Corporate Counsel

A world leader in the field of in vitro diagnostics for over 55 years bioMrieux provides diagnostic solutions which determine the source of disease and contamination to improve patient health and ensure consumer safety.

In North America we have more than 5000 team members across 11 sites or subsidiaries including Salt Lake Citybased BioFire Diagnostics and one subsidiary in Montreal Canada.

Come and join a familyowned global company with a longterm vision and a humancentered culture.

Position Summary:

The successful candidate will provide advice and counsel on a wide variety of issues including commercial regulatory compliance employment litigation and intellectual property. The candidate must demonstrate an ability to interact with all levels of the organization as a key individual contributor.

Responsibilities:

• Perform all work in compliance with company policy and within the guidelines of its Quality System.
• Address a wide range of transactional matters including drafting and negotiation of contractual relationships with a significant focus on supporting sales marketing operations and clinical research relationships with customers suppliers service providers collaborators and consultants
• Review marketing promotional and scientific activities and materials for compliance with company policies and applicable laws and regulations
• Provide guidance and training to assure compliance with applicable laws and regulations including analysis of relationships with healthcare professionals both in the US and abroad including but not limited to the US antikickback law the FCPA and other anticorruption laws and helping to ensure that bioMrieuxs compliance program is robust and effective at managing and minimizing risk
• Partner closely with other bioMrieux legal department colleagues on various initiatives
• Provide analysis and counsel on various other relevant legal issues as they arise including but not limited to pricing and reimbursement of medical devices device regulatory approval process intellectual property employment data privacy and competition law
• Keep track of developments in medical device regulation and enforcement and other areas of responsibility and apply that knowledge to anticipate and address emerging risks to the company
• Actively manage external legal counsel to ensure appropriate service and quality levels and contain costs
• Design and deliver training programs for business colleagues on a variety of subjects
• Manage and monitor the Companys contract terms
• Ability to work with all functional areas and levels of the organization to address a wide variety of issues

• Employ and exercise judgment to analyze issues and make recommendations with minimal or no supervision

• Performs other duties as assigned.

Studies and Experience:

• J.D. from a toptier law school and bar admission required.
• 58 years law firm or inhouse legal experience in commercial transactions litigation or health care related fields.
• Prior experience in medical device life sciences or clinical diagnostics is a significant plus

Skills and Qualifications:

• Excellent communication skills to interact with and influence colleagues
• Creativity flexibility initiative and enthusiasm to achieve results and overcome obstacles; pragmatic business sense able to recognize commercial implications of legal advice and provide practical alternatives
• Collaborative team player able to build positive relationships with colleagues and lead and direct crossfunctional teams
• Provide legal advice to work colleagues in a productive and supportive manner and maintain polite and professional demeanor in all client customer and supplier interactions
• Ability to independently and effectively manage a substantial workload in a fastpaced environment and cooperate with and support of other company attorneys and outside counsel
• Must possess superior decisionmaking and interpersonal skills excellent drafting and negotiation skills attention to detail and a sense of discretion
• Genuine desire to work in a global business environment that involves broad cultural variety with a high level of enthusiasm for diversity of work
• Willingness to undertake some travel including international travel in support of responsibilities

BioMrieux Inc. and its affiliates are Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employers. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age protected veteran or disabled status or genetic information. Please be advised that the receipt of satisfactory responses to reference requests and the provision of satisfactory proof of an applicants identity and legal authorization to work in the United States are required of all new hires. Any misrepresentation falsification or material omission may result in the failure to receive an offer the retraction of an offer or if already hired dismissal. If you are a qualified individual with a disability you may request a reasonable accommodation in BioMrieuxs or its affiliates application process by contacting us via telephone atby email at or by dialing 711 for access to Telecommunications Relay Services (TRS).