This is a position within the Legal Department that is held by a lawyer with strong legal skills and the ability to deliver business-oriented, effective and efficient legal services, project management, and strategic counseling on significant projects or matters for defined business or corporate clients for which he or she has overall responsibility.

Our legal associates have an important impact on business operations by protecting Cencora's interests through the accuracy of advice given and propriety of decisions made on the Company's behalf. You are expected to be able to interact confidently with senior business management and, when necessary, with senior Company management.

This is a US based remote position (preferred candidates in the East or Midwest).

• Act as legal counsel supporting buy-side contracting and procurement initiatives, primarily in the area of specialty and brand pharmaceuticals with the opportunity to assist in other areas of supply chain management
• Draft and negotiate and advise regarding full pharmaceutical manufacturer-facing agreements to ensure that these contracts accurately express the Company's strategy, objectives and minimize legal and regulatory risk
• May have management responsibility for one or more legal professionals and, if so, is required to be an effective manager of his or her reports
• Required to be adept at handling significant legal projects, matters, and issues and should have very good to excellent technical legal skills and expertise
• Take on mixed legal and business responsibility for, and project management of, contracts or other matters that the client group wants to pursue
• Make business-oriented yet legally compliant recommendations to his or her clients
• Solve both straightforward and complex problems and take a new perspective on existing solutions
• Juggle multiple matters and effectively multi-task and prioritize tasks to ensure that work is completed in a timely and efficient matter
• Be comfortable with change and should be willing to shift priorities and focus

• A minimum of 9 years of experience as a lawyer combined with expertise in one or more specialty areas of legal practice (e.g., commercial law, healthcare regulations).
• Law Degree - must be a graduate of an accredited law school and admitted into the state bar
• Working knowledge of healthcare regulations and advice (Anti-Kickback Statute, government price reporting, 340B, government contracting, antitrust)
• The lawyer in this role is comparable to a counsel, non-equity partner, or service partner in a law firm and is a lawyer who can do sophisticated work as an individual contributor and/or supervise and project manage other individual legal professionals or teams of legal professionals to do the work
• Familiarity with a variety of the pharmaceutical industry's concepts, practices and legal procedures is required
• Strong business acumen and extensive commercial contracting experience
• Capacity to handle wide breadth of issues and prioritize accordingly
• Excellent judgment and ability to actively resolve complex issues effectively
• Strong customer service focus
• Proactively provide legal support
• Creative and innovative in approach
• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
• Strong ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Very good to excellent communication and information sharing with all levels of associates
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Strong negotiating skills
• Strong leadership skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Strong organizational skills; attention to detail
• Ability to follow and interpret legal trends

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What Cencora offers

We provide compensation, benefits, and resources that enable a highly inclusive culture and support our team members' ability to live with purpose every day. In addition to traditional offerings like medical, dental, and vision care, we also provide a comprehensive suite of benefits that focus on the physical, emotional, financial, and social aspects of wellness. This encompasses support for working families, which may include backup dependent care, adoption assistance, infertility coverage, family building support, behavioral health solutions, paid parental leave, and paid caregiver leave.

To encourage your personal growth, we also offer a variety of training programs, professional development resources, and opportunities to participate in mentorship programs, employee resource groups, volunteer activities, and much more.

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Cencora is committed to providing equal employment opportunity without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, national origin, age, disability, veteran status or membership in any other class protected by federal, state or local law.

The company's continued success depends on the full and effective utilization of qualified individuals. Therefore, harassment is prohibited and all matters related to recruiting, training, compensation, benefits, promotions and transfers comply with equal opportunity principles and are non-discriminatory.

Cencora is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities during the employment process which are consistent with legal requirements. If you wish to request an accommodation while seeking employment, please call 888.692.2272 or email hrsc@cencora.com. We will make accommodation determinations on a request-by-request basis. Messages and emails regarding anything other than accommodations requests will not be returned