Work Flexibility: Hybrid As Legal Counsel, Brazil, you will serve as the primary legal advisor for Stryker’s operations in Brazil while leading the local Legal team. In this role, you will provide practical legal guidance on complex business matters, partner with senior leaders on strategic initiatives, and help ensure business activities align with applicable laws, regulations, and company policies. What You Will Do Provide legal advice to business leaders on complex commercial, regulatory, governance, compliance, and corporate matters affecting operations in Brazil. Draft, review, negotiate, and manage complex commercial agreements and strategic contracts to support business objectives and appropriate risk management. Lead legal support for strategic business initiatives, including commercial restructuring, new business models, mergers, acquisitions, integrations, and divestitures. Advise on the application of Brazilian laws, including anti-corruption, competition, data privacy, regulatory, and corporate legal requirements. Oversee legal aspects of internal investigations, risk assessments, remediation activities, and sensitive business matters in collaboration with Compliance and global Legal teams. Manage, coach, and develop the Brazil Legal team while coordinating the work of external legal counsel to ensure quality, efficiency, and cost-effective support. Develop and maintain legal processes, governance frameworks, contract templates, and training programs that support consistent and compliant business operations. Monitor changes in Brazilian legislation and communicate legal implications and required actions to business stakeholders. What You Will Need Required

Qualifications

Law degree. Active license to practice law in Brazil (OAB). Previous professional legal experience in a law firm, corporate legal department, or a combination of both. Fluency in Portuguese and English.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience

supporting businesses in the life sciences, medical technology, healthcare, pharmaceutical, or other highly regulated industries.

Experience

providing legal counsel in a highly regulated business environment. Fluency in Spanish. Travel Percentage: None Stryker is one of the world’s leading medical technology companies and, together with its customers, is driven to make healthcare better. We offer innovative products and services in Orthopaedics, Medical and Surgical, and Neurotechnology and Spine that help improve patient and hospital outcomes. We are proud to be named one of the World’s Best Workplaces! For more information, visit: www.stryker.com Work Flexibility Remote – Role allows you to work the majority to 100% of time from an alternate workplace. These roles could have travel expectations, and you must work within the country of the job requisition location. Field-based – You can expect to regularly work a majority to 100% of time at customer facilities and has a set territory or expectation to travel within a set boundary. Almost all sales roles would likely be qualified as field-based. Onsite – Role is 100% located at a Stryker facility. Some ad hoc flexibility may be available depending on role, level, and job requirements. Manufacturing roles and any role that requires physical presence at the office would qualify under this category. Hybrid – You can expect to regularly work in both an alternate workplace and a Stryker facility. Roles that are partially remote or co-located would qualify as hybrid, and the expectation to be onsite would be defined and agreed upon by your manager/supervisor.