Senior Legal Counsel, North America Commercial & Privacy

embecta; Lake Hiawatha (NJ); Hybrid; USD 135,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the medical device sector is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel for North America, focusing on commercial and privacy matters. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in the healthcare industry, strong business acumen, and knowledge of relevant laws to drive compliance and mitigate risks. This role offers the opportunity to work closely with senior leadership and contribute to the company's strategic initiatives in a hybrid work environment.

Benefits

Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid maternity leave

Paid paternity leave

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in medical device, pharma, or healthcare industries.
• Deep understanding of privacy laws including PIPEDA, HIPAA.
• Experience with compliance related to healthcare sales and marketing.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support for Canadian business and US initiatives.
• Review and negotiate various commercial agreements.
• Advise on data privacy and compliance issues.

Skills

Negotiation

Interpersonal skills

Business acumen

Education

JD from an accredited US law school

Tools

Microsoft Office

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The Senior Legal Counsel, North America Commercial & Privacy will provide comprehensive legal support for our North America region (with a primary focus on Canada) and be the lead for data privacy for the region and advertising and promotion globally. This role reports to the Sr. Director, North America Commercial and Head of Global Ethics, Compliance and Privacy and will work closely with the global lead for Data Privacy to support embecta’s privacy program. The position requires a proactive, results-oriented lawyer with strong business acumen who can assess legal, practical and business risks quickly to provide timely and pragmatic solutions.

The ideal candidate will have commercial legal experience in the medical device, pharma or healthcare industry supporting the US and/or Canada, a deep understanding of US state privacy laws, Canada’s PIPEDA and provincial privacy laws, HIPAA/HITECH, applicable data breach notification laws, and marketing and promotion standards (FDA, FTC and similar), ensuring compliance and mitigating risks for our business. This is a hybrid position for our headquarters in Parsippany, NJ.

Main responsibilities will include:

• Serve as key legal advisor for our Canadian business and support US initiatives as needed, providing legal services, support and advice on a broad array of complex issues relating to the company’s business.
• Review, draft, and negotiate a variety of commercial agreements, including GPO contracts, RFPs, sales agreement, service agreements, distribution agreements, etc.
• Work closely with colleagues and leadership to ensure adherence to applicable laws related to general commercial, regulatory, employment, consumer and data security requirements.
• Serve as a functional expert for North America privacy, working closely with and advising business leaders, commercial counsel, and other colleagues on privacy issues, including data protection, data retention, data usage, data security and data breaches for US and Canada.
• Assist colleagues with the review and negotiation of data privacy agreements, data processing agreements, business associate agreements and other similar agreements.
• Monitor and stay up to date with developments in privacy laws and technologies, participating in relevant internal steering committees.
• In partnership with the central Promotional Review Committee, conduct thorough reviews of global advertising and promotional materials, ensuring they meet regulatory standards and guidelines.
• Collaborate with legal/compliance/privacy colleagues to develop and deliver effective training to other departments on various topics.

Basic Qualifications:

• JD from an accredited US law school and licensed to practice in at least one state.
• 5+ years of experience, preferably within medical device, pharma or healthcare industries.
• Thorough knowledge of the False Claims Act, Stark Law, Anti-Kickback Statute, and anti-bribery and corruption laws.
• Knowledge of compliance risks and considerations related to healthcare sales and marketing activities, including interactions with healthcare professionals and customers and promotional activities,
• Extensive knowledge of Canadian and US privacy and cybersecurity laws, regulations, and standards, including PIPEDA, state privacy laws (e.g., comprehensive state privacy laws, state breach notification, etc.), HIPAA, as well as consumer protection and employment-related privacy laws and regulations.
• Familiarity with global advertising standards and promotional guidelines.
• Experience with Microsoft Office is required.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent communication, negotiation and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work collaboratively across departments and international teams
• High level of integrity, professionalism and judgment in handling sensitive and confidential information
• . Familiarity with OneTrust platform is a plus.
• CIPP/US, CIPP/E and/or CIPM or other relevant privacy certification is highly desirable

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Legal

• Industries

  Medical Device, Pharmaceutical Manufacturing, and Health and Human Services

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Medical insurance

Vision insurance

401(k)

Paid maternity leave

Paid paternity leave

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