Strategic Regional Counsel – Benelux & Nordics

PowerToFly; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 92,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Stryker seeks a Regional Legal Counsel for Northern Europe, Benelux, to provide practical, commercially focused legal support across the region. You will partner with sales, tender, pricing, finance and HR to enable compliant growth, manage risk and implement regional initiatives.

The role requires a law degree with 6–8 years post-qualification experience, strong contracting skills, and fluency in English and Dutch. In-house exposure to regulated healthcare is preferred.

Qualifications

• Law degree & admission to practice law as inhouse counsel required.
• Qualified lawyer with approximately 6 to 8 years of relevant post-qualification experience.
• Strong commercial contracting experience and ability to negotiate with sophisticated customers and business partners.
• Experience building strong, collaborative relationships with cross-functional stakeholders and business leaders.
• Demonstrated commitment to integrity, ethics, accountability, and sound professional judgment.
• Demonstrated ability to provide clear, practical and risk-based advice in a fast-paced commercial environment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to partner confidently with local and regional business leaders.
• Excellent written and spoken English & Dutch are required.
• Demonstrated interest in and ability to leverage AI-enabled legal technologies, contract lifecycle management tools and other digital solutions to improve efficiency, risk assessment, knowledge management and legal service delivery.

Responsibilities

• Act as the trusted advisor and strategic partner for the Benelux business within Northern Europe, providing practical, timely and commercially focused legal advice enabling business growth.
• Support selected Northern Europe and Nordic matters, including cross-country projects, strategic initiatives and regional alignment of legal processes.
• Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including tender/customer agreements, framework agreements, capital equipment arrangements, service and maintenance models, pricing/rebate structures, distribution or indirect channel arrangements, HCP/HCO agreements and other healthcare-related contracts.
• Analyze and provide clear and concise guidance on laws, rules, regulations, and Stryker policies as necessary, including with respect to healthcare industry regulations, public procurement, healthcare professional interactions.
• Support dispute management, customer escalations, investigations, product/service-related legal issues and other operational legal matters.
• Proactively together with Compliance identify, assess and mitigate legal and compliance risks, including through training, contract process improvements, template updates and practical business guidance.

Skills

In-house counsel

Contracting

Stakeholder management

English & Dutch

AI tools

Education

Law degree

Tools

Contract lifecycle management

Job description

Stryker seeks a Regional Legal Counsel for Northern Europe, Benelux, to provide practical, commercially focused legal support across the region. You will partner with sales, tender, pricing, finance and HR to enable compliant growth, manage risk and implement regional initiatives.

The role requires a law degree with 6–8 years post-qualification experience, strong contracting skills, and fluency in English and Dutch. In-house exposure to regulated healthcare is preferred.