Overview : The Senior Attorney, Global Ethics providing strategic, accurate, high quality and practical legal advice to management and other attorneys and recommending policy and/or process changes as needed.
Review, input and provide legal sign off on internal policies, procedures and guidance.
Legal stakeholder in projects across the Cook business.
Identify skills gaps and lead efforts to build legal and compliance capabilities across Cook.
Act as an investigative authority to direct sensitive/complex privileged investigations on behalf of the law department.
Manage the appointment and engagement of external counsel including managing reasonable budgets and delivering results within those budgets.
Partner collaboratively and cross-functionally with various teams effectively and professionally through various levels of the global organization and ensure leadership of the law department and company is properly and timely informed about legal issues and risks facing the business.
Engage with key external collaborators, including counterparts at other companies in the industry, trade associations, and outside counsel networks, to understand the current legal and business environment, identify trends and ensure legal policy interests are aligned and advanced.
Develop, support, and participate in the development of processes, policies and procedures within and for the global legal function.
Develop, support, and participate in the development of legal initiatives to enhance legal service delivery, efficiency and innovation.
Ensure that Cooks Code of Conduct is considered in all business matters conducted on Cook Medical's behalf.
Qualifications Education and/or Work Experience Qualifications 10+ years of experience, preferably a portion of which took place at a major law firm, government, in-house or a combination Deep knowledge of global compliance frameworks with a particular emphasis on US compliance frameworks including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act; global anti-bribery laws; US healthcare compliance laws such as the Anti-Kick-Back Statute, False Claims Act and Sunshine Act; Department of Justice and Office of Inspector General guidance and enforcement trends.
Experience working within medical device, pharma, healthcare, or other highly regulated industry Professional legal qualification with an active license to practice law in the United States or Ireland.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities Excellent understanding of regulatory environment and legal frameworks within the medical device industry, in addition to all applicable ethics and compliance standards.
An articulate, motivated