Corporate Counsel, Manager

Innovation starts from the heart. Edwards Lifesciences is the leading global structural heart innovation company, driven by a passion to improve patient lives. With millions of patients served in over 100 countries, each team makes a meaningful contribution by improving patient outcomes and discovering lasting solutions for unmet patient needs. Our Corporate Counsel position is a unique career opportunity that could be your next step towards an exciting future.   

This role will provide strategic as well as pragmatic Legal guidance and solutions to Edwards Israel, commercial and innovation center, its teams and functions.

How you will make an impact: 

• Provide legal guidance as a legal subject matter expert including serving an advisory role to management to provide direction and guidance to teams to execute enterprise-level projects, initiatives and/or programs (e.g., legal research, recommendations on courses of action, contract review, drafting and negotiating agreements, review and interpretation of legislation, document review in litigation, and subject matter specific projects)

• Plan and implement legal projects and activities with accountability for successful completion within scope of project deliverables

• Provide direction and guidance to smaller project teams to execute tactical legal projects and/or initiatives

• Identify and evaluate legal process improvement opportunities

• Litigation: Assist attorneys in the conduct of litigation and internal discovery, Lead in the implementation of litigation holds, Respond to subpoenas

What you’ll need: 

• Law Degree, Bar Admitted Attorney in Israel

• Qualified to practice in Israel

• 5-6 years of experience post‑qualification, significant experience in a corporate / in‑house legal environment

• Experience advising commercial, R&D, and operational teams in a regulated industry (Medical Devices / life sciences preferred)

• Expert understanding of related aspects of legal processes and/or systems

• Ability to represent leadership on programs or org-specific strategic initiatives within multiple areas, interfacing with project managers, legal team and leadership team

• Ability to consult in program setting within multiple financial areas, deeper or more dedicated advisory role, interfacing with more senior management

• Ability to provide leadership to outsourcing partners on a directive level, participates on medium scale RFP

What else we look for: 

• Excellent analytical, detail-oriented, organized and information seeking skills

• Excellent organization and time management skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including negotiating and relationship management skills with ability to drive achievement of objectives

• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast paced environment

• Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control