Step into a high-impact legal role where your expertise directly enables Stryker South Pacific (SSP) to achieve its strategic and operational goals while upholding the highest standards of legal, ethical and compliance excellence.
You will partner closely with Sales, Finance and Business Leaders to structure, negotiate and execute complex commercial arrangements, mitigate risk and support business growth.
This role has been created to support commercial transactions.
You will be a quick learner, enjoy making great deals happen, who can hit the ground running, with the expectation you will quickly build confidence to lead matters end-to-end.
We're looking for someone who builds trust quickly and proactively, and can step into a fast paced environment and make an immediate impact.
In this role, you will help bring Stryker's mission to make healthcare better to life by enabling deals that deliver value for customers and patients.
What You Will Do
Lead commercial contracting: Draft, review and negotiate complex agreements including supply, service, finance, tenders, procurement, distribution and agency arrangements
Drive deal execution: Partner with sales and commercial teams from ideation through to close in a busy and fast paced workplace
Provide strategic legal advice: Deliver commercially focused, actionable guidance on business initiatives, regulatory compliance, corporate governance and legal risk
Mitigate risk proactively: Monitor legal and regulatory developments, identify risks and implement mitigation strategies
Enable the business: Build capability through partnership and guidance to uplift legal understanding and culture across teams
Shape legal strategy:



Contribute to legal frameworks, playbooks and process improvements that enable scalable growth
Improve ways of working: Leverage legal tech, digital tools and AI to drive efficiency, speed and consistency
Collaborate globally: Work closely with regional and global legal colleagues and manage external counsel where required
What You Bring
Qualified lawyer (LLB/JD) with admission to practise in Australia
5+ years PQE with experience in commercial, transactional or finance-related work, ideally gained through a mix of law firm and in house roles
Proven expertise negotiating complex commercial agreements across government and/or private sector
Experience in medical devices, life sciences or other regulated environments
Strong commercial acumen with the ability to interpret financials and structure practical deal solutions
Demonstrated ability to operate in a high-volume, fast-paced environment
Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and build trust across all levels
Excellent communication skills — able to simplify complexity and guide decision-making
Digital and technology savviness, including curiosity around AI and legal operations tools
Agile, adaptable and comfortable stepping into a role with momentum and ambiguity
What Sets You Apart
A solutions-oriented,



commercially pragmatic mindset — you enable the business while managing risk
You build credibility quickly and influence without relying on authority
You operate effectively in multi-disciplinary teams and matrixed environments, balancing strategic priorities with operational realities
Experience in financed deal structures or digital/ technology sales transactions
Proven ability to identify, assess and articulate legal and compliance risks, and translate them into practical commercial solutions with excellent drafting, negotiation and analytical skills
Confidence to operate independently in a matrixed functions and multi disciplinary environments
A track record of process improvement, innovation or legal ops maturity
Why join us
Work at the intersection of commercial growth and legal strategy
Partner with senior leaders on complex transactions
Be part of a collaborative, globally connected legal team
Opportunity to shape how legal supports a growing business
Potential to convert to a permanent role
If you enjoy solving complex problems, building trusted relationships and enabling commercial outcomes in a fast-paced environment, we'd love to hear from you.
Stryker is a global leader in medical technologies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better.
The company offers innovative products and services in MedSurg, Neurotechnology, Orthopaedics and Spine that help improve patient and healthcare outcomes.
Alongside its customers around the world, Stryker impacts more than 150 million patients annually.
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📌 Legal Counsel (New South Wales)
🏢 Stryker
📍 New South Wales