Senior Counsel, Biopharma Solutions & Strategic Sourcing

Overview

What Commercial Transaction contributes to Cardinal Health

Legal provides the company with strategic, proactive, practical and cost-effective legal advice and services to protect assets, operations and image. This function covers commercial, corporate securities, intellectual property, labor and employment, regulatory law, and litigates company matters, while managing outside counsel and legal operations. Commercial Transaction provides legal advice and services to domestic and international businesses supporting customer, vendor, supplier, and strategic relationships, including drafting and negotiating contracts and participating in business strategy as primary day-to-day legal contacts for business clients.

Job Summary

The Senior Legal Counsel serves as the primary legal partner to leaders of a division within a business unit, providing counsel on legal issues and risk mitigation. The Senior Legal Counsel reviews and negotiates commercial agreements with external parties, protecting the business's interests and ensuring contract compliance. This role also reviews external communications for legal compliance and liaises with internal Legal and other teams to resolve legal issues.

Responsibilities

Provides excellent client service, counsels assigned division leaders on legal questions and issues such as contract compliance and confidentiality. Determines appropriate legal actions and projects associated costs for business leaders.

Drafts initial format and terms for commercial agreements and delivers agreements to customers and vendors to initiate negotiations. Interfaces with Contract Administration teams to set up contracts.

Meets with external parties to negotiate terms and achieve favorable terms for the business. Counsels business leaders on acceptance or refusal of external party terms based on legal and business considerations.

Reviews all terms and revisions from external parties and manages iterations of commercial agreement terms.

Reviews marketing and public relations communications to ensure compliance of product information and messaging.

Identifies and liaises with appropriate Legal and Compliance teams when business legal issues fall outside commercial and transaction law to achieve resolution.

Proactively identifies legal risks as a trusted business partner and provides risk-mitigation insights for strategic planning.

When litigation occurs, serves as a primary liaison and expert for the Litigation team.

Advises business unit leaders on terms, risks and due diligence during mergers and acquisitions activities.

Qualifications

Juris Doctorate degree

8-12 years of experience, preferred

Bachelor's degree in related field

What is expected of you and others at this level

Applies advanced knowledge to manage a wide variety of projects.

Participates in development of policies and procedures to achieve goals.

Recommends new practices, processes, metrics, or models.

Works on or may lead complex projects with large scope and long-term impact.

Provides solutions that may set precedent.

Independently determines methods for completing new projects.

Receives guidance on overall project objectives.

Acts as a mentor to less experienced colleagues.

Anticipated salary range : $121,600 - $173,700

Bonus eligible : Yes

Benefits : Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.

Medical, dental and vision coverage

Paid time off plan

Health savings account (HSA)

401k savings plan

Access to wages before pay day with myFlexPay

Flexible spending accounts (FSAs)

Short- and long-term disability coverage

Work-Life resources

Paid parental leave

Healthy lifestyle programs

Application window anticipated to close : 10 / 19 / 2025. If interested, please submit your application as soon as possible.

The salary range listed is an estimate. Pay at Cardinal Health is determined by multiple factors including geographical location, education, experience and skills, and internal pay equity.

Cardinal Health supports an inclusive workplace that values diversity of thought, experience and background. We celebrate the power of our differences to create better solutions for our customers by ensuring employees can be their authentic selves each day. Cardinal Health is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, creed, or other protected status.

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