Our work matters. We help people get the medicine they need to feel better and live well. We do not lose sight of that. It fuels our passion and drives every decision we make.
Managing Legal Counsel - Remote
The Managing Legal Counsel provides tactical and strategic legal advice to internal clients, typically at the Director, Vice President or SVP level.
Responsibilities
- Provide tactical and strategic legal advice to internal clients within the company's State Government Solutions business segment (primarily state Medicaid and Aids Drug Assistance Programs), administrative support functions or other areas as assigned
- Provide legal and strategic support in connection with state procurement processes for pharmacy benefit administration services, analyze and negotiate service agreements, provide day-to-day advice on contract and other business risks, assist in dispute resolution, and other legal support as needed or assigned
- Engage state agency counsel and representatives of state attorneys general offices as appropriate on various matters including but not limited to: proposal processes, contract negotiations, and support for Prime's various positions on legal matters, etc.
- Manage staffing, performance and development, and demonstrate Prime's leadership expectations during interactions with direct reports, cross functional and external stakeholders
- Provide client training on legal principles
- Coordinate partnership with in-house and outside legal resources where appropriate
- Provide mentorship to department staff
- Other duties as assigned
Minimum Qualifications
- Juris doctor degree
- Current license to practice law
- 10 years of experience practicing as an attorney or related legal experience in a contracting/transactional role, with a minimum of 5 years of experience as an attorney representing managed care companies or other health care clients
- Must be eligible to work in the United States without need for work visa or residency sponsorship
Additional Qualifications
- Demonstrated ability to influence business clients and effect necessary change in policies or behaviors
- Ability to successfully manage multiple tasks with competing priorities
- Ability to establish rapport and build relationships among all levels of the organization
- Financial acumen and familiarity with common business finance principles
- 2 years of leadership experience
- Demonstrated ability to distill complex concepts or situations into concise and compelling communications
- Demonstrated expertise within one or more practice areas required by Prime's business needs
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with pharmacy benefits, pharmacies and/or health benefit insurers
- State or other public procurement processes
- Experience with contracts
Minimum Physical Job Requirements
- Ability to travel up to 10% of the time
- Constantly required to sit, use hands to handle or feel, talk and hear
- Frequently required to reach with hands and arms
- Occasionally required to stand, walk and stoop, kneel, and crouch
- Occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus
Reporting Structure
- Reports to VP in the legal department
Potential pay for this position ranges from $165,600.00 - $264,400.00 based on experience and skills. Pay range may vary by 8% depending on applicant location.
To review our Benefits, Incentives and Additional Compensation, visit our Benefits Page and click on the "Benefits at a glance" button for more detail.
Prime Therapeutics LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We encourage diverse candidates to apply and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, family status, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected class under federal, state, or local law.
Positions will be posted for a minimum of five consecutive workdays.
What We Do
Everything we do is connected to helping people get the medicine they need to feel better and live well. It’s meaningful work and we’ve been doing it for over 20 years.
In the pharmacy benefit management (PBM)industry, we’re different. We’re owned by 18 not-for-profit Blue Cross and Blue Shield health plans. This allows us to control costs and empower our employees to put members first. It’s a successful combination. We have the lowest pharmacy trend in the industry and serve 28+ million members throughout the US.
In addition to core PBM services, we work closely with our clients to implement the right benefit design, clinical and specialty programs, formulary and networks. A few key products:
• NetResults™
• Specialty Drug Management
• Best in Care™
• GuidedHealth®
• Advanced Fraud, Waste and Abuse: Member and Prescriber Investigations
• Prime Analytics™
• CareCentered Contracting™Controlled Substance Management Program
Join us!
Prime is always looking for smart, purposeful people to join our team. We’re growing fast which means there are plenty of opportunities to advance and grow in your career.
At the same time, Prime supports flexibility and offers generous PTO so you can enjoy an enviable work/life balance. We’re a privately held company -big enough to make a difference and small enough for you to have an impact.
Follow Prime on LinkedIn to learn more.