Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary - Bracco Medical Technologies

Job Duties

Why Join Bracco Medical Technologies?

We care as much about our employees as we do our patients. Our culture fosters a work environment where employees can thrive, be passionate and have fun along the way.Each member of the Bracco Medical Technologies team has the power to make a difference......every day!

The Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary, is the chief legal officer of the Company and provides expert, business-focused legal counsel, and strategic legal services of the highest possible standard to the CEO, leadership teams, and Boards of Directors. The General Counsel oversees all legal matters for the Company, including commercial transactions and contracts, litigation management, corporate governance, and regulatory legal support. The General Counsel leads and ensures effective management and professional development of the Company's Legal team, including its staff and resources, to ensure the Company is provided with expert and strategic legal advice, as well as setting internal governance policies. The General Counsel works closely with other senior executives of the BMT and Bracco affiliates to ensure effective communication and information flow that facilitates effective decision-making and enables BMT to deliver corporate objectives. Reporting directly to the CEO of BMT, with a dotted line reporting structure to the Global Headquarters Legal leadership, the General Counsel also collaborates with global legal and compliance counterparts to ensure alignment with the Company's overall legal and risk posture.

Main Responsibilities, Activities, Duties and Tasks

Participate with executive leadership in strategy execution, operational excellence initiatives, and general leadership of the business.

Legal

Serve as the primary legal advisor to the CEO, Executive Committee, leadership teams, and Boards of Directors, delivering pragmatic, strategic, and business-focused legal advice across all functions.

Lead the identification, assessment, escalation, and mitigation of enterprise legal risks, including commercial, regulatory, compliance, litigation, governance, reputational, operational, and strategic risks.

Oversee, draft, review, negotiate, and advise on complex commercial and strategic agreements, including customer, vendor, supply, distribution, service, consulting, clinical, software, confidentiality, evaluation, and strategic transaction agreements.

Develop and maintain contract templates, playbooks, SOPs, intake processes, escalation standards, and legal risk frameworks to improve consistency, efficiency, compliance, and business alignment.

Advise on healthcare regulatory and commercial compliance matters, including evaluation/demo equipment placements, customer acknowledgments, healthcare professional interactions, rebate/pricing structures, promotional review, scientific communications, and related legal controls.

Coordinate litigation, disputes, investigations, threatened claims, privileged reviews, preservation obligations, settlement strategy, and external counsel management.

Provide legal support for product launch, advertising and promotion, medical-device regulatory issues, AI governance, cybersecurity, privacy-adjacent issues, trade secrets, and other emerging legal risks.

Develop and deliver legal training and practical tools for business stakeholders, including training on contract process, healthcare compliance, regulatory risk, and legal escalation expectations.

Manage Legal department resources, budget, outside counsel, legal operations, team structure, staffing, performance expectations, and professional development.

Governance/ Company Secretary

Advise the Boards of Directors, CEO, Executive Committee, and management on corporate governance best practices, fiduciary considerations, delegated authority, decision rights, and legally defensible governance processes.

Support Board and committee operations, including agendas, meeting materials, minutes, resolutions, written actions, officer appointments, entity records, and corporate approvals.

Maintain and continuously improve governance frameworks that promote clear decision-making, appropriate escalation, effective information flow, and reliable documentation of corporate actions.

Coordinate with Finance, Global Legal, Compliance, and business stakeholders on delegations of authority, corporate housekeeping, entity-management documentation, and governance controls.

Provide strategic governance and legal compliance support for corporate initiatives, operational reviews, risk assessments, leadership transitions, and other matters requiring executive or Board-level oversight.

Qualifications (Knowledge, Skills & Abilities):

Minimum

Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school

Admitted to practice law by the Minnesota State Bar Association in the State of Minnesota.

12+ years' legal experience, including significant experience within experience in the medical device, life sciences, healthcare or other closely related industry.

