Legal Counsel

Temporary for a 6-month contract

Role Summary:

The Legal Counsel is responsible for providing appropriate and responsive legal support and advice to the Company globally on a variety of legal matters, particularly in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a broad range of contracts, domestic and international.  This position must have a solid business orientation and focus on practical problem solving, while upholding the Company’s strong ethics, culture, and principles of integrity.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Draft, review, and negotiate various types of agreements, from standard to complex, including commercial contracts, such as tenders, distribution, reseller and direct sales contracts, services agreements, vendors’ contracts and T&Cs, data privacy, and other agreements;
• Draft and maintain form sales contracts for all supported markets;
• Coordinate with and seek feedback and input from subject matter experts across Masimo to complete contract reviews and approvals;
• Identify legal risks and recommend and implement risk mitigation strategies:
• Support and advise Company on compliance matters, especially those relating to anti-corruption and data privacy;
• Provide responsive and effective legal support and guidance to all of Masimo’s business units as needed, including sales, marketing, supply chain, engineering, clinical research, and business development departments;
• Manage and direct outside counsel as necessary, including supervising their work and managing spend;
• Ensure compliance with U.S., EU and other international laws and regulations and Masimo policies and procedures;
• Support business initiatives and special projects, as assigned, including in areas of, intellectual property, compliance and competition law

Minimum & Preferred Qualifications and Experience: 

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master’s degree in Law or equivalent as required to practice law in Europe or one of its countries; 
• Three years of experience working in-house or a combination of in-house and reputable law firm:
• Significant experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating a wide variety of contracts; 
• Excellent analytical and creative problem-solving skills;
• Proficiency in English;
• Excellent written and verbal communication, research and presentation skills; 
• Practical, logical, and efficient problem solve able to work cross-functionally; 
• Strong work ethic, team player and positive attitude;
• Organized and keen attention to detail;
• Results oriented, self-motivated, and self-directed;
• Able to handle multiple concurrent assignments and assume personal responsibility for deliverables under tight deadlines, working well under pressure in a rapidly changing environment

Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of and experience with data protection and privacy laws, especially GDPR
• Experience working within a highly regulated industry such as medical device, biotechnology, or pharmaceuticals;
• Working knowledge of competition law
• Knowledge of and experience with laws and regulations applicable to medical technology companies, such as U.S. FCPA and UK Bribery Act, and other laws, regulations, and ethical codes that apply to medical device manufactures;
• Speak multiple languages, like German, Spanish and French (in addition to English);
• Experience managing and working with outside counsels.