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As **Associate Division Counsel** **,** you will serve as a strategic legal partner and advisor to

Stryker’s Peripheral Vascular Division **(Inari)** to proactively handle a broad range of legal and compliance matters associated with the business. The Associate Division Counsel will work closely with Division Counsel on a variety of legal and strategic business issues, including but not limited to medical device regulations, data privacy, competition law, anti-corruption / anti-bribery laws, liability avoidance, sales, marketing, and research-related issues.

In this position, you will be working mostly from home and occasionally commuting to Irvine, CA. You must be based in Southern California.

What you will do:

+ Draft, edit, review, and negotiate, with minimal supervision, various types of agreements, including Sales, Services, Supply, Distribution, Consulting, Clinical Study, Non-Disclosure, and other commercial agreements, in a manner that manages business and legal risk, while effectively supporting internal and external customers in a timely manner and fast-paced environment

+ Provide time-sensitive, solutions-oriented strategic support to internal and external stakeholders, which could have a large financial impact on the company

+ Review advertising and marketing materials for compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies

+ Exhibit solid negotiation skills, including comfort in negotiating contractual terms with customers

+ Build and maintain strong relationships with sales, finance, operations, and other key stakeholders across the decentralized organization

+ Maintain a comprehensive knowledge of Stryker Peripheral Vascular product lines, competitive environment, and customers to better support functional initiatives and provide recommendations to internal stakeholders

+ Identify system or process improvements that increase efficiency and reduce cost

+ Work cross-functionally to achieve corporate objectives and create contract solutions that minimize risk and provide value to Peripheral Vascular

+ Other duties as assigned

What you need:

Required

+ Bachelor's degree in Life or Health and Biomedical science

+ Juris Doctor (JD)

+ License to practice Law in the US

+ 10+ years of work experience

+ 3+ years of Law firm training, ideally in private practice

+ Comfort working in a hybrid or in-person setting—candidates must be able to commute to the office **and** travel within Southern California as needed

Preferred

+ In-house experience at a medical technology or pharmaceutical company

+ Intellectual property (IP) experience (strongly preferred)

+ Clinical background, including familiarity with clinical trial processes

+ Healthcare industry knowledge or background

+ Change communications or change management experience

$149,300 - $329,000 salary plus bonus eligible + benefits. Individual pay is based on skills, experience, and other relevant factors.

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing program and tobacco cessation program. Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP), basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance. Stryker offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes. Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually. Depending on customer requirements employees and new hires in sales and field roles that require access to customer accounts as a function of the job may be required to obtain various vaccinations as an essential function of their role.

Stryker Corporation is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. Stryker is an EO employer – M/F/Veteran/Disability.