Description:
Job Summary:This position is an opportunity for a talented commercial transactions attorney to serve in an impactful, business-oriented in-house legal role focusing on healthcare IT. Serving as a critical member of a dynamic team, Counsel will partner with the business to review, negotiate, and draft a wide range of commercial agreements and provide legal advice on a broad range of issues.
This position supports all levels of the business but entails significant interaction with leadership across all functions, and accordingly requires meaningful judgment, discretion, and organizational intelligence. Counsel will collaborate with internal clients in all functional areas, including sales, R&D, marketing, and customer success. Success will help drive sales acceleration and speed new offerings to market. This person will work alongside other subject-matter experts in intellectual property and data security.
Counsel will report to the Associate General Counsel, Technology in ZOLL's Legal Department. Preferred location is Colorado, hybrid/majority remote, 1-2 days per week at ZOLL's Broomfield, CO office. Fully remote candidates will also be considered.
Essential Functions:
- Draft and Negotiate Contracts –Draft, review and negotiate all forms of contracts and legal documents with customers, vendors, and partners. Examples include software license and SaaS agreements, business associate agreements, reseller agreements, and service agreements. In particular, the sales process can entail significant contract negotiation. Primary focus will be US contracts, with some international support opportunities.
- Learn the Technology – Gain understanding of ZOLL products and services, interacting with technical experts on software, data security, and IT generally.
- 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, and, in conjunction with other subject-matter experts, intellectual property.
- Support Corporate Initiatives – Assist with corporate-level initiatives and other duties as assigned by the Associate General Counsel, Technology.
Required/Preferred Education and Experience:
- Graduate of an accredited law school
- Currently licensed to practice law in the employee's state of residence required
- At least 3 years as a commercial transactions attorney in private practice, in-house, or preferably a mix of both required
- Experience supporting an internal sales organization is strongly preferred
- Experience in technology companies preferred, and in particular experience with SaaS preferred
- Experience in health care preferred preferred
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Exceptional oral and written communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to actively listen
- Excellent business judgment and sound decision-making ability
- Ability to interface professionally and effectively with all levels of personnel internally and externally, up to and including senior executives and other key personnel
- 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” when faced with competing pressures and demands on time
- Ability to manage multiple priorities with a “can do” attitude and collegial, collaborative tone
- Responsive and reliable
- Strong work ethic
- Intellectual curiosity
- Independent decision-making ability
- Collaborative, consensus builder
- Mission-driven with a belief in ZOLL's mission
