Counsel / Senior Counsel
Core
In-house attorney serving as daily legal partner to research, lab, technical operations, IT, procurement, finance, and HR, covering commercial, operational, and compute/infrastructure matters for a physical AI drug discovery company.
Role type
Senior IC in-house counsel (life sciences/AI)
Builds
Commercial and operational contracts, legal processes, and AI tools for the legal function
Domain
Life sciences / Biotech / Artificial Intelligence / Drug Discovery
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Contract drafting and negotiation at volume, AI tool usage in legal practice, business judgment, self-starter mindset, technical contracting (cloud/compute), legal operations
Preferred skills
Life sciences/biotech context, technical contracting depth (AI/ML, open source), employment law, legal tech administration
Technologies
AI tools for contract review/drafting, CLM tools, cloud compute platforms
Responsibilities
Draft and negotiate commercial, technology, and vendor agreements; serve as primary legal contact for business and R&D teams; support lab operations and CRO/CDMO agreements; build and improve contract templates, playbooks, and approval workflows; deploy AI tools to accelerate legal work; provide actionable business advice
Seniority
Mid-Senior, hands-on IC