Corporate Counsel, Specialty Care

Role Summary

Corporate Counsel, Specialty Care, based in Cambridge, MA. The role supports Sanofi products (investigational and marketed) within the US and Global Specialty Care Business Unit, providing strategic and transactional legal advice. The attorney will work with senior decision makers, manage cross-functional initiatives, and advise internal stakeholders on complex legal and regulatory matters—particularly in advertising and promotion, fraud and abuse, and other healthcare laws—while helping to advance the company’s strategy and protect its integrity and reputation. Minimum 3 years of pharmaceutical industry experience required.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary legal contact for assigned products and/or business units in rare disease, oncology, immunology, rare blood disorders or neurology, acting as legal reviewer for advertising and promotional materials, and collaborating with other practice areas and functions relating to the assigned products and/or business units.
• Act as a partner to the business in considering, developing and executing initiatives relating to such products or business units.
• Manage the review and negotiation of contracts and amendments relating to the relevant product and/or business unit, coordinating subject matter experts as needed.
• Work with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure adherence to Sanofi policies, track legislative developments affecting the business, and manage internal and external resources.
• Operate with limited supervision, exercise independent judgment, set priorities, and identify potential legal issues (focusing on promotional matters, regulatory issues and fraud and abuse) with proposed risk-mitigating solutions.
• Demonstrate strategic business ownership, external awareness, impact-based counseling, proactivity, innovation, and value creation; escalate issues internally and with outside counsel when appropriate.

Qualifications

• Required: BA/BS, Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school, and a valid license to practice law (Massachusetts or New Jersey preferred).
• Required: Minimum of 3 years of legal experience.
• Required: Proficiency with Word, PowerPoint and other corporate standard software.
• Preferred: Experience counseling pharma/biotech companies on FDA or other relevant governmental healthcare matters.
• Preferred: Experience with US and/or global legal support of scientific exchange and advertising and promotion of pharmaceutical products.

Skills

• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Team player with a commitment to developing strong collaborative relationships with legal colleagues, business stakeholders and cross-functional teams
• Demonstrated ability to understand legal principles and compliance, as well as business requirements
• Project management
• Commitment to proactively identifying opportunities for improvement and engaging with appropriate stakeholders to propose solutions
• Solutions-oriented; business-oriented
• Self-motivated, able to work independently, reliable, responsive, and accountable to deliver results
• High level of professionalism; strong interpersonal skills
• Proven ability/interest in working across a broad range of subject matter areas
• Strong organizational skills and ability to handle multiple responsibilities and priorities simultaneously and still meet high quality and timeliness standards under pressure
• Willingness to flex job responsibilities and learn new areas
• Strong interpersonal skills and proven ability to work collaboratively in cross-functional/multi-disciplinary teams
• Sound judgment and commitment to ethical conduct

Education

• Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school; active license to practice law (Massachusetts or New Jersey preferred).