Senior Legal Counsel
Dexcom
Summary
We are looking for a highly organized attorney to serve as a Dexcom Senior Legal Counsel and make an impact at Dexcom. Reporting to the Senior Director, Legal Counsel for Operations, R&D & IT, this role will globally support Indirect Procurement. You will work with a team of motivated and passionate attorneys, paralegals, and business partners.
Job description
Where you come in:
- Serve as a strategic, practical legal partner supporting a broad portfolio of operational functions through commercial contracting, transactional counseling, dispute resolution, and practical risk management.
- Legal advisor for Strategic Sourcing and Procurement, while collaborating with Subject Matter Experts across the enterprise.
- Participate in the development of legal support personnel, including providing direction regarding contract review, issue identification, workload prioritization, and escalation of legal and business issues.
- Support the development and maintenance of contract templates, playbooks, training materials, and other contracting resources.
- Responsibilities may expand over time based on business needs.
What makes you successful:
- 5+ years drafting, negotiating, and advising on complex commercial agreements, preferably in regulated industries (i.e., life sciences, healthcare, or technology)
- Build trusted relationships across business functions and levels of the organization.
- Balance legal risk management with practical business objectives.
- Communicate complex legal concepts in clear and actionable business terms.
- Proven track record of successfully managing a diverse portfolio of matters while balancing competing business priorities and stakeholder needs.
- Ability to exercise independent judgment and manage matters from inception through resolution, appropriately balancing autonomy, collaboration, and escalation of significant issues.
- Leverage legal support personnel by providing direction, reviewing escalated issues, and focusing attorney resources on matters involving heightened legal, commercial, or business complexity.
Experience and Education Requirements:
- Typically requires a Bachelor's degree and a minimum of 5-8 years related experience
Flex Workplace: Your primary location will be a home office. You will not have an assigned workstation and will work with your manager to determine office visit needs. You must live within commuting distance of your assigned Dexcom site (typically 75 miles/120km).
Requirements
- 5+ years drafting, negotiating, and advising on complex commercial agreements
- Experience in regulated industries (life sciences, healthcare, or technology) preferred
- Bachelor's degree
- Minimum of 5-8 years related experience
- Ability to build trusted relationships across business functions
- Balance legal risk management with practical business objectives
- Communicate complex legal concepts in clear business terms
- Proven track record managing diverse portfolio of matters
- Exercise independent judgment and manage matters from inception through resolution
- Leverage legal support personnel
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefits program
- Career development programs
- Tuition reimbursement
- Growth opportunities
Company overview
Dexcom, Inc. is a pioneering American healthcare company specializing in the development, manufacturing, and distribution of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) systems for diabetes management. Founded in 1999 and headquartered in San Diego, California, Dexcom has transformed diabetes care through innovative biosensing technology that provides real-time glucose readings. The company's flagship products, including the G-series CGM systems, offer industry-leading accuracy and extended wear times, with the latest G7 model providing up to 15.5 days of continuous monitoring. As a publicly traded company listed on Nasdaq (DXCM) and a component of both the Nasdaq-100 and S&P 500 indices, Dexcom operates globally with manufacturing facilities in Arizona, Malaysia, and Ireland. With over 10,300 employees worldwide, the company generates approximately $4 billion in annual revenue and maintains strategic partnerships with major healthcare technology companies. Dexcom's mission focuses on empowering people with diabetes to take control of their health through advanced monitoring solutions that improve clinical outcomes and quality of life.