Corporate Counsel, Specialty Care

Role Summary

Corporate Counsel, Specialty Care for Sanofi's US and Global Specialty Care Business Unit. Provides legal advice and counsel primarily to the Immunology franchise, with potential support for other franchises. Manages strategic and transactional counseling, interacts with senior decision makers, and supports day-to-day initiatives and long-term strategies to address legal and regulatory risks while protecting the company’s integrity.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary legal contact for assigned assets and/or business units, acting as legal reviewer for advertising/promotional and/or scientific exchange materials, and collaborating with other practice areas and functions.
• Partner with the business in considering, developing and executing initiatives related to assigned assets or business units.
• Manage the review and negotiation of contracts and amendments related to the assets/business units, coordinating subject matter experts as needed.
• Work with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure adherence to policies, understand legislative developments impacting the business, and manage internal and external resources with strong organizational focus.
• Operate with limited supervision, applying balanced judgment to establish 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-focused collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders; know when to escalate issues internally or with outside counsel.

Qualifications

• Required: BA/BS, Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school and a valid license to practice law (Massachusetts or New Jersey preferred); minimum of 5 years of legal experience; proficiency with Word, PowerPoint, and other corporate standard software.
• Preferred: Experience counseling pharma/biotech companies on FDA or other government healthcare matters.

Skills

• Excellent written and oral communication
• Team player with strong collaboration across legal, business, and cross-functional teams
• Analytical ability to understand legal principles and compliance alongside business requirements
• Project management
• Proactive improvement and stakeholder engagement with solution proposals
• Solutions- and business-oriented mindset
• Self-motivated, independent, reliable, responsive, and able to deliver results
• Professional with strong interpersonal skills; ability to work across diverse subject matters
• Strong organizational skills to manage multiple responsibilities under pressure
• Willingness to adapt and learn new areas; collaborative across teams
• Sound judgment and commitment to ethical conduct

Education

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school; active bar license in Massachusetts or New Jersey preferred