Principal Legal Counsel

At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You'll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life
Provide legal advice and transactional support within the Global Operations & Supply Chain (GOSC) Legal Organization to a broad range of Medtronic business clients that are seeking to acquire goods and services from suppliers. Coordinate the delivery of these transactional legal services with cross-functional and subject matter experts within Medtronic.

This position reports to the Senior Legal Director, GOSC Legal.

CAREERS THAT CHANGE LIVES
Provide legal advice and transactional support within the Global Operations & Supply Chain (GOSC) Legal Organization to a broad range of Medtronic business clients that are seeking to acquire goods and services from suppliers. Coordinate the delivery of these transactional legal services with cross-functional and subject matter experts within Medtronic.

This position reports to the Senior Legal Director, GOSC Legal.

A DAY IN THE LIFE

• Analyze, draft, and negotiate broad range of procurement agreements including complex product development, supply chain, services agreements, and contract manufacturing agreements with third parties.
• Advise and counsel business clients on a variety of business transactions and operational matters by providing clear, practical, and timely advice on matters such as risk mitigation, relevant laws, and emerging trends.
• Support dispute resolution with third parties by utilizing negotiation skills, settlements, and legal expertise.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders on the recommended structure of agreements.
• Partner with subject matter experts across a global matrixed organization, including coordination with Security, Regulatory, Quality, Federal Contracts and Trade Compliance.
• Work collaboratively with other lawyers, paralegals and administrative staff to provide the legal support for the areas described above.
• Collaborate with a team to update template agreements, draft playbooks, and provide training to support a consistent contracting standards and process
• Participate in other projects as assigned or as needed.

MUST HAVES: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

• JD from a nationally recognized law school.
• 5 years of relevant experience
• Experience drafting and negotiating contracts as a practicing attorney
• Demonstrated ability and experience with complex commercial transactions
• Flexibility, adaptability, responsiveness, and collegiality
• Ability to perform in fast-paced environment with competing priorities

Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation
Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create. We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic
We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here