Vice President, Legal Affairs NA

Vice President, Legal Affairs – North America

Job Summary
The Vice President, Legal Affairs – North America serves as the senior legal leader for the region and a key member of the North America Executive Leadership Team. Reporting to the Group General Counsel, this role is responsible for the overall legal, compliance, and risk posture of North American operations.

Essential Functions
- Serve as principal legal advisor to North America executive leadership, shaping risk-informed strategy while enabling commercial acceleration and operational excellence.
- Lead North America legal operations, including compliance program oversight, contract lifecycle management, litigation management, outside counsel management, and legal budget accountability.
- Own and continuously mature the North America compliance program (policies, training, monitoring, internal investigations, hotline management), with emphasis on healthcare fraud and abuse laws (Anti-Kickback Statute, Sunshine Act), privacy and data protection (HIPAA and state privacy laws), anti-corruption (FCPA), and applicable Canadian regulations.
- Partner closely with Regulatory Affairs, Clinical, and Quality to advise on pre-market and post-market regulatory matters, and evolving FDA and Health Canada frameworks.
- Advise on complex commercial transactions and strategic initiatives, licensing, financing arrangements, and government contracting.
- Support Group General Counsel and Corporate functions on M&A operations, joint ventures, alliances involving the Group North America business and legal entitites,
- Negotiate and structure complex agreements, including manufacturing, supply chain, distribution, clinical research, licensing, and vendor arrangements.
- Oversee litigation, disputes including HR related matters, investigations, and subpoena responses; implement liability avoidance and early-resolution strategies.
- Ensure robust corporate governance within North America entities also serving as Corporate Secretary as applicable, managing board governance, minutes, charters, and subsidiary management, and acting as liaison with the parent company on legal, risk, and compliance matters.
- In cooperation with Group Corporate Affairs, ensure alignment with global legal and compliance frameworks, partnering closely with the Global Legal function and operating effectively within a matrixed, multinational environment.
- Provide strategic and legal oversight of activities carried out by the Trade Compliance team.

Required and Preferred Education and Experience

• JD from an accredited U.S. law school; admission in good standing to at least one U.S. state bar (in-house counsel registration where required).
• 15+ years of progressively responsible legal and compliance experience, with significant experience in medical devices, diagnostics, or broader life sciences.
• Prior experience leading legal and compliance functions for North American operations within a multinational organization.
• Demonstrated experience managing outside counsel, litigation strategy, and legal budgets.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Executive presence with humility and the ability to communicate clearly and credibly with senior leadership, Boards, regulators, and external stakeholders.
• Strong business judgment and a practical, solutions-oriented approach that balances legal risk with strategic commercial objectives.
• Deep understanding of U.S. and Canadian regulatory frameworks governing medical devices and diagnostics (FDA, Health Canada), healthcare fraud and abuse (Anti-Kickback Statute, Sunshine Act), privacy and data protection (HIPAA and state laws), and anti-corruption (FCPA).
• Experience advising on labor and employment matters, corporate transactions, compliance investigations, and overseeing litigation and dispute resolution.
• Advanced negotiation skills for complex agreements across manufacturing, supply chain, distribution, clinical research, licensing, and government contracting.
• Proven track record building and leading high-performing legal teams and partnering cross-functionally with senior leadership, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, Manufacturing, and Commercial functions.
• High integrity, sound judgment, resilience under pressure, and the ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, innovation-driven environment.

What we offer

The annual range for this position is $250,000 - $420,000 annually. The compensation range for this role represents numerous factors considered in the hiring decisions including, but not limited to, educations, skills, work experience, certifications, etc. Beyond base wages, Diasorin offers a competitive rewards package focused on your overall well-being. We are proud to offer a comprehensive plan of health benefits, retirement and financial wellbeing, time off programs, wellbeing support and perks. Benefits may vary by role, country, region, union status, and other employment status factors. You may also be eligible to participate in an annual incentive program. An incentive award, if any, depends on various factors, including, individual and organizational performance.

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Retirement and financial wellbeing
• Time off programs
• Wellbeing support and perks
• Annual incentive program

About the Role

Diasorin is a global leader in immunodiagnostic and molecular diagnostic solutions, advancing science to improve patient outcomes worldwide. For more than 50 years, we have combined scientific rigor with an entrepreneurial mindset, operating with a strong commitment to innovation, accountability, and results to deliver trusted diagnostic solutions.

Qualifications

• Build What Matters: Take ownership, challenge the status quo, and contribute directly to solutions that improve patient care worldwide.
• Innovate with Agility at a Global Scale: Work in an entrepreneurial environment that enables speed, collaboration, and global impact.
• Grow in a People-Centered Culture: Thrive in a culture that values accountability, inclusion, and continuous development.

Skills

• Legal expertise
• Strategic leadership
• Compliance and risk management
• Regulatory affairs
• Commercial transactions
• Labor and employment matters
• Corporate transactions
• Compliance investigations
• Litigation and dispute resolution
• Corporate governance
• Trade compliance

Benefits

• Comprehensive health benefits
• Retirement and financial wellbeing
• Time off programs
• Wellbeing support and perks
• Annual incentive program

Pay

The annual range for this position is $250,000 - $420,000 annually.

Schedule

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