Proven and seasoned legal leader with experience leading legal functions, driving organizational change, and supporting business growth through strategic legal counsel.

Demonstrated expertise and commercial contracting and providing practical, business-oriented legal advice across a broad range of commercial and operational matters.

Strong ability to work independently, exercise sound judgement, manage competing priorities, and effectively navigate complex legal and business issues with minimal supervision.

Leadership Skills - Company Values & Behaviors

Exceptional business acumen with the ability to deliver practical, risk-based, and actionable legal advice that supports strategic business objectives and drives informed decision-making.

Excellent executive communication and interpersonal skills, including the ability to effectively influence, negotiate, and build credibility with stakeholders at all levels of the organization, including senior leadership and Board of Directors.

Collaborative and enterprise minded leadership style with a demonstrated ability to partner effectively across Global Legal & Compliance, Commercial, Marketing, Finance, Regulatory, R&D, Quality, Human Resources and other cross-functional teams.

Strong organizational, operational, and project management capabilities with the ability to manage multiple complex priorities while maintaining a high level of accuracy, responsiveness and attention to detail.

Demonstrated success operating in a fast-paced, highly regulated environment, consistently exhibiting integrity, professionalism, sound judgment and strong results orientation.

Skilled stakeholder manager with the ability to align diverse perspectives, build consensus, and drive initiatives to successful completion in support of corporate objectives.

A proven ability to lead complex legal and enterprise-risk matters, while effectively partnering with executive leadership on strategic operational business initiatives. Highly analytical and solutions oriented, with strong critical thinking skills, business judgment, and the ability to independently assess and resolve complex legal and business issues.

Strategic thinker who anticipates emerging risks, industry developments, regulatory changes, and evolving business needs, and proactively develops practical solutions.

Committed to continuous improvement with demonstrated success in streamlining processes, enhancing operational effectiveness, and reducing unnecessary complexity while maintaining appropriate controls.

Executive presence and confidence to provide candid, direct, and constructive counsel to C-level executives, leadership teams, and Boards of Directors, including sensitive, high-risk and business critical matters.

Compensation&TotalRewards:

EstimatedBeginningSalary:$300,000.00-$350,000.00

*EstimatedsalaryisintendedtoreflectthesalaryBraccoMedicalTechnologiesreasonablyexpectstopayfortheposition.The provided range is based on salary and market data and may vary based on an employee's eligibility for geographic differential pay in high-cost-of-labor markets.

Total Rewards:

Paid Time Off, Company Holidays & Paid Family Leave - We provide PTO and Company Holidays to help you recharge, relax and do what's important to you, when it's important to you. Our 100% paid family leave options for parents, grandparents and eligible family members provide support for growing families as well.

Achieve - Beyond competitive compensation, we offer options to help you plan for a financially secure future, including an annual incentive plan and 401k savings plan contributions.

Live well - We offer comprehensive benefit options to help protect you along the way, including medical, dental, vision, and life insurance, employer HSA contributions, employee assistance program, short-term disability, etc.

Evolve - Through structured on-the-job learning, workshops, seminars, and our tuition reimbursement program, you'll find many opportunities to grow, personally and professionally.

Choose -You won't find "stuffy" here whether your position requires a hybrid or in-the-office working arrangement. That means business casual for your attire and flexibility in your schedule, wherever possible.

Bracco Medical Technologies is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer. Bracco Medical Technologies desires priority referrals of protected veterans for all openings.

ACIST Medical is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Minimum Education Required

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Minimum Experience Required

12 - 20 years

Shift

First (Day)

Number of Openings

1

Public Transportation Accessible

Yes

Veterans Encouraged to Apply

No

Physical Required

Yes

Drug Test Required

Yes

Compensation

$11.41 / Hourly

Postal Code

55344

Job Type

Full Time

Place of Work

On-site

Requisition ID

9b3222df7c421001d0903bfb96210000

Job Benefits

Not specified