Associate Division Counsel - Sports Medicine

The  Associate Legal Counsel, Sport Medicine, is primarily responsible for proactively handling a broad range of legal and compliance matters associated with the Sports Medicine Business Unit within the Endoscopy Division , including working closely with business unit leadership, functional partners, and outside counsel on a variety of critical matters for the division. 

This position offers remote work flexibility within the United States.

What you will do:

• Serve as a strategic business partner and advisor to the Sports Medicine Business Unit.

• Effectively communicate with leadership at all levels of the organization, bringing in feedback and gaining alignment from a wide range of functions

• Provide timely analysis and counsel on a diverse range of legal issues

• Independently draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a variety of agreements (e.g., sales, services, supply, distribution, consulting, clinical study, non-disclosure, employment, and other commercial arrangements)

• Analyze and provide clear and concise guidance on laws, rules, regulations, and Stryker policies as necessary, including with respect to the company’s interactions with healthcare professionals

• Collaborate with lawyers and other professionals from Stryker’s Centers of Expertise to manage a variety of significant matters (e.g., strategic contracting, data privacy and security, intellectual property, litigation, employment, and regulatory matters)

• Provide pragmatic and business-relevant assessments of legal risk and exhibit the ability to effectively communicate legal risk to non-legal professionals

• Exercise excellent judgment in identifying and escalating issues to management

• Support the overall objectives of the Sports Medicine Business Unit and Enterprise Governance Department

• Collaborate and communicate with colleagues, management, business partners, and outside counsel

• Assist on other matters as needed

What you need:

Required

• Bachelor's degree

• Juris Doctor (J.D.) degree and admission to practice law.

• Active license to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction and ability to maintain good standing.

• Minimum of 10 years of legal experience, including advising business leaders on complex legal and compliance matters.

• Demonstrated experience drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and managing a broad range of commercial agreements.

• Proven ability to assess legal risk and provide practical, business-oriented legal advice in a fast-paced environment.

• Experience building strong, collaborative relationships with cross-functional stakeholders and senior business leaders.

• Strong analytical, problem-solving, legal research, contract drafting, negotiation, and communication skills.

• Demonstrated commitment to integrity, ethics, accountability, and sound professional judgment.

• Ability to communicate complex legal concepts clearly and effectively to non-legal audiences.

Preferred

• Experience supporting medical device, biotechnology, pharmaceutical, healthcare, or other highly regulated industries.

• In-house legal experience with a medical technology, healthcare, life sciences, or pharmaceutical organization.

• Experience supporting mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, or other strategic business transactions.

• Experience advising on healthcare laws, regulations, and interactions with healthcare professionals.

• Strong commercial contracting experience, including sales, supply, distribution, consulting, services, and clinical research agreements.

• Experience partnering with business leaders on change management, organizational transformation, or strategic initiatives.

• Experience collaborating with legal specialists in areas such as data privacy, intellectual property, litigation, employment, and regulatory affairs.

• Demonstrated business acumen with the ability to balance legal risk management and business objectives.

• Experience providing legal counsel within a global organization or matrixed corporate environment.

Posted Date: 07/13/2026
This role will be posted for a minimum of 3 days.

United States of America Pay Ranges:

• USN : $155,900 - $259,700 USD Annual
• US5 : $163,700 - $272,700 USD Annual
• US10 : $171,500 - $285,700 USD Annual
• US15 : $179,300 - $298,700 USD Annual
• US20 : $187,100 - $311,600 USD Annual
• US30 : $202,700 - $337,600 USD Annual