Associate Corporate Counsel Director

Description:

The Commercial Counsel will be an integral member of the Amneal Legal team and will serve as a trusted legal advisor for all commercial activities involving the company's specialty, biosimilar and generic products. The incumbent will serve as a member of Amneal's promotional assets review committee (PARC), draft/review/negotiate general commercial and other types of contracts, and handle market access/customer-facing contracting.

Essential Functions:

• Advise on a broad array of issues relating to the marketing and promotion of pharmaceutical products and actively represent Legal on the company PARC to review promotional/non-promotional materials and strategies covering multiple topics (disease awareness, patient education/access/support, press releases, interactions with HCP and payers, etc.) to ensure that materials and strategies are compliant with legal and regulatory requirements as well as with internal company policies.
• Negotiate, draft, review general commercial and other contracts including HCP consultant and speaker agreements, vendor and service provider MSAs and SOWs, and liaise with internal clients and Legal colleagues to finalize same.
• Counsel on FDCA and other applicable laws and regs. (including federal and state anti-kickback statutes, FCA, FCPA, FDA regulations, OIG guidance, PhRMA Code, Federal healthcare programs, state drug transparency laws, HIPAA/privacy, etc.).
• Negotiate, draft, and review market access/customer-facing contracts including product purchase, supply, distribution, PBM, GPO, wholesaler/distribution, rebate/discount, and specialty pharmacy agreements. Provide legal guidance on contracting and strategy for established and newly launched products.

Additional Responsibilities:

• Analyze and solve problems, often without supervisory input, and provide well‐reasoned, timely, and practical advice to inform business decision-making.
• Prioritize the development of collaborative relationships with internal stakeholders.
• Possess solid understanding of drug pricing and reimbursement in the US marketplace and knowledge of US pharmaceutical laws (including federal and state anti-kickback statutes, FCA, FCPA, FDCA, FDA regulations, OIG guidance, PhRMA Code, Federal healthcare programs, state drug transparency laws, HIPAA/privacy, and other applicable laws) and be able to apply such laws to inform business activities.

Education:

• Bachelors Degree (BA/BS) - Required
• Juris Doctor or equivalent and admitted to and in good standing with the bar of at least one state in the US - Required

Experience:

• 5 years or more in Experience working in a law firm and/or as in-house counsel with a pharmaceutical, medical device or drug/device wholesale distributor – including direct experience working closely with the sales or commercial function of such organization.
• 5 years or more in Experience in reviewing promotional/non-promotional materials and tactics and advising on a broad array of issues relating to the marketing and promotion of pharmaceutical products.
• 5 years or more in Experience with drafting/reviewing/negotiating MSAs, NDAs, HCP/non-HCP consulting agreements, IT services, data purchase and other types of agreements, amendments and SOWs
• 5 years or more in Experience with drafting, reviewing and negotiating market access/customer-facing contracts including product purchase, supply, distribution, PBM, GPO, wholesaler/distribution, rebate/discount, and specialty pharmacy agreements with a wide range of Amneal's customers and industry partners.
• 5 years or more in Experience in effectively partnering with internal clients to identify and understand their business requirements and negotiate contracts in accordance with those requirements and the Company’s overall objectives and policies

Skills:

• Possess excellent legal judgment, communication skills and business acumen. - Advanced
• Inspire confidence through the strength of her/his judgment, leadership style, and ability to manage interpersonal relationships with Senior Management, and multiple corporate functional business units, including Market Access/Commercial Teams, Finance, Compliance, Marketing, Medical Affairs, and Regulatory. - Intermediate
• Ability to work comfortably in an intense, fast-paced environment; responsive to the needs of her/his business partners and execute under pressure in a timely way; comfortable working with compressed timelines. - Advanced
• Strong team player; desire to work as a member within a highly collaborative Legal Dept., partnering with other legal colleagues to execute company objectives as well as to provide quality legal services to internal business cli