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Position Overview:

The Division Counsel will serve as the counsel and member of the Executive Leadership Team for the Genetic Sciences Division (GSD) of Thermo Fisher Scientific. The Senior Corporate Counsel will provide management with effective advice on company strategies and their implementation, own the legal function for the division, coordinate all legal compliance and regulatory requirements and coordinate the work of external counsel.

Efficiency in this role requires a full understanding of the Genetic Sciences Division’s product lines and commercialization strategies, as well as a detailed validated understanding of commercial contracts and intellectual property law. This role requires a change agent, committed to continuous process improvement and identifying possibilities. This individual resolves their practices and procedures with a focus on simplicity and ease of use and leads and/or gives to the development of new processes.

The successful candidate is solutions-focused, , builds positive relationships, and adapts readily to changing business conditions.

This leader sets a high bar for team performance and develops leaders in their wake. This individual is able to align and influence through direct and indirect authority, and communicates efficiently across teams, functions, and regions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Assume ultimate responsibility for ensuring that division conducts its business in compliance with federal, state, local and international laws and regulation

• Work with GSD and Life Sciences Commercial leadership teams, Thermo Fisher Scientific Corporate Legal (including international attorney teams, HR Legal, IP Attorneys, Compliance, Government Contracts and Regulatory); Lead attorneys for Divisions and the VP & General Counsel for Life Sciences Solutions Group.

• Serves as central point of contact for the legal needs of the GSD Business.

• Draft and negotiate agreements with large industry-leading pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, research and manufacturing companies, government entities, research institutes and also start-ups that enable GSD to sell products and perform services; exploit opportunities based on technology owned by our Company or third parties; purchase raw materials and services, and resolve commercial or other legal disputes.

• Perform analysis on legal rights, obligations, and strategies to help GSD and the Company achieve its commercial goals and objectives.

• Work with appropriate executives and outside counsel to define strategic defense and settlements of disputes, where warranted.

• Lead a team of business attorneys, legal and contracts professionals.

• Improve legal systems and other technology to automate legal service delivery and enable business self-service where appropriate

• Participate in acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures and strategic investments, coordinating with Group VP and General Counsel.

• Develop new and update existing contractual documents and constantly work with the business and other members of the legal team on improving processes to ensure efficient support.

Education and Experience:

• Law degree required. Experience in contracts negotiation/ drafting and leading team of professional sub-ordinates required.

• At least 12 years of meaningful experience including contract preparation, negotiation and counseling in multifaceted commercial environments. Excellent writing skills required.

• Experience of remote management of employees preferred. Proficiency in counseling clients in various medium (including using Word, ppt and other systems and technologies) preferred.

• Has contact with all levels of company employees (including executive and senior leadership), external customers and business partners.

Company Information

About Thermo Fisher Scientific

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue exceeding $25 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving analytical challenges, improving patient diagnostics and therapies or growing productivity in their laboratories, we are here to support them. Our global team of more than 75,000 colleagues delivers an outstanding combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services and Patheon. For more information, please visit www.thermofisher.com.