Senior Contracts Attorney
Core
Senior Contracts Attorney providing commercial legal support across all contract and transactional aspects of the business, serving as a direct legal advisor to all business units.
Role type
Senior IC contracts attorney (life sciences/biopharma)
Builds
Commercial agreements (GMP supply, technology licenses, OEM, distribution, MSA, consulting, leases, vendor), contract management system, and deal management for biopharma/CDMO/academic counterparties.
Domain
Life Sciences / Biopharma / Contract Law
Required skills
Contract drafting and negotiation, GMP agreements, Quality Technical Agreements, Technology licensing, Intellectual property concepts (patent law, TM management), Freedom-to-operate inquiries, Contract database management, Legal risk identification, Commercial negotiations, Intellectual property management, Contract metrics management, Outside counsel management
Preferred skills
Science background, California Bar membership, Experience with GMP agreements, Quality Technical Agreements, Technology licensing, Patent law
Technologies
Contract management systems, Legal databases
Responsibilities
Draft, review, negotiate, and execute a broad range of commercial agreements; Own end-to-end deal management for biopharma, CDMO, academic, and institutional counterparties; Partner with QA/QC on Quality Technical Agreements; Identify and communicate legal and commercial risk; Build and maintain contract templates and the internal contract management system; Manage performance related metrics related to the legal contracts function; Strategically manage and facilitate resolution of complex matters.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
