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Title: Staff Counsel – SCRI

Location: Nashville, Tennessee (Preferred)

Other locations: Atlanta, Georgia; Columbus, Ohio; Dallas, Texas; Richmond, Virginia

Hybrid or Remote

Required experience: 1-3 years healthcare experience

Description

In June 2022, McKesson and HCA Healthcare announced the creation of a joint venture that combined McKesson’s US Oncology Research (USOR) and HCA Healthcare’s Sarah Cannon Research Institute (SCRI). This joint venture established a fully integrated oncology research organization aimed at expanding clinical research, accelerating drug development and increasing availability and access to clinical trials for community oncology providers and patients, including those in underserved communities. In addition, through the combination of their clinical research networks, data and analytic capabilities and more, the joint venture brings greater efficiency to the drug development process – making it possible to help more cancer patients access new, life-saving medications.

Position Description

McKesson's Law Department is seeking an experienced healthcare and transactional lawyer to join the SCRI legal team and provide comprehensive legal support to its businesses. As Staff Counsel, you will serve as the initial point of contact on legal matters and provide day-to-day counseling on issues related to clinical trials, drug development, regulatory compliance, and other legal aspects specific to the oncology field. You will collaborate closely with internal stakeholders, including management, research teams, and business development, to ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards.

The Staff Counsel responsibilities include the following:

- Staying current on relevant laws, regulations, and industry guidelines related to clinical trials, drug research & development, human research protection and data privacy & security.

- Overseeing and providing project management leadership to ensure successful implementation of legal guidance. 

- Working independently and escalate issues to supervising attorneys as necessary.

- Drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex contracts, including clinical trial agreements, research services agreements, master services agreements, physician consulting agreements, confidentiality agreements, technology agreements, data use agreements and vendor contracts.

-  Preparing legal presentations and memoranda for the senior attorneys and presenting to senior business unit leaders, as applicable

- Preparing contract summaries and/or issues lists to present to supervising attorney or business unit partners for review, if applicable.

- Recommending and implementing contracting policies, procedures and processes

- Coordinating with colleagues to identify regulatory issues, assess business impact risk and communicate same to business partners

- Working under supervision of supervising attorneys and exercising independent judgment in escalating issues within broadly defined practices and policies.   

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• 2+ years of legal experience in a corporate legal department or law firm 

Critical Skills

• 2+ years’ experience reviewing and revising complex commercial contracts.  
• Proficient in Office word processing programs or equivalent programs.
• Organizational and project management skills.

Additional Knowledge & Skills

• Experience working in a healthcare regulatory environment preferred.
• Excellent writing and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work effectively with business leaders.
• Experience working with online collaboration, project management and file organization software, including MS Office 365, MS Teams, and MS PowerPoint.

Required Education:

• Juris Doctor Degree. Must be a member of the Bar of a jurisdiction.

Must be authorized to work in the US. Sponsorship is not available for this position.

We are proud to offer a competitive compensation package at McKesson as part of our Total Rewards. This is determined by several factors, including performance, experience and skills, equity, regular job market evaluations, and geographical markets. The pay range shown below is aligned with McKesson's pay philosophy, and pay will always be compliant with any applicable regulations. In addition to base pay, other compensation, such as an annual bonus or long-term incentive opportunities may be offered. For more information regarding benefits at McKesson, please click here.

Our Base Pay Range for this position

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