Legal Counsel

Corporate

At ZOLL, we're passionate about improving patient outcomes and helping save lives. We provide innovative technologies that make a meaningful difference in people's lives. Our medical devices, software and related services are used worldwide to diagnose and treat patients suffering from serious cardiopulmonary and respiratory conditions.
Job Summary
ZOLL Medical Corporation is a growing, innovation-driven company on the forefront of delivering medical devices to save lives and software solutions to improve efficiency. With customers in more than 140 countries, ZOLL continues to expand our reach, as well as its product offerings.
ZOLL Itamar is a division of ZOLL Medical and an established medical device company focused on the development, manufacturing, marketing and sales of sleep diagnostic products and related services for various medical conditions. We are a rapidly growing B2B medical technology company building its presence and footprint in multiple medical disciplines. We are looking for a talented, highly motivated and business-oriented attorney to support and advise our fast-growing US business based in Atlanta, Georgia.
This is a great opportunity to work in an energetic and ever-evolving environment, offering interesting, innovative and diverse legal challenges.
This position is an opportunity for a talented commercial transactions attorney with extensive experience in the healthcare industry to serve in an impactful, business-oriented in-house legal role supporting ZOLL Itamar's sleep diagnostics business and specifically the sale of ZOLL Itamar's medical devices and services, software solutions and diagnostic testing services as well as the management of its varied product and service vendors. Serving as a critical member of a dynamic team, Counsel will partner with the Management, Sales, Operations and Marketing teams to review, negotiate and draft a wide range of commercial sales and privacy related agreements as well as provide legal advice on a broad range of commercial and corporate issues.
The position supports a critical function of the business with visibility throughout the business and requires meaningful judgment, discretion, time management and organizational intelligence. Counsel will collaborate with internal clients in various functional areas, including Sales, Management, Marketing, Operations, Finance, Digital Health and Compliance. This role will help drive commercial success as well as operational efficiency of the business. The role will be initially reporting to ZOLL Itamar's General Counsel, however reporting may be subject to change after onboarding.
Essential Functions

• Draft and Negotiate Contracts – Draft, review and negotiate all forms of contracts and third-party agreements with customers, vendors and partners. Examples include a range of customer sales agreements (e.g., customer sales agreements for medical device, related services, SaaS and software licensing; service level agreements, ASP customer agreements, reseller agreements, partnership agreements and purchase order terms and conditions), privacy and data protection agreements (e.g., business associate agreements, data processing agreements and information security agreements) and vendor and service provider agreements. The predominant and primary focus of this role will be contract negotiation.

• Advise the Business – Provide timely, high-quality analysis and pragmatic advice on legal and business issues to internal clients. Provide proactive legal and business counseling on a broad range of topics, including, general commercial law, contract interpretation, privacy regulations, healthcare compliance regulations.

• Support Corporate Initiatives – Assist with corporate-level initiatives or other assigned duties.

Required/Preferred Education and Experience

• Graduate of an accredited law school and licensed to practice law in the employee’s state of residence required

• 3 - 7 years of legal experience as a dedicated commercial transactions attorney in the healthcare industry, with a strong preference for individuals having a background in the medical device and healthcare software solution space

• Experience as in-house counsel or with a law firm dedicated in supporting an internal sales organization is strongly preferred

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Exceptional oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to actively listen

• Ethical integrity and strong analytical skills

• Excellent business judgment and sound decision-making ability

• Ability to interface professionally and effectively with all levels of personnel internally and externally

• Strong ability to draft and negotiate legal documents, with attention to detail

• Proactive, organized, self-motivated and self-disciplined work ethic, with the ability to re-prioritize in “real time”

• Ability to manage multiple priorities with a “can do” attitude and collegial, collaborative tone

• Professional demeanor, high competency and positive attitude

• Strong working knowledge of healthcare compliance regulations (e.g., state and federal anti-corruption, fraud, waste and abuse, anti-kickback, corporate practice of medicine, Sunshine and Stark laws) and privacy regulations (e.g., HIPAA, GDPR, CCPA and CCPRA) is mandatory.

• Ability to perform the essential duties and responsibilities of the position, as described above and as modified from time to time based on ZOLL Itamar’s diverse and evolving needs

• Experience as in-house counsel or with a law firm dedicated in supporting an internal sales organization is strongly preferred

Physical Demands
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

• Standing - Occasionally

• Walking - Occasionally

• Sitting - Constantly

• Talking - Occasionally

• Hearing - Occasionally

• Repetitive Motions - Frequently

Compensation for this position is ~ $160K. Final compensation will be determined by various factors such as a candidate's relevant work experience, skills, certifications, and location.

ZOLL is a fast-growing company that operates in more than 140 countries around the world. Our employees are inspired by a commitment to make a difference in patients's lives, and our culture values innovation, self-motivation and an entrepreneurial spirit. Join us in our efforts to improve outcomes for underserved patients suffering from critical cardiopulmonary conditions and help save more lives.

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All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.