Associate General Counsel

LifeSource is hiring an Associate General Counsel to support the General Counsel and be responsible for the legal affairs of LifeSource, including providing counsel, legal advice and guidance to the General Counsel to reduce risk and ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations in achieving the organization’s mission and goals to save and heal lives through advocacy and excellence in organ, eye, and tissue donation. This is an exciting opportunity to join or organization in this newly created role.

As Associate General Counsel, you’ll advance our life-saving work by performing the following job duties:  

• Provides legal advice in the development, implementation, and enforcement of organizational policies and procedures.
• Maintains knowledge of the organization’s operations, policies, and procedures.
• Management of outside legal counsel on issues as necessary including regulatory matters and litigation matters.
• Draft and negotiate contracts with third parties for a range of vendors.
• Oversees and responds to subpoena and other requests for clinical/other records.
• Serves as a real-time/on-call resource to clinical staff for legal issues, which may arise during the donation process.
• Maintains positive working relationships and effective protocols with appropriate attorneys and medical examiners.

Contracts 

• Administers and manages contract management system.
• Conducts initial review and drafting of contracts with vendors, hospitals, research organizations, transplant centers, and others.
• Utilizes contract review skills, including assessing terms and provisions, to create initial drafts based on existing examples.
• Fields questions, generates reports, quality checks the input of all documents, culls expired documents, assists in education of team members.
• Track contract milestones, deadlines, and obligations, ensuring timely action is taken.
• Will assist with renegotiations of contracts.

Corporate Compliance 

• Supports the implementation of the Conflict-of-Interest policy, including the administration of the annual disclosure process.
• Investigates and resolves LifeSource’s corporate compliance issues or concerns; consult outside resources as needed.
• Ensure compliance with trademark and licensing requirements.

Human Resources 

• Supports the General Counsel and partners with Human Resources to minimize risk to the organization related to employee relations matters.
• As guided by the General Counsel, supports internal investigative processes of personnel issues and/or the Corporate Compliance Program.

 Risk Reduction 

• Provides leadership in the development and implementation of risk reduction strategies to minimize risk and improve clinical and/or business processes.
• Works with department leaders to identify risk management goals for their area of responsibility.
• Advises staff on case specific legal issues to evaluate options and determine appropriate actions.
• Investigates and resolves adverse events or other potential liabilities.

Privacy 

• Implements processes to ensure LifeSource’s compliance with applicable federal and state privacy and security regulations and guidelines, particularly regarding the organization’s access to and use of protected health information (PHI) when applicable.
• Collaborates with the Information Technology Department, administration, and outside legal counsel to identify and address privacy policies and procedures.
• Maintains policies and procedures related to PHI access and use; ensures strict adherence by all staff with access to PHI.
• Assists in coordinating a cohesive organizational response to any cybersecurity incident or data breach.

QUALIFICATIONS   

• Juris Doctor degree required and a minimum of 2 years' experience as a practicing attorney.
• Must be a member of the Bar Association in the State of Minnesota or eligible for admission.
• Proven success in building new and existing business relationships using consultative skills and value proposition methodology. 
• Must have a demonstrated ability to drive results to improve processes and outcomes with the use of critical thinking, analytical skills, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Demonstrated ability to build and maintain relationships through managing difficult situations with poise and professionalism.
• Motivate, influence, and achieve cooperation with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven ability to establish priorities, coordinate internal and external resources, and achieve measurable results against goals. 
• Excellent written and verbal communication, organizational, and interpersonal skills are essential.
• Must be organized, detail oriented, self-directed, motivated contributor with ability to function autonomously and effectively lead, to execute reasonable and sound decision making.  
• Demonstrated ability to exhibit a high degree of quality, integrity, and honor confidentiality of appropriate information including, but not limited to, personal team member data, organizational operations or work processes, donor and donor family information, contributor details, any financial information and medical or protected health information (PHI) in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
• Proven skill and competence in using technology-based tools such as personal computers and related software, mobile devices, and electronic medical record systems as appropriate for position.

WORKING CONDITIONS  

• 1.0 FTE (40 hours/week).  Primary scheduled hours are during normal business hours, Monday-Friday between 8am-5pm, with flex to accommodate organizational needs. Must be available to respond to calls outside of standard business hours, as needed.
• This will be hybrid in Minneapolis, with the expectation of 3 days per week on-site.
• May have limited exposure to bloodborne pathogens or handling materials that could spread infection (one opportunity per month). And/or their position may require interaction with staff in patient or donor areas in a hospital, medical examiner office, funeral home, or clinic setting.

Projected offer rate range: $100k-120k, based on relevant experience.    

Why Join LifeSource:

At LifeSource, we’re relentlessly pursuing a day where those in need of a life-saving or life-enhancing organ, eye or tissue transplant receive that gift. By joining the LifeSource team, you will have the chance to positively impact your neighbors in Minnesota, North Dakota, South Dakota and Wisconsin maybe someone in your very own community.  

Since 1989, the LifeSource team has worked with our regions’ diverse communities to break down barriers to donation. Bringing a rich diversity of perspectives and experience to our organization at all levels strengthens our ability to serve our community and fulfill our mission. Our values embody how we engage in our work - respect, advocacy, accountability, life and innovation. More information on our continued work toward diversity, equity, and inclusion can be found on our website.  

We set our team up for success by providing comprehensive on-boarding, as well as on-going personal and career development. Team members are offered traditional benefits such as health, vision, dental, and life insurance, generous PTO, and 401k matching. We also support our team through non-traditional benefits such as tuition reimbursement, resiliency coaching, and HSA employer contributions.  

LifeSource is committed to creating a diverse, inclusive and welcoming workplace with opportunities for all talent to thrive. We are an equal opportunity employer and strongly encourage BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, veterans, persons with disabilities, members of marginalized communities, and non-traditional applicants to apply.