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Elsevier is hiring a Senior Corporate Counsel to manage healthcare product development and transactions, giving the legal team's front-line support to its health business. The work centers on data- and technology-heavy matters such as commercial collaborations, sales agreements with resellers and other intermediaries, healthcare technology product development, and AI and data rights. The counsel also advises business partners on key commercial and regulatory considerations and works with colleagues across the Legal Department and other business units.

Highlights

Draft, review, and negotiate healthcare product-related commercial agreements, including sales, licensing, clinical decision support and technology product development, business associate agreements, and vendor contracts.
Work with stakeholders to ensure regulatory compliance on HIPAA, data privacy and security, and medical devices.
Develop creative, compliant solutions to business challenges and complex customer needs, and educate business partners on key commercial and regulatory considerations.
Provide ongoing counseling on corporate policies, initiatives, and programs, and develop and maintain the legal templates, training, processes, and policies that support them.
Significant experience providing legal support for healthcare product development, commercial transactions, technology, and regulation, with 8-12 years and in-house experience preferred.
Experience with data privacy issues, ideally including HIPAA and GDPR, and sound legal and commercial judgment in assessing issues and recommending solutions.
Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, plus openness to building AI fluency and using technology to improve legal service delivery.
Base pay of $118,300 to $219,800 per year, with a higher range of $142,000 to $263,800 if performed in New York City, and eligibility for an annual incentive bonus.
Position is open across five U.S. locations: Philadelphia, Dayton, Alpharetta, Houston, and New York.

Senior Corporate Counsel Full Description

About the Role

The Senior Corporate Counsel manages Healthcare Product Development and Transactions. They play a critical role in providing timely and effective business-minded front-line legal support front to Elsevier’s health business.

The role is particularly focused on data and technology-intensive support. This includes commercial collaborations, sales agreements including intermediary/VAR relationships, healthcare technology product development, AI and data rights and protection, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities

Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide variety of healthcare product-related commercial agreements to meet business and legal requirements, including sales, licensing, clinical decision support/technology product development, business associate agreements, and vendor relationships, which not infrequently involves innovating the nature and terms of contracting within the healthcare environment.
Working with relevant stakeholders to ensure regulatory compliance including with respect to HIPAA, data privacy/security, and medical devices.
Developing creative compliant solutions to resolve business challenges and complex customer needs.
Educating and guiding business partners with regard to key commercial and regulatory considerations.
Providing ongoing counseling and efficient implementation regarding corporate policies, initiatives and/or programs.
Working with Legal Department colleagues and cooperating across cross-functional corporate business units and departments to timely achieve optimal results while minimizing risk.
Developing and maintaining templates, training, processes and policies.

Requirements

Significant experience providing legal support for healthcare product development, commercial transactions, technology, and regulations. (Preferred 8-12 years coupled with in-house experience).
Sound legal and commercial judgement, with the ability to assess issues, make recommendations, and escalate with context and proposed solutions.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
Experience in dealing with data privacy issues, ideally including HIPAA and GDPR.
Ability to calmly and independently prioritize and execute tasks and demonstrate flexibility in a fast-paced environment.
Team player.
Willingness to develop new skills, including interest in and openness to developing AI fluency and leveraging technology to enhance legal service delivery.
Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.

Work in a way that works for you

We promote a healthy work/life balance across the organization. We offer an appealing working prospect for our people. With numerous wellbeing initiatives, shared parental leave, study assistance and sabbaticals, we will help you meet your immediate responsibilities and your long-term goals.

Working flexible hours - flexing the times when you work in the day to help you fit everything in and work when you are the most productive

U.S. National Base Pay Range: $118,300 - $219,800. Geographic differentials may apply in some locations to better reflect local market rates.

If performed in New York City, the base pay range is $142,000 - $263,800.

This job is eligible for an annual incentive bonus.

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