Outside Counsel & Vendor Management Lead

• Shift: Day
• Max. Salary Region 2: 218900 USD
• Max. Salary Region 1: 257500 USD
• Ways of Working:
  Onsite - This job is fully onsite.
• Employee Type:
  Employee
• Min. Salary Region 1: 178900 USD
• Global Job Level (HCM):
  Professional 5 (13)
• Min. Salary Region 2: 152100 USD

At Intuitive, we are united behind our mission: we believe that minimally invasive care is life-enhancing care. Through ingenuity and intelligent technology, we expand the potential of physicians to heal without constraints. As a pioneer and market leader in robotic-assisted surgery, we strive to foster an inclusive and diverse team, committed to making a difference. For more than 25 years, we have worked with hospitals and care teams around the world to help solve some of healthcare's hardest challenges and advance what is possible.

Intuitive has been built by the efforts of great people from diverse backgrounds. We believe great ideas can come from anywhere. We strive to foster an inclusive culture built around diversity of thought and mutual respect. We lead with inclusion and empower our team members to do their best work as their most authentic selves. Passionate people who want to make a difference drive our culture.

Our team members are grounded in integrity, have a strong capacity to learn, the energy to get things done, and bring diverse, real world experiences to help us think in new ways. We actively invest in our team members to support their long-term growth so they can continue to advance our mission and achieve their highest potential. Join a team committed to taking big leaps forward for a global community of healthcare professionals and their patients.

Together, let's advance the world of minimally invasive care.

Job Summary

Reporting to the Head of Legal Operations, the Outside Counsel & Vendor Management Lead at Intuitive will lead strategic initiatives in knowledge management and vendor operations. This role is pivotal in optimizing legal support, enhancing operational transparency, and driving cost efficiency across the Legal Department. The successful candidate will architect and execute programs that ensure high-quality legal services, foster best practices, and enable efficient access to institutional knowledge.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement Intuitive’s outside counsel engagement strategy in partnership with legal leadership and internal stakeholders.
• Oversee the full law firm lifecycle—from selection and negotiation to performance and billing.
• Optimize law firm roster to ensure the right expertise and jurisdictional coverage.
• Lead global negotiations on law firm agreements, rates, and alternative fee arrangements.
• Create competitive rate intelligence and benchmarking to aid in negotiations and ad hoc rate approvals.
• Launch cost‑saving initiatives, including preferred firm programs, competitive RFPs, and AFA frameworks.
• Develop and maintain KPIs, dashboards, and reporting tools to track performance and spend.
• Drive annual budgeting and monthly forecasting exercises in collaboration with Finance and legal teams.
• Manage internal compliance program for law firm vendors, partnering with appropriate internal control teams.
• Implement best practices for invoice review, savings enforcement, and global billing compliance.
• Partner with tax, AP, and procurement teams to establish proper billing and payment procedures.
• Oversee training programs for new hires and external‑facing training with outside counsel.
• Optimize system functionality within our eBilling tool and via integrations.

Knowledge Management

• Develop and implement a knowledge management strategy aligned with business objectives.
• Integrate well‑designed workflows and taxonomies to expedite knowledge retrieval and sharing.
• Implement automation for repetitive tasks and mobilize organizational knowledge.
• Foster a culture of documentation, sharing, and collaboration across the Legal Department.
• Leverage technology to ensure critical data is accessible to the right people at the right time.
• Manage the Legal Department’s intranet and public‑facing website.

Strategic Initiatives

• Lead organization‑wide working groups and committees on complex, global…