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Job Summary:

The Senior Litigation Counsel manages the company's U.S. litigation and dispute portfolio. This role serves as the primary U.S. litigation strategist, partnering with business leaders and cross-functional stakeholders to proactively mitigate risk, manage outside counsel, oversee discovery and trial readiness, and drive consistent, high-quality outcomes aligned to business priorities, patient safety, and regulatory obligations. This is a role well suited to an ambitious professional, looking for the next step in their career. As a Senior Litigation Counsel, you will be responsible for:

• Owning the strategy, execution, and reporting for U.S. litigation matters, including product liability, commercial disputes, bankruptcy, automobile and other contested matters.
• Leading pre-litigation dispute management, including intake and triage of claims and demand letters, early investigation and fact development, preservation/hold assessment, selection of response strategy, and pursuit of early resolution where appropriate.
• Conducting early case assessment, including liability and damages analysis, venue/jurisdiction considerations, discovery strategy, dispositive motion strategy, and settlement evaluation.
• Directing and managing outside counsel, including selection, staffing, budgeting, billing discipline, performance management, and application of preferred provider programs and guidelines.
• Partnering with Quality, Regulatory, Medical/Clinical, R D, Operations, Compliance, HR, and Commercial teams to ensure litigation positions are consistent with regulatory submissions, quality system documentation, and field actions (e.g., complaints, MDRs, CAPAs, recalls/corrections/removals).
• Leading discovery governance for U.S. matters, including legal holds, collection strategy, review workflows, privilege analysis, protective orders, expert discovery, and coordination with eDiscovery vendors.
• Drafting, reviewing, and negotiating litigation-related agreements and instruments (e.g., protective orders, confidentiality stipulations, settlement agreements, releases) in collaboration with internal stakeholders.
• Managing and coordinating insurance-related activities for assigned matters, including identification of potentially applicable policies, timely notice/tender, coordination with carriers and TPAs, coverage position review (with specialized coverage counsel as needed), and alignment on defense and settlement strategy.
• Partnering with Finance on reserves, accruals, and reporting for litigated and pre-litigation matte.

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