Senior Associate, Contract Management

• Be responsible for drafting and negotiating a wide range of Commercial Contracts and R&D agreements, including confidentiality agreements, investigator-initiated study agreements, research and collaboration agreements, CRO and vendor agreements, material transfer agreements, consulting agreements, grants and data or technology licence agreements

• Working closely with our Client’s in-house legal team and stakeholders on a range of matters such as procurement, privacy, professional services, technology, information security and intellectual property, research and development, clinical studies and other pharmaceutical matters

• Collaborate with specialist legal and business functions, including intellectual property, privacy, compliance, regulatory, quality, pharmacovigilance and procurement, and coordinate their input where required

• Ensure agreements appropriately address key R&D risks, including ownership and use of intellectual property, study data and results, publication rights, confidentiality, data privacy, regulatory and quality responsibilities, liability, indemnification and insurance

• Be part of a team committed to the overall timely and accurate delivery of services and compliance with all delivery commitments to the client

• Active caseload management, including prioritization, deadlines and escalation

• Adhere to all Factor delivery processes and commitments;

• Input and manage data on Factor and client systems and keep them up to date;

• Help develop contract templates, playbooks and other tools for use by the team;

• Be part of a team committed to continually improving our service to the client and adding value.

• You are adaptable, authentic, accountable, and values-driven. You’re a team player who exhibits personal leadership and leaves things better than you found them. We’re looking for someone who always gives their best and inspires others to do the same. This