Corporate Counsel/Senior Corporate Counsel I

Overview

This role is for a Corporate Counsel / Senior Corporate Counsel – Commercial Transactions position within the organization’s in-house legal team. The level is dependent upon experience and qualifications.

This role is fully remote. The commercial transactions attorney will work with experienced attorneys and professional staff located remotely across the US, including a Spain manufacturing site and an India R&D site.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the Small Molecule R&D and Manufacturing, and Drug Product business units by providing legal support primarily on commercial contracting and transaction matters for stakeholders including Sales Directors, VPs, and BU Presidents.
• Draft and negotiate high-value, complex, long-term customer and supplier contracts that support business growth objectives while mitigating risk exposure.
• Actively participate in designing and negotiating business deals in partnership with Sales colleagues.
• Identify and assess business issues in customer and vendor contracts and advise internal clients to enable sound judgment calls.
• Provide strategic advice and legal counsel on disputes and contract interpretation issues.
• Collaborate with business development, IT, finance, tax, scientific, procurement, regulatory, quality, and other internal stakeholders to support business and operations teams.
• Provide periodic training to Sales staff on negotiation strategies, contracting parameters, and relevant legal issues.

General Legal Matters and Initiatives

• Support the General Counsel, Legal Department Leadership Team, and other legal team members on a variety of matters.
• Assist in the development and implementation of legal and cross-functional initiatives to streamline and optimize legal functions, including the company’s contracting process.
• Advise on general legal matters.

Required Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school and licensed to practice in a U.S. jurisdiction.
• 5+ years of relevant experience at a leading law firm and/or in-house legal department (or combination), preferably in the life sciences or pharma industry, or other provider of R&D/manufacturing services.

Preferred Qualifications

• Significant experience drafting and negotiating complex contracts in a business setting, involving various risk profiles and intellectual property considerations.
• Ability to develop creative solutions to complex problems by leveraging prior experience and expertise.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Ability to independently and efficiently handle complex, contested negotiations with customers and suppliers.
• Strong business and legal acumen, including the ability to quickly identify legal and business issues, balance risks, and devise and articulate creative and practical solutions to internal and external audiences in a time-sensitive, fast-paced global environment.
• Excellent communication skills (verbal and written), including the ability to clearly explain legal issues.
• Strong negotiation skills.
• Strong work ethic and ability to multi-task and manage high-volume workflow.
• Demonstrated ability to grasp legal and business issues quickly, balance risks, exercise sound judgment, and provide practical, constructive, timely counsel in a growing, entrepreneurial, fast-paced environment.
• Ability to exercise good judgment and sound decision making even when not all facts are available.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, innovative and strategic mindset, and self-driven execution.
• Ability and desire to build strong working relationships with internal clients and business partners.

Compensation & Benefits

• Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment).
• Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment).
• Career advancement opportunities.
• Education reimbursement.
• 401k program.
• Learning platform.
• And more.

Location

• Fully remote.
• Team locations include the US (remote), Spain manufacturing site, and India R&D site.