Executive Counsel - Research

Job Description SummaryThe Executive Counsel – Research provides legal leadership and strategic legal advice related to GE HealthCare research, product development and collaboration activities. Acting as a strategic business partner, this leader is expected to provide advice and legal counsel to the Global Research and Development teams (including Medical and Clinical Affairs), as well as company business segment and technology teams on legal issues related to GE HealthCare sponsored and investigator-initiated research and collaboration proposals and engagements.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

• Actively partner with Global Research and Development teams and business segment and technology teams, continually working to identify and structure strategic research and collaboration opportunities

• Promote the strategic alignment of all proposed research and collaboration projects with the relevant product technology roadmap and identified strategic research needs

• Lead and develop the company’s research and collaboration legal/compliance practice group

• Drive cross-business, global and regional engagement, involvement and interaction among legal and compliance colleagues to maximize effectiveness of the global legal/compliance team

• Consult with Medical Affairs, Clinical Affairs, senior business segment and technology/engineering leaders on legal and compliance issues surrounding company-sponsored and investigator-initiated research and collaboration proposals and engagements

• Structure, draft, and negotiate complex research and collaboration arrangements and oversee outside counsel (as necessary)

• Advise on legal and compliance matters including Good Clinical Practices (GCP), Fraud and Abuse, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act / Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption, Regulatory, Intellectual Property, Privacy and Data Protection, Antitrust and other issues that arise in the research and collaboration context

• Take a leading role on Research topics with respect to government relations activities, trade associations and regulatory agency responses

• Provide leadership in the research and collaboration strategic needs assessment and approval processes

• Collaborate with the compliance organization to detect, assess and mitigate research and collaboration compliance risks; promote a culture of continuous improvement; support compliance investigations and research and collaboration compliance operating mechanisms.

• Work across GE HealthCare to develop and deploy appropriate updates and training

 

Qualifications

1. JD (or equivalent) with active bar membership
2. Minimum of 12 years of legal work experience, with at least 7 years of healthcare experience at a large law firm, corporate legal department, government agency or research organization, including previous experience drafting and negotiating research agreements
3. Well-versed in GCP principles, regulations for the protection of human subjects and other research regulations
4. Demonstrable experience operationalizing policies, helping enforce research compliance and driving culture change
5. Experience in advising the healthcare industry and previous exposure to medical industry regulations (health authority/regulatory, Medicare/Medicaid Anti-Kickback, Anti-Bribery, Privacy)
6. Previous experience in identifying and resolving legal issues quickly and effectively and ability to make on-the-spot risk calls
7. Proven global team leadership experience and ability to function as a senior member of a management team
8. Strong executive presence with outstanding interpersonal and teaming skills; able to work effectively at all levels of the organization
9. Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate research and collaboration issues in an easy-to-understand manner; strong working knowledge of English.
10. Proven experience managing teams of direct and/or indirect reports

11. Highest level of ethics and integrity

 

Desired Characteristics

1. Demonstrated experience providing legal advice in a highly regulated environment
2. Experience or familiarity working with academic research centers
3. Experience with identifying and working on intellectual property issues arising from research and/or collaboration agreements
4. Process-oriented mindset and/or experience developing policies, procedures, and/or work instructions

We will not sponsor individuals for employment visas, now or in the future, for this job opening. For U.S. based positions only, the pay range for this position is $200,000.00-$300,000.00 Annual. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the pay range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including skills, qualifications, experience and location. In addition, this position may also be eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). GE HealthCare offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, and tuition reimbursement.

Additional Information

While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.