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.

This position ideally will reside in Minneapolis, MN or another US Medtronic office location, but could POTENTIALLY be a remote US-based role.

• Analyze, draft, and negotiate broad range of agreements including complex product development, supply chain, 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.
• Licensed to practice in at least one US state or the District of Columbia.
• 5+ years of experience drafting and negotiating contracts as a practicing attorney with demonstrated ability and experience with complex commercial transactions

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience negotiating sourcing-supply contracts
• Experience working with development agreements
• Experience in licensing
• Strong academic credentials
• Experience at a law firm and/or in-house
• Analytical risk identification, evaluation, and management skills
• Ability to accelerate change
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to work on multiple projects, in diverse substantive areas, at the same time
• Experience working within a highly matrixed organization
• Superior common sense and exceptional judgment
• Integrity and strong ethical center
• Exceptional advocacy in negotiating
• Ability to establish credibility and develop strong working relationships with business partners and clients
• Capable of and experienced in effectively working in groups and with senior management
• An understanding of business objectives, strategies and relevant tactics
• Seasoned professional with sound judgment
• Exceptional oral and written communications skills
• Excellent decision-making skills
• 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. 

The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. For Office Roles: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers. Contact your manager or local HR to understand the Work Conditions and Physical requirements that may be specific to each role.

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.
 

Salary ranges for U.S (excl. PR) locations (USD):$156,800.00 - $235,200.00This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

Medtronic benefits and compensation plans

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 90,000+ 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.

It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

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