Executive Counsel - Research

Overview

Executive Counsel – Research at GE Health Care

Provides legal leadership and strategic legal advice related to GE Health Care research, product development and collaboration activities. Acts as a strategic business partner working with Global Research and Development teams and technology segments on legal issues related to sponsored and investigator-initiated research and collaboration proposals and engagements.

• Partner with Global Research and Development teams and business segment and technology teams to identify and structure strategic research and collaboration opportunities.
• Promote the strategic alignment of all proposed research and collaboration projects with the relevant product technology roadmap and identified strategic research needs.
• Lead and develop the company’s research and collaboration legal/compliance practice group.
• Drive cross‑business, global and regional engagement, involvement and interaction among legal and compliance colleagues to maximize effectiveness of the global legal/compliance team.
• Consult with Medical Affairs, Clinical Affairs, senior business segment and technology/engineering leaders on legal and compliance issues surrounding company‑sponsored and investigator‑initiated research and collaboration proposals and engagements.
• Structure, draft, and negotiate complex research and collaboration arrangements and oversee outside counsel (as necessary).
• Advise on legal and compliance matters including Good Clinical Practices (GCP), Fraud and Abuse, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act / Anti‑Bribery & Anti‑Corruption, Regulatory, Intellectual Property, Privacy and Data Protection, Antitrust and other issues that arise in the research and collaboration context.
• Take a leading role on research topics with respect to government relations activities, trade associations and regulatory agency responses.
• Provide leadership in the research and collaboration strategic needs assessment and approval processes.
• Collaborate with the compliance organization to detect, assess and mitigate research and collaboration compliance risks; promote a culture of continuous improvement; support compliance investigations and research and collaboration compliance operating mechanisms.
• Work across GE Health Care to develop and deploy appropriate updates and training.

• JD (or equivalent) with active bar membership.
• Minimum of 12 years of legal work experience, with at least 7 years of healthcare 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, regulations for the protection of human subjects and other research regulations.
• Demonstrable experience operationalizing policies, helping enforce research compliance and driving culture change.
• Experience in advising the healthcare industry and previous exposure to medical industry regulations (health authority/regulatory, Medicare/Medicaid Anti‑Kickback, Anti‑Bribery, Privacy).
• Previous experience in identifying and resolving legal issues quickly and effectively and ability to make on‑the‑spot risk calls.
• Proven global team leadership experience and ability to function as a senior member of a management team.
• Strong executive presence with outstanding interpersonal and teaming skills; able to work effectively at all levels of the organization.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills with the ability to communicate research and collaboration issues in an easy‑to‑understand manner; strong working knowledge of English.
• Proven experience managing teams of direct and/or indirect reports.
• Highest level of ethics and integrity.

• Demonstrated experience providing legal advice in a highly regulated environment.
• Experience or familiarity working with academic research centers.
• Experience with identifying and working on intellectual property issues arising from research and/or collaboration agreements.
• Process‑oriented mindset and/or experience developing policies, procedures, and/or work instructions.

Relocation Assistance:
No

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