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Major, Lindsey & Africa (MLA) has been exclusively retained by the Legal Department of The Johns Hopkins Health System (“JHHS” or “Organization”) to conduct a search for an attorney to join their Technology & Commercial Transactions Practice Group. The position will function remotely, with the opportunity to attend in person meetings and events with colleagues and clients from time to time. The position will be titled as Senior Counsel or Associate Senior Counsel depending upon the experience of the successful candidate, and duties will be structured accordingly. JHHS is an equal opportunity employer.

Company: The Johns Hopkins Health System Corporation (JHHS) is a not-for-profit organization dedicated to providing the highest quality patient health care in the treatment and prevention of human illness.  JHHS is an academic health system consisting of six hospitals and numerous other health care organizations.  The Johns Hopkins Hospital is a world-renowned academic medical center that provides a comprehensive range of state-of-the-art tertiary and quaternary care and is consistently recognized as one of America’s best hospitals.  The other JHHS hospitals include Johns Hopkins Bayview Medical Center (Baltimore, MD), Howard County General Hospital (Columbia, MD), Suburban Hospital (Bethesda, MD), Sibley Memorial Hospital (District of Columbia), and Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital (St. Petersburg, FL).  JHHS also owns and operates Johns Hopkins Community Physicians, the largest primary care group practice in the State of Maryland, with additional locations in the District of Columbia, and Johns Hopkins Surgery Center Series which operates numerous ambulatory surgery centers in the central Maryland region.

Position Overview: This position will be a part of the Technology and Commercial Transactions Practice Group which provides legal support to numerous clients throughout the health system on a wide variety of transactional matters.  This new position will have a particular focus on supporting the Supply Chain and Sourcing team by serving as the key legal advisor and relationship manager for Supply Chain leadership, advising on relevant regulatory and compliance issues, supporting contract managers with routine transactions, and leading the legal work on more complex procurement arrangements.  In addition, the position will support numerous clients throughout the health system with their general transactional needs, including drafting and negotiating technology acquisitions, licensing, and implementation agreements, a broad range of consulting arrangements, data use and sharing agreements, and support to various clinical teams, to name just a few.  The successful candidate will have the opportunity to work regularly with legal colleagues in HIPAA, Compliance, Risk and Claims to address the full scope of issues presented by various transactions and contractual relationships. The Transactions Group not only oversees legal agreements entered into by JHHS entities, its members are also trusted business advisors to our clients. The successful candidate will be an asset to the Transaction Group by exhibiting not only expert legal knowledge, but also exceptional interpersonal skills with a proven history of developing and maintaining strong client relationships, and the ability to constructively negotiate a wide variety of legal agreements.

Experience: A minimum of eight (8) years of legal experience (with title and specific scope of responsibilities based on experience of successful candidate), and robust experience supporting supply chain activities in a healthcare environment (e.g. medical device and equipment purchases, product purchases, RFPs, drafting templates and creating playbooks, training non-lawyers on contracting process). The ideal candidate will have legal experience in the healthcare industry, be proficient in drafting and negotiating contracts, IT an licensing arrangements, and have knowledge of anti-kickback laws that govern these activities.  The successful candidate will need to be collegial and collaborative, and be comfortable remotely advising clients, diplomatically and with a presence.

Location: This position is fully remote.

Compensation: Competitive and commensurate with experience.

Bar: Must be licensed to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.

About Major, Lindsey & Africa

Founded in 1982, Major, Lindsey & Africa is the world’s largest and most experienced legal search firm. Combining local market knowledge and a global recruiting network, MLA has earned recognition for its track record of successful General Counsel, Corporate Counsel, Partner, Associate and Law Firm Management placements. With offices throughout the U.S., Hong Kong, London, and Tokyo, MLA recruiters are dedicated to understanding and meeting clients’ and candidates’ needs while maintaining the highest degree of professionalism and confidentiality. MLA considers every search a diversity search, and has been committed to diversity in the law since its inception. For these reasons, MLA was voted “Best Legal Search Firm in the U.S.” in the most recent national survey of America’s top law firms. To learn more about MLA, please visit our website at www.mlaglobal.com.

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