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Assistant General Counsel, Commercial - Surgery

USA NJ - Franklin Lakes💼 Full-time🗓 2026-08-03 → 2026-09-25

Core

Strategic legal partner advising executive leadership on commercial agreements, new product launches, and innovation programs within the medical device industry.

Role type

Senior in-house general counsel (commercial/transactional)

Builds

Complex commercial agreements, strategic partnerships, and legal frameworks for new product development

Domain

Medical technology / Life sciences

Deliverable

Production legal strategies and commercial contracts

Required skills

Corporate and commercial/transactional law, complex agreement drafting and negotiation, regulatory compliance, clinical trial oversight, risk management, cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

In-house experience at Fortune 500/multinational, innovation/R&D business unit support

Technologies

Legal management systems, contract lifecycle management tools

Responsibilities

Draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements (supply, distribution, licensing), advise on regulatory and compliance matters, support clinical trials involving human subjects, drive legal strategy for new product development, collaborate with R&D and commercial teams, develop scalable legal processes

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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