Associate Senior Counsel-Procurement Law

Associate Senior Counsel-Procurement Law

Requirements

• J.D., bar membership with minimum 8+ years’ experience
• Exceptional integrity, critical thinking, and ability to lead
• Strong knowledge of regulatory environment affecting business, including HIPAA and related health care and pharmacy regulations
• Demonstrated contract drafting experience
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to tailor written and verbal communication across a variety of audiences
• Proven track record of program management, including effective leadership and on time execution of strategic and tactical objective
• Demonstrated ability to work independently while managing multiple projects and priorities
• Demonstrated ability to identify issues, explain impacts and propose solutions for process improvement
• A highly collaborative self-starter with strong work ethic, sense of urgency and a willingness to learn new areas and regulatory needs
• Organizational agility including ability to foster and manage positive and influential working relationships in a matrix environment at all levels of management

Responsibilities

• Negotiate various types of licensing and services transactions with domestic and international suppliers
• Negotiate resolutions to disputed vendor license and contract matters consistent with Cigna’s objectives
• Maintain and update a set of approved contract templates for use by Cigna Global Procurement operations
• Create and present training materials on contracting and related matters to the Global Procurement team and other contracting staff, product development professionals
• Routinely look for creative interpretations or application of law
• Effectively matrix with critical business partners, including Compliance, Privacy, Information Technology, operations and Corporate/Business Development
• Manage outside counsel on discrete matters as may be required
• Share knowledge and skills in areas of subject matter expertise with other Cigna legal counsel as requested
• Lead discussions of stakeholders to gather information and input to achieve goals
• Working with Legal, Compliance and business clients in developing, implementing, and coordinating contracting and governance strategies
• Proactively identify risks of non-compliance applicable to third-party contracts

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior in-house experience preferred
• Strong preference for deep experience in healthcare and digital services contracts, including cloud agreements