Senior Counsel, Research Job in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin US

Senior Counsel, Research

Job Description Job Number: 1497989 Business GE Healthcare Business Segment: Healthcare Systems About Us: GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies that are shaping a new age of patient care. GE Healthcare's expertise in medical imaging and information technologies, medical diagnostics, patient monitoring and life support systems, disease research, drug discovery, and biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies is helping physicians detect disease earlier and to tailor personalized treatments for patients. GE Healthcare offers a broad range of products and services that are improving productivity in healthcare and enhancing patient care by enabling healthcare providers to better diagnose and treat cancer, heart disease, neurological diseases, and other conditions. Headquartered in the United Kingdom, GE Healthcare is a $15 billion unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE). Worldwide, GE Healthcare employs more than 43,000 people committed to serving healthcare professionals and their patients in more than 100 countries. Posted Position Title: Senior Counsel, Research Career Level: Experienced Function Legal Function Segment: Compliance and Regulatory Location: United States U.S. State, China or Canada Provinces: Wisconsin City: Wauwatosa Postal Code: 53226-4856 Relocation Assistance Yes Role Summary/Purpose: The Senior Counsel, Research is primarily responsible for structuring and negotiating research arrangements with key GE Healthcare (GEHC) research sites and participating in the GEHC research review processes. These research arrangements may include a wide range of GEHCs latest equipment and software. His/her tasks would also include structuring contracts with research consortia and advising on related funding arrangements. Essential Responsibilities "Working with the research, technology/engineering, product PL, and intellectual property teams as a business partner to review and formalize research opportunities, and to resolve legal issues that arise in ongoing research arrangements in order to drive business product development forward "Drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and assisting in managing strategic research agreements "Advising the business on Good Clinical Practices (GCP), Fraud and Abuse, Regulatory, Privacy, Advertising/Promotional matters and other legal issues that arise in the research context "Participating in the GEHC research approval processes "Providing regulatory and compliance advice in conjunction with the Regulatory, Finance, and Compliance specialist areas in GE Healthcare "Develop and deliver research training and associated resource materials as needed "Consult with Medical Affairs and Clinical Affairs on adverse event evaluation and reporting "Managing outside counsel when brought in to assist "Applying combined business and legal judgment to proposed research arrangements, ongoing research relationships and other issues requiring legal or compliance attention Quality Specific Goals: " Aware of and comply with the GEHC Quality Manual, Quality Management System, Quality Management Policy, Quality Goals, and applicable laws and regulations as they apply to this job type/position " Complete all planned Quality Compliance training within the defined deadlines " Identify and report any quality or compliance concerns and take immediate corrective action as required Qualifications/Requirements: " JD (or equivalent) with active bar membership " 8 years of legal work experience, with at least 4 years of health care experience at a large law firm, corporate legal department, government agency, or research organization, including previous experience drafting and negotiating research agreements " Well-versed in GCP principles and research regulations with some experience with enforcing research compliance " Previous relevant experience with IP issues as related to research projects " Experience in, or advising the Healthcare industry, and previous exposure to medical industry regulations (FDA, Medicare/Medicaid Anti-Kickback, Privacy) " Previous experience in identifying and resolving legal issues quickly and effectively and ability to make challenging risk decisions " Previous experience prioritizing conflicting demands from multiple business clients in an extremely fast paced environment " Ability to clearly communicate using English (and local language) and outstanding interpersonal skills " You must be authorized to work in the United States " You must be willing to complete a pre-employment background check and a pre- employment drug test. " You must be willing to work at our headquarters offices, located in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin Additional Eligibility Qualifications GE will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a background investigation and drug screen. Desired Characteristics " Experience working on global research projects " Experience working with contract research organizations " Demonstrated experience providing legal advice in a highly regulated environment " Experience or familiarity working with academic research centers