Sr. Director, Legal Counsel

10-15 yrs required

Full-time

No

Job Location Oakland, CA, United States


# Sr. Director, Legal Counsel

## About Blue Shield
Blue Shield of California’s mission is to ensure all Californians have access to high-quality health care at a sustainably affordable price. We are transforming health care in a way that genuinely serves our nonprofit mission by lowering costs, improving quality, and enhancing the member and physician experience.

To fulfill our mission, we must ensure a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment where all employees can be their authentic selves and fully contribute to meet the needs of the multifaceted communities we serve. Our continued commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion upholds our values and advances our goal of creating a healthcare system that is worthy of our family and friends while addressing health disparities, promoting social justice, and integrating health equity through our products, business practices, and presence as a corporate citizen.

Blue Shield has received awards and recognition for being a certified Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work, Military Friendly Employer, People Companies that Care, a Leading Disability Employer, and one of California’s top companies in volunteering and giving. Here at Blue Shield, we strive to make a positive change across our industry and communities – join us!

## Our Values
- Honest: We hold ourselves to the highest ethical and integrity standards. We build trust by doing what we say we're going to do and by acknowledging and correcting where we fall short.
- Human: We strive to be our authentic selves, listening and communicating effectively, and showing empathy towards others by walking in their shoes.
- Courageous: We stand up for what we believe in and are committed to the hard work necessary to achieve our ambitious goals.

## Our Workplace Model
Blue Shield of California is dedicated to making work-life balance a reality. Whether you prefer to work in an office or from home, we understand flexibility is more important than ever. That’s why Blue Shield is a hybrid company, offering you the opportunity to decide where you can do your best and most meaningful work.

Two ways of working: Hybrid (our default) and office
- Hybrid – In a business unit approved office a few times per year to 3 days per week, on average
- Office – In a business unit approved office 4+ days a week, on average. If the role you’re applying for is deemed an “Essential Role,” the company has determined that the role can only be performed in a Blue Shield office or in the field and would require your to meet the office worker classification.

## Job Description
Blue Shield is looking for a Sr. Director, Legal Counsel to join our Regulatory Law team. This is a Senior Director position within the Regulatory Law Department and will report to the Managing Associate General Counsel. In this role you will primarily be supporting the Pharmacy business of Blue Shield of California with its regulatory and contractual business requirements. You will be assisting and counseling on negotiation, execution and implementation of Pharmacy service agreements for the health plan. You will work directly with the Vice President of Pharmacy operations and the supporting team. You will be the legal advisor for the Pharmacy team for new initiatives and proposals and will be a legal counselor for pharmacy and other health plan operations.

## Your Role
- In consultation with appropriate Law Department leadership, retains, oversees, and manages the work of outside counsel and ensures adherence to outside counsel budget
- Recommend operational plans and strategies that directly impact the achievement of overall results for multiple departments and company-wide results, profitability, and/or public image of the organization
- Under the direction of Law Department managing attorneys, function as the general counsel of the business and functional units assigned, and coordinate all legal services required by those units as an integral member of the units’ leadership team.
- Design and implement policies, in consultation with the SVP/GC and Law Department leadership, governing Law Department organization, mission, strategy, and goals
- Work with executives to develop Blue Shield vision and strategy
- Support the Pharmacy business unit and specific pharmacy initiatives
- Interface with pharmaceutical industry and supply chain entities, working with external legal teams and advice on negotiations of contractual arrangements

## Qualifications
- Requires a juris doctorate degree from a law school accredited by the American Bar Association required. Active member of the California bar, or active licensee in good standing of a bar of a United States state or the District of Columbia who maintains Registered In-House Counsel status with the State Bar of California
- Requires successful track record of at least ten to fifteen years of experience providing legal advice on relevant areas of the law (., corporate, privacy, health care regulatory, litigation, contracts, et al) at a top law firm or in-house corporate law department. Ideally, the candidate will possess a combination of law firm and in-house experience
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, as well as relationship building skills to collaborate with and influence all relevant stakeholders, both internal and external
- Strong independent judgment, problem-solving, critical, and analytical thinking skills, including a “moral compass” and high integrity required.
- Ability to work with minimal supervision, to multi-task, and to deliver a high-quality work product in a highly regulated, demanding, and constantly changing corporate environment required
- Experience negotiating and supporting Pharmacy Benefit Manager agreements, particularly with payer relationships.
- Experience negotiating with and supporting pharmacy supply chain agreements.
- Experience working with pharmaceutical manufacturers and/or dispensing pharmacies preferred

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Legal advice, negotiation, execution, implementation, regulatory requirements, contractual requirements, legal counseling, leadership, policies, vision, strategy, relationship building, communication, judgment, problem-solving, critical thinking, analytical thinking, moral compass, high integrity, multitasking, quality work, Pharmacy Benefit Manager agreements, payer relationships, pharmacy supply chain agreements, pharmaceutical industry, dispensing pharmacies, pharmaceutical wholesaler, group purchasing organizations, health care industry, diversity, equity, inclusion, social justice, health equity, volunteering, giving

Juris Doctorate degree from an ABA accredited law school

Qualification and Experience Juris Doctorate degree from an ABA accredited law school, active member of the California bar, active licensee in good standing of a bar of a United States state or the District of Columbia with Registered In-House Counsel status with the State Bar of California, 10-15 years of experience providing legal advice in relevant areas of law, experience at a top law firm or in-house corporate law department, combination of law firm and in-house experience preferred

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