Senior Legal Counsel (REMOTE)

Job Description

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences' mission is to empower those seeking answers to life's most important scientific and healthcare questions. With a legacy spanning 80+ years, we have long been a trusted partner to our customers, who are working to transform science and healthcare with the next groundbreaking discovery. As part of our team of more than 2,900 associates across 130 countries, you'll help drive our vision of accelerating answers-and our commitment to excellence.

Beckman Coulter Life Sciences is proud to work alongside a community of nine fellow Danaher Life Sciences companies. Together, we're pioneering the future of science and medicine, developing products that enable researchers in the fight to save lives.

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Beckman Coulter Life Sciences' mission is to empower those seeking answers to life's most important scientific and healthcare questions. With a legacy spanning 80+ years, we have long been a trusted partner to our customers, who are working to transform science and healthcare with the next groundbreaking discovery. As part of our team of more than 2,900 associates across 130 countries, you'll help drive our vision of accelerating answers-and our commitment to excellence.

Summary: As Senior Counsel, you and your team will be responsible for providing both strategic and tactical and solutions-oriented legal services to Beckman Coulter Life Sciences' global businesses with a focus on commercial operations and driving growth. The position may be based at Beckman Coulter Life Sciences' Indianapolis, IN, San Jose, CA, or Loveland, CO locations or may be remote. The position will report to the Assistant General Counsel. Working directly with business leaders and colleagues in the legal department, the successful candidate will provide the highest level of legal and compliance support to Beckman Coulter Life Sciences. A successful candidate will have experience working on global or regional teams and will be expected to understand the importance of operating with a global mindset and models global and cultural sensitivity. The successful candidate will be expected to perform a wide variety of hands-on legal work, including drafting, reviewing, and negotiating agreements, as well as supervising and training his/her direct reports in commercial matters, and supervising other company staff administering execution of standard agreements. The Senior Counsel will develop a good understanding of Beckman Coulter Life Sciences' business and possess the ability to evaluate and balance both legal and business factors when providing advice.

Core Responsibilities:

• Review, draft, and negotiate complex commercial contracts - Sales, Procurement, Distribution, Collaboration, Services, Consulting, Confidentiality, and other types of agreements, such as complex distributor, sales, Software as a Service (SaaS) contracts, RFP, public tenders, supply, licensing, and joint development agreements - to meet the contractual requirements established by the Company.
• Improve the quality and speed of existing BEC LS processes and procedures.
• Establish, update, and maintain global contract templates to be used by Legal Function and clients.
• Supervise and mentor junior team members
• Counsel business team members on complex commercial matters that may include compliance and data privacy issues
• Assist with M&A from due diligence to documentation and integration depending on the situation and background.
• Advising on day-to-day general compliance questions and questions under local civil, commercial, corporate, conflicts of interest, data protection, and privacy laws.
• Building collaborative relationships within the Beckman Coulter Life Sciences' legal team and Danaher's legal community.
• Assist with managing litigation matters for the Company
• Draft and maintain standard work, policies, and procedures authored by the Legal team
• Identify and implement process improvements and lead projects for the Legal team
• Coordinate matters and work closely with the IP, Compliance, Regulatory, and Data Privacy counsel
• Over time, additional responsibilities could be added depending on interest and experience level.

Requirements:

• Juris Doctorate degree from an ABA-approved law school with the license in good standing to practice law in at least one US jurisdiction.
• Minimum of 8 years of relevant experience as an in-house counsel or a combination of law firm practice and in-house experience
• Highly proficient with commercial contract drafting and negotiations, including responding to bids authored by government procurement agencies
• Willingness to work on the smallest and simplest, as well as the most complex, legal matters faced by the company.
• Experience with counseling business team members on a variety of commercial matters to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations, and minimize liability exposure and risk
• Experience with M&A activity management
• Experience with leading or supervising a team of legal professionals
• Demonstrated experience with identifying gaps in processes, process improvement, and crafting standard work
• Demonstrated experience with drafting and implementing policies and procedures
• Demonstrated experience with leading projects, meeting deadlines, and solving problems
• Demonstrated ability to work independently with minimal supervision in a fast-paced environment
• Effective communication skills

When you join us, you'll also be joining Danaher's global organization, where 69,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you'll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.

Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at 202.419.7762 or [email protected] to request accommodation.

If you've ever wondered what's within you, there's no better time to find out.

Base salary $128,000 - $180,000 plus annual bonus plus medical benefits day one.

When you join us, you'll also be joining Danaher's global organization, where 80,000 people wake up every day determined to help our customers win. As an associate, you'll try new things, work hard, and advance your skills with guidance from dedicated leaders, all with the support of powerful Danaher Business System tools and the stability of a tested organization.

Danaher Corporation and all Danaher Companies are committed to equal opportunity regardless of race, color, national origin, religion, sex, age, marital status, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other characteristics protected by law. We value diversity and the existence of similarities and differences, both visible and not, found in our workforce, workplace and throughout the markets we serve. Our associates, customers and shareholders contribute unique and different perspectives as a result of these diverse attributes.

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We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform crucial job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us at [email protected] to request accommodation.

If you've ever wondered what's within you, there's no better time to find out.