Legal Counsel

Job Summary: 

Highridge Medical creates the world’s most innovative spinal solutions across the spectrum from Motion Preservation to MIS to Bone Healing to Core Spine. Working at Highridge Medical is not just work. Life at Highridge Medical is purpose driven. Every day, you have the privilege of using your talents to demonstrate Confidence in your work and restore Confidence for our patients. Confidence that moves.

The Senior Legal & Compliance Counsel is an important leader at Highridge Medical and will organize and oversee the Compliance program of Highridge Medical, while also supporting general legal matters, including international sales & distributor agreements. The Senior Legal & Compliance Counsel is responsible for developing the Compliance program strategy for Highridge Medical to enable business results and effectively manage risk for the company. This role supports the Chief Compliance Officer in reporting to the Compliance Committee, drives alignment to the global Compliance strategy, and influences senior business leadership and other stakeholders in identifying risks and opportunities and implementing appropriate mitigation efforts.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Implement the Ethics and Compliance strategy and goals within Highridge to empower business leadership and effectively manage risk for the company.
• Develop programs which ensure organizational compliance with relevant laws, regulations, and standards across regions.
• Ensure effective ethics and compliance controls are in place, including written standards, education and communication, auditing and monitoring, third-party oversight, and corrective action.
• Provide strategic input to support continuous improvement of the compliance program and to reflect changes, clarifications, or updates in applicable law, regulations, policy, and business strategy.
• Maintain deep knowledge of the businesses and their operations; use knowledge of business and compliance metrics to inform the strategy and goals.
• Foster a continuous improvement mindset and proposes enhancements to the Program informed by industry trends and best practices.
• Participate in industry associations and engagements to raise the profile of the Ethics and Compliance program and the company.
• Help manage international legal matters, especially around privacy and sales/distribution agreements.

This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and might not necessarily comprise all of the essential functions for purposes of the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Education/Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Law Degree and admission to practice law in the U.S. required.
• 7 years of professional work experience required
• 2 fraud and abuse, anti-kickback experience is highly desirable
• Direct work with Sales & Marketing professionals is a plus