Senior Legal Counsel
Core
Senior legal counsel partnering with Global Strategic Marketing to advise on advertising, competition/consumer law, commercial contracting, and brand disputes.
Role type
Senior individual-contributor commercial lawyer
Builds
Commercial agreements, marketing strategies, and legal guidance for Cochlear's hearing implant solutions
Domain
Healthcare/Medical Devices (Hearing Implants) + Australian Competition & Consumer Law
Required skills
Australian competition and consumer law expertise, commercial contract negotiation, regulatory risk management, intellectual property strategy, dispute resolution, stakeholder management, legal project management, external counsel management, legal technology/AI adoption, coaching junior lawyers
Preferred skills
In-house experience in medical devices/healthcare/pharma, Therapeutic Goods Advertising Code knowledge, privacy law, legal tech/AI implementation
Technologies
Legal automation tools, AI tools for legal service delivery, data systems
Responsibilities
Lead day-to-day legal business partner for Global Strategic Marketing; Advise on complex advertising and product-claim matters; Draft and negotiate complex commercial agreements; Lead marketing-related disputes and regulatory challenges; Monitor legal/regulatory developments; Develop guidance, precedents, and process improvements; Coach junior colleagues
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities
