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This role is responsible for providing strategic legal guidance on pricing, reimbursement, and market access for pharmaceutical and vaccines products in the U.S. The position involves collaboration with various departments including Market Access and Government Affairs to ensure compliance with laws and regulations while supporting the company's mission to make healthcare more affordable and accessible. This role will identify, develop, and execute key Legal strategies to advance company priorities with a significant focus on the dynamic 340B pricing space and related legal, regulatory, and policy issues. This position reports to the Head of Market Access, Legal and is based in either Washington, DC, Cambridge, MA, or Morristown, NJ. Main Responsibilities include Government Pricing & Compliance, serving as lead counsel for Government Pricing, advising on compliance with government price reporting laws and state drug price transparency requirements, drafting reasonable assumption documentation, policies, and procedures related to pricing, providing guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and other federal laws affecting pharmaceutical pricing, advising on Medicaid, Medicare Part B, Department of Veterans Affairs, and 340B Program requirements, drafting correspondence to Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) including letters and public comments on proposed rules and guidance, developing price reporting compliance policies and advising on related internal training and audits. 340B Program Leadership involves advising business teams on key day-to-day 340B compliance and program integrity issues, supporting the development and implementation of strategies to ensure compliance with 340B program requirements, navigating disputes and audits related to the 340B program, and serving as lead internal Legal resource on key industry market access policy issues. Strategic & Business Support includes supporting Government Affairs by analyzing prospective laws and developing lobbying strategies, engaging with government and regulatory agencies to educate on specific policies and laws, providing strategic Legal counsel on reimbursement and access matters, developing strategies to navigate and/or shape the external environment and advance company objectives, determining prioritization, timeline, and resourcing needs for strategic initiatives and gaining internal alignment, and driving cross-functional team execution and progress. General Legal Support includes managing outside counsel providing services in support of this role and conducting training for management and employees on emerging Legal topics. Requirements include a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from a highly respected, accredited law school, minimum 12 years of prior experience at a law firm and/or in-house legal department, licensed to practice law and in good standing in at least one US jurisdiction (DC, MA or NJ preferred), pharmaceutical industry experience, strong proficiency in government price reporting including AMP, ASP, Best Price, Federal Supply Schedule, and 340B, extensive knowledge of government healthcare programs (Medicaid, Medicare, Tricare, VA), deep understanding of healthcare-related laws including Anti-Kickback Statute and False Claims Act, experience with competition, pricing, reimbursement, and access issues in the pharmaceutical industry, working knowledge of US Federal and state healthcare compliance considerations, strong relationship-building skills and ability to influence stakeholders, excellent written and verbal communication skills, demonstrated excellence in understanding complex scenarios, evaluating risks, and proposing solutions, sound judgment, meticulous attention to detail, and commitment to ethical conduct, ability to work independently and collaboratively in a matrix environment, strong organizational skills to handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously while meeting quality standards, proactive approach to identifying opportunities for improvement, and ability to effectively manage outside counsel and adhere to a budget. Preferred qualifications include experience with legal compliance training programs, demonstrated experience with high-visibility, high-impact projects, experience covering an array of topic areas and adapting to new subject matter rapidly, and international experience or exposure to global pharmaceutical markets.