Senior Corporate Counsel

Axogen is committed to building and maintaining a strong and gratifying company culture that fosters professional growth. Our hands-on and personal approach makes transitioning to a new job a seamless and enjoyable process. Most benefits are effective on day one!

Axogen is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against applicants on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, national origin, disability or veteran status.

Why you'll love working at Axogen:

• Friendly, open, and fun team culture that values unique perspectives
• Company-wide dedication to profoundly impacting patients' lives
• Comprehensive, high-quality benefits package effective on date of hire
• Educational assistance available for all employees
• Matching 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid holidays, including floating holidays, to be used at your discretion
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Referral incentive program
  
  

Axogen Mission and Business Purpose

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by making restoration of peripheral nerve function an expected standard of care. We aim to lead the markets we serve by always requiring the solutions we offer patients and caregivers provide an improved benefit-to-risk profile as compared to existing standards of care. To ensure we deliver improved benefit-to-risk solutions, we will guide and expect the market and design requirement specifications underlying our engineering, business development, and clinical research activities, objectively target advancements in standards of care.

Job Summary of the Senior Corporate Counsel

The Senior Corporate Counsel will report directly to the Deputy General Counsel and will work closely with other Senior Corporate Counsel. The primary focus of the Director, Senior Corporate Counsel will be to provide legal advice on a broad range of commercial and non-commercial contracts; additional advice and support to be provided for other department or company priorities and needs, including regulatory, compliance and privacy requirements. Will interface daily with in-house colleagues and senior business executives in the context of providing legal advice.

Requirements of the Senior Corporate Counsel

• J.D. from ABA accredited law school; admitted to practice in US.
• Minimum 10 years of legal expertise as in-house counsel working on wide range of commercial and non-commercial transactions.
• Experience managing a large volume of contracts, including maintaining metrics.
• Experience working with medical device or life science companies is highly preferred.
• Experience with International Distribution (e.g., international distribution agreements and ancillary documentation) including any other areas to support company's international growth strategy.
• Experience in other areas of in-house counsel expertise, such as IP or privacy preferred.
• Strong work ethic: willingness to learn new skills and function effectively in rapidly changing environment.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
  
  

Responsibilities of the Senior Corporate Counsel

The specific duties of the Senior Corporate Counsel include but are not limited to:

• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial and non-commercial agreements including but not limited to: Supply, Material Transfer, Distribution, Research, Consulting, Quality and Technology and Licensing agreements.
• Working knowledge of GDPR to support review and negotiation of data processing agreements, and related privacy documents.
• Healthcare Compliance support, including analysis of contractual rebates and discount offer to ensure compliance with Anti-Kickback Statute and healthcare regulations.
• Flexibility to adapt and thrive in an environment that is constantly expanding and changing as Axogen grows.
• Keep abreast of and proactively address changing regulations, industry and market trends, and technology, and effectively work with a variety of business, finance and legal stakeholders to develop and implement resulting practices that support innovation and growth while maintaining appropriate protections and safeguards for Axogen.
• Drive and/or assist with various legal department projects that support the legal department goals as well as efforts to develop, implement and enhance processes that improve transaction and contracting velocity and scaling without material increases in risk.
  

Location

Remote (US)

Benefits/Compensation

This position is eligible for an annual bonus.

Benefits offered for this position include Health, Dental, Vision, Matching 401K, Paid Time Off, 9 Paid Holidays 3 Floating Holidays, Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts, Medical Flexible Spending Accounts, Tuition Reimbursement, Paid Parental Leave, Paid Caregiver Leave, Basic Life Insurance, Supplemental Life Insurance, Employee Stock Purchase Plan, and Disability Insurance, as described in more detail in summary plan descriptions.

Salary Range

$168,828—$211,034 USD

Axogen follows healthcare system guidelines with respect to credentialing, vaccinations and other employment/compliance related requirements, as well as CDC guidance. Axogen reserves the right to amend its policies from time to time in its sole discretion.