Legal Counsel

Job Description Summary

The Legal Counsel will provide expert legal support for Research & Development (R&D) contracting activities, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, mitigating risk, and enabling timely execution of agreements. This role is critical to support innovation and operational excellence within R&D while safeguarding the company’s legal and regulatory position.

In addition to core R&D contracting responsibilities, the Legal Counsel will also support pharmaceutical services contracting, including agreements that originate outside R&D (e.g., from the CTO organisation) and contain cross functional, commercial adjacent elements. These agreements may resemble license type arrangements and include significant IP, regulatory, supply chain, and operational components. These activities require collaboration beyond the traditional R&D environment and often involve commercially oriented considerations, IP restrictions, and complex operational dependencies.

The Legal Counsel will further contribute to lighthouse programs, process improvement initiatives, and the evolution of a high performing legal function.

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Contracting & Advisory

• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of R&D‑related agreements, including Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs), Investigator‑Initiated Trial Agreements (IITs), Research Collaboration Agreements (RCAs), Master Service Agreements, Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs), Data Transfer Agreements, and CRO/vendor agreements.
• Draft, review, and negotiate pharmaceutical services agreements, including radiopharmaceutical supply agreements, pharma services license‑type agreements, Work Statements, and related ancillary documentation.
• Provide legal support for CTO‑originated contracting that is adjacent to commercial operations, ensuring alignment with cross‑functional stakeholders (e.g., CTO, Regulatory, Quality, Clinical Operations, Commercial).
• Ensure alignment with company risk tolerance and strategic priorities.
• Provide clear, pragmatic guidance on risk allocation, intellectual property, liability, and regulatory compliance.
• Support contracting activities related to FAPI GOP, including agreement types already in scope such as MTAs, CTAs, and ISTs.
  
  

Stakeholder Engagement & Process Support

• Partner with R&D, CTO, sourcing, and operational teams to enable timely project delivery.
• Collaborate closely with R&D Contract Managers to support operational efficiency.
• Support development, improvement, and maintenance of contracting playbooks, templates, and guidance documents (including pharma services templates and deviations frameworks).
• Participate in cross‑functional working groups relating to pharma services process development and governance.
  
  

Governance & Training

• Lead or support lighthouse program contracting work, ensuring visibility and impact on strategic initiatives.
• Deliver training and guidance to internal stakeholders on contracting principles, risk management, and evolving pharma services processes.
  
  

Qualifications

• Qualified lawyer (UK or equivalent jurisdiction).
• Experience in life sciences, pharma, or healthcare contracting; open to candidates from in-house or private practice backgrounds, provided they demonstrate adaptability and interest in transitioning to an in-house environment.
• Strong background in drafting and negotiating complex agreements.
• Excellent understanding of IP, liability, and regulatory frameworks relevant to R&D.
  
  

Skills & Competencies

• Strategic thinking with attention to detail.
• Strong risk assessment and mitigation capabilities.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills.
• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
• Curiosity, adaptability, and eagerness to engage across functions.
• Collaborative mindset with a proactive approach to problem-solving.
  
  

Success Measures

• Timely execution of high-quality agreements.
• Reduction in legal and compliance risks.
• Positive feedback from internal stakeholders.
• Contribution to process improvements and governance initiatives.
• Effective support for pharma services contracting and CTO‑originated workstreams
  
  

Inclusion and Diversity

GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Behaviors

We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.

Total Rewards

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.

Additional Information

Relocation Assistance Provided: No

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