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Paralegal (Cambridge, MA)

You will provide paralegal support to the Legal Compliance function in North America, including the compliance officers supporting the various businesses operating within the Market. Additionally, you will support our businesses with response to legal questions, fair market value/compliance direction, and other ad-hoc requests.

This role will assist with delivering training, train-the-trainer programs, and the creation of training reports and communications to people leaders regarding training gaps on their teams while performing desk audits and other monitoring activities consistent with the annual compliance monitoring plan, assisting with special projects, as needed. This position will be based onsite from our offices in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Your role:

• Working directly with business clients under the direction of the Director of Legal Compliance or Compliance Officers to provide guidance related to interactions with Health Care Providers, Health Care Organizations or Key Thought Leaders. This may include but is not limited to assisting with needs assessments, fair market value questions, and unique contracting needs.
• Responsible for reviewing and approving HCP nominations in the current workflow tool for managing HCP interactions, including confirming the business’ fair market valuation for healthcare provider agreements is consistent with company established requirements and escalate as needed.
• Primary legal reviewer of requests for customer concessions as a result of a potential legal claim and engages with relevant sales attorney to identify concerns and align on next steps; this role will assist in the expansion of the global transparency reporting process, including the roll-out of a global tool to facilitate more accurate reporting.
• Perform legal research on enforcement trends and pending legislation and analyze potential impact to Philips and propose ways to enhance the Legal Compliance program as a result; Provide compliance program support activities to the various compliance officers supporting businesses in North America.
• Provide guidance on reference site and show site agreements, and related non-disclosure agreements; this role will assist with managing and recording educational grants approved in Philips’ various business segments, while compiling various monthly or regular reports to Management, including the preparation of the materials for the quarterly compliance committee meetings.

You're the right fit if:

• Bachelor’s degree, paralegal certificate, or related experience required.
• 3+ years of relevant experience required; in house law department or experience in a life sciences or medical device environment strongly preferred.
• Strong written and oral communication skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with internal clients and colleagues and contracting third parties. Strong organizational and project management skills; ability to accomplish multiple tasks within agreed upon timeframes through effective prioritization of duties and functions in a fast-paced environment; knowledge of LEAN processes for management of high volume of contracts a plus.
• Self-motivated; able to work both independently to complete tasks and respond to department requests and with others to utilize their resources and knowledge to identify high quality solutions, strong attention to detail in the review, processing, and drafting of department documents; ability to utilize detail and depth of legal understanding to assist with training materials
• High degree of proficiency with MS Office and internet applications (including Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel).
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this Office/Remote position.

About Philips

We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help improve the lives of others.

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• Discover our rich and exciting history.
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If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our commitment to diversity and inclusion here.

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

Company relocation benefits will not be provided for this position. For this position, you must reside in or within commuting distance to Cambridge, MA.

This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates. Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer/Disabled/Veteran and maintains a drug-free workplace.