Senior Corporate Counsel, Product Support and Employment Law

Role Summary

Senior Corporate Counsel, Product Support and Employment Law. Location: Cambridge, MA. Responsible for supporting investigational and marketed assets managed by Sanofi’s Specialty Care Business Unit, and for managing U.S. employment-related claims and litigations. This role provides strategic, transactional and litigation counseling and management, and advises internal stakeholders on complex legal and regulatory issues, including advertising and promotion, fraud and abuse, and other healthcare laws.

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, as well as 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 certain contracts and amendments relating to the relevant product and/or business unit. The candidate must be flexible enough to manage multiple subject matter issues across diverse areas of the company, taking the initiative to identify appropriate subject matter experts and coordinating overall review.
• Work with cross functional stakeholders to assist them with adherence to Sanofi’s policies, understand legislative developments that may impact our business, and work through direct and indirect management of both internal and external resources. This requires a high degree of organizational skill and focus on detail.
• Manage U.S. employment-related claims, litigations, administrative agency charges, and pre-litigation disputes such as demand letters. The candidate must be comfortable independently managing outside counsel, including issuing requests for proposals, negotiating fee arrangements, budget adherence, and strategy development and execution. The Senior Corporate Counsel will be responsible for partnering closely with senior business leaders and Sanofi’s People & Culture team to achieve favorable outcomes, including overseeing negotiations where applicable.
• The Senior Corporate Counsel operates with limited supervision, and therefore requires a high level of balanced judgment and an ability to independently discern and establish priorities. Agility and willingness to learn about various subject matters (both from a legal and business perspective) are highly valued. Ability to identify potential legal issues (focusing on promotional matters, regulatory issues and fraud and abuse) as well as proposed solutions to mitigate risk is required.
• The Senior Corporate Counsel must demonstrate the following behaviors in partnering with cross-functional stakeholders: strategic business ownership, external awareness, impact-based counseling, proactivity, innovation, and thoughtful risk-taking. He/She must also know when to escalate issues internally and with outside counsel.
• Position to be based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Qualifications

• Required: BA/BS, Juris Doctorate degree from an accredited law school and a valid license to practice law (Massachusetts or New Jersey preferred).
• Required: Minimum of 8 years of legal experience, including litigation.
• Required: Proficiency with Word, PowerPoint and other corporate standard software.
• Preferred: Experience counseling pharma/biotech companies on FDA or other relevant governmental agencies on healthcare matters.
• Preferred: Experience with US and/or global legal support of scientific exchange and advertising and promotion of pharmaceutical products.
• Preferred: Experience handling US employment-related litigations and/or providing employment law advice and counseling.

Education

• BA/BS
• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school
• License to practice law (Massachusetts or New Jersey preferred)

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