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Job Details

This is a position within the Legal Department that is held by a lawyer with strong legal skills and the ability to deliver business-oriented, effective and efficient legal services, project management, and strategic counseling on significant projects or matters for defined business or corporate clients for which he or she has overall responsibility (e.g., a discrete group within one of Cencora's business units or corporate functions) or in a particular specialty practice area (e.g., litigation, mergers and acquisitions, securities law, privacy law, health law, technology law, or employment and labor law).

• The lawyer in this role is responsible for the delivery of effective legal services to his or her clients
• The lawyer in this role may have management responsibility for one or more legal professionals and, if so, is required to be an effective manager of his or her reports
• In this role, the lawyer is required to be adept at handling significant legal projects, matters, and issues and should have very good to excellent technical legal skills and expertise
• The lawyer in this role should have very good to excellent project management skills because the Assistant General Counsel role often requires the lawyer in this role to take on mixed legal and business responsibility for, and project management of, contracts or other matters that the client group wants to pursue
• The Assistant General Counsel should be able to represent Cencora and his or her relevant client groups on significant business contracts or other matters. The Assistant General Counsel frequently is required in these situations to lead or have an integral role in both legal and business negotiations
• The Assistant General Counsel should have strong decision-making capability and should be proficient in being able to make business-oriented yet legally compliant recommendations to his or her clients
• The Assistant General Counsel is expected to solve both straightforward and complex problems and take a new perspective on existing solutions
• The lawyer in this role should be able to juggle multiple matters and effectively multi-task and prioritize tasks to ensure that work is completed in a timely and efficient matter
• The Assistant General Counsel will effectively work in the midst of change and is willing to shift priorities and focus
• The lawyer in this role will seek out challenging tasks and assignments, engage in frequent development discussions and is open to feedback

• Law Degree - must be a graduate of an accredited law school and admitted into the state bar

• The lawyer in this role is expected to have a minimum of 10 years of experience as a lawyer combined with expertise in pharmaceutical law, contracts and commercial law, and health law

• The lawyer in this role is comparable to a counsel, non-equity partner, or service partner in a law firm and is a lawyer who can do sophisticated work as an individual contributor and/or supervise, and project manage other individual legal professionals or teams of legal professionals to do the work
• Strong background in the pharmaceutical industry's laws (including Anti-Kickback statute, False Claims Act, DSCSA, 340B), concepts, practices and legal procedures
• Significant knowledge of healthcare, regulatory and corporate law including SEC, FTC and FDA regulations and procedures, litigation, anti-trust laws, and contract negotiation and preparation
• Background working for a brand pharmaceutical manufacturer, pharmacy or healthcare company and serving as strategic partner to internal business clients. Ability to lead negotiations, strategy development and implementation
• Experience in the sourcing of specialty pharmaceutical products, biosimilars, rare disease and cell and gene therapies, support of patient support programs related to these products and working on related services, distribution and quality agreements. Drug pricing and 340B knowledge is a plus
• Has the expertise and background to be comfortable supervising outside lawyers engaged to work on matters for Cencora, including outside lawyers from major law firms used by Cencora
• Expected to be knowledgeable in Cencora's business and industry policies, practices and trends and be aware of the competitive landscape
• Relies on extensive experience and judgment to plan and accomplish goals
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing
• Demonstrate very good to excellent communication and information sharing with all levels of associate
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Excellent judgment and ability to resolve complex issues effectively
• Strong drafting and negotiating skills
• Strong presentation skills
• Strong organizational skills; attention to detail
• Ability to follow and interpret legal trends
• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint