At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all. You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

Provide transactional support within the Global Operations and Supply Chain legal team to a broad range of Medtronic business clients that are seeking to acquire goods and services from suppliers. Coordinate the delivery of these transactional Legal services with attorneys and subject matter experts within Medtronic.

This position reports to the Paralegal Manager for Global Operations and Supply Chain.
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A DAY IN THE LIFE

·           Analyze, draft and negotiate commercial contracts with suppliers for a broad variety of goods and services, with a focus on professional services, hardware, capital equipment, technology and other general sourcing contracts.

·           Partner with other subject matter experts across a global matrixed organization, including coordination with Security, Privacy, Compliance, Regulatory, Federal Contracts and Trade Compliance.   

·         Work collaboratively with other, paralegals, lawyers, and administrative staff to provide the legal support for the areas described above.

·         Negotiate standard corporate agreement templates with attorney supervision.

·         Collaborate with legal staff in multiple legal workstreams to develop and implement common approaches and templates.

·         Participate in other projects as assigned or as needed.

MUST HAVES: MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

2 years of paralegal experience or legal degree.

Drafting, analyzing, and negotiating agreements/contracts experience is a must

NICE TO HAVE

·         Demonstrated ability and experience with commercial transactions involving technology solutions and/or licensing, such as technology solutions, cloud hosted, and software licensing.

·         Flexibility, adaptability, responsiveness, and collegiality.

·         Ability to perform in fast-paced environment with competing priorities.

·         Experience negotiating sourcing-supply contracts.

·         Experience working with information technology supplier agreements.

·         6+ years’ experience at a law firm and/or in-house with increased responsibility

·         Analytical risk identification, evaluation, and management skills.

·         Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

·         Experience working within a highly matrixed organization.

·         Superior common sense and exceptional judgment.

·         Integrity and strong ethical center.

 

PHYSICAL JOB REQUIREMENTS:

 

·         The physical demands described within the Responsibilities section of this job description are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

·         While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to be independently mobile. The employee is also required to interact with a computer, and communicate with peers and co-workers.

·         Limited travel may be required for this position.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

 

 

This position is eligible for a short-term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity here