Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

Title:

Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer

Job Type:

Regular

Company:

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center

Department:

Executive Office

Time Type:

Full time

Weekly Hours:

40

FTE:

1

Shift:

First Shift (United States of America)

Summary:

Roswell Park is seeking an experienced and seasoned attorney to lead its Legal Division.

A. The Organization
Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center is a National Cancer Institute-designated comprehensive cancer center, providing clinical care of cancer patients, research, prevention initiatives, and education services as its four-part mission. Founded in 1898 by Dr. Roswell Park, Roswell Park maintains Dr. Park’s revolutionary “multidisciplinary approach” to cancer – with scientists and clinicians working in concert and collaboratively to address the patient’s cancer diagnosis.

Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center was among the first centers to receive National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation in 1974 as a comprehensive cancer center. Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center was a founding member of the prestigious National Comprehensive Cancer Network. Many Roswell Park faculty serve on the NCCN panels that developed the Clinical Practice Guidelines in Oncology™ – the internationally recognized standards for clinical policy in oncology, and the most comprehensive, most frequently updated clinical practice guidelines available in any area of medicine.

Formerly a part of the New York State Department of Health, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center became a Public Benefit Corporation pursuant to legislation in 1999. Becoming a Public Benefit Corporation has provided the benefit of administrative autonomy while maintaining substantial financial support from New York State. As a Public Benefit Corporation, Roswell Park is a public employer and most Roswell Park employees are covered by collective bargaining agreements between the State of New York and one of several unions representing employees across the State.

Over the last decade, Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center has undergone major growth, adding over 1,000 new jobs, initiating one of the nation’s first hospital facilities dedicated to Phase I cancer research studies, and setting itself apart as a leader in surgical robotics, immunotherapy and CarT Cell therapy, personalized medicine, studies targeting tumor microenvironment and cancer prevention, and the development and testing of new agents and technology. Committing the infrastructure, intellectual capital and necessary resources to convert its scientific discoveries into products/applications, Roswell Park has established a number of biotech spin-off companies and formed strategic partnerships with investigators and centers throughout the world.

The campus spans 28 acres in downtown Buffalo and consists of 15 buildings and 2 million square feet of space. Roswell Park’s hospital building, completed in 1998, houses a comprehensive diagnostic and treatment center. In addition, the organization built a new medical research complex and renovated existing education and research space to support its future growth and expansion. In addition, Roswell Park maintains an ambulatory facility in Amherst, New York, north of the main downtown campus, as well as an affiliation with a Roswell Park community medical practice with locations across Western New York.


B. Position Description

The Senior Vice President and Chief Legal Officer has primary responsibility for directing and overseeing the legal and regulatory affairs of the organization, and acts as senior legal counsel for executive leadership and the Board. Duties include and are not limited to contracts, commercial relationships and transactional matters, spinoff company development, litigation and legal proceedings, personnel matters, insurance matters, Board affairs, Board committees and governance, risk management, and regulatory compliance.

Specific responsibilities include:

• Directs and oversees the activities of the Legal Department both directly and in concert with the Vice President and General Counsel; oversees the activities of the Vice President and General Counsel as well as the Deputy General Counsel for Risk Management. Oversees budgetary matters in the Legal Department, and acts as primary liaison between the Department and the Finance Department and the Human Resources Management Department.

• Advises Roswell Park executives and managers concerning legal rights and obligations, and compliance with various State and Federal statutes and regulations.

• Supervises, participates in, handles, and oversees ongoing litigation matters and manages relationships with outside counsel.
• Participates directly in all leg