Principal Paralegal – Medical Surgical
Medtronic
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Connecticut • Florida • United States
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Salary
💰 $100,800 - $151,200 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Serve as the key link between the legal team, business partners, outside counsel, and other stakeholders
- Draft, review, and redline legal agreements that reside within the portfolio
- Ensure agreements and contract terms are consistent with Medtronic policies and with legal, regulatory and compliance advice
- Act as a liaison to business personnel, responding to routine questions and, where necessary, seeking feedback from additional resources needed to respond to questions
- Work closely with business functions to understand their needs and streamline legal processes
- Conduct legal and compliance research as directed by OU attorneys
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree with 7+ years of paralegal or legal experience to include experience drafting, redlining and negotiating contracts; or, an advanced degree with 5+ years of experience
- Paralegal degree or certificate
- Experience working with moderate-to-complex agreements, solid understanding of general contract terms and conditions
- Strong communication and problem-solving skills
- Ability to operate with autonomy in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to successfully navigate within a highly matrixed organization
- Strong conflict resolution and influencing skills
- Builds relationships and maintains strong communication with cross-functional partners
- Demonstrated organizational skills and highly detail and process-oriented
- Experience with contract management lifecycle systems
- Experience dealing with highly confidential information with professionalism and absolute discretion
- Familiarity with advanced legal concepts and terminology, format of legal documents, legal research and writing is required
- Excellent interpersonal/communication skills (written and verbal)
- Integrity and strong ethical character
- Tactful, exercises independent judgment and discretion – professional presentation
- Prioritizes workload and manages client expectations to execute on critical priorities
- Able to manage multiple, ongoing tasks
- Ability to solve problems across many stakeholders
- Works well under pressure in a dynamic environment
- Assist with due diligence for M&A-related activities
Benefits
- Health, Dental and vision insurance
- Health Savings Account
- Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
- Life insurance
- Long-term disability leave
- Dependent daycare spending account
- Tuition assistance/reimbursement
- Simple Steps (global well-being program)
- Incentive plans
- 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
- Short-term disability
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Employee Assistance Program
- Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
- Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
contract draftingcontract redliningcontract negotiationlegal researchcompliance researchunderstanding of contract termsconfidential information managementlegal document formattinglegal writingdue diligence
Soft Skills
communication skillsproblem-solving skillsautonomyconflict resolutioninfluencing skillsrelationship buildingorganizational skillsdetail-orientedprofessionalismability to manage multiple tasks
Certifications
paralegal degreeparalegal certificate