitimate, please verify by searching for the posting on the Siemens Healthineers career site.

**To all recruitment agencies: ** Siemens Healthineers does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, employees, or any other company location. Siemens Healthineers is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.

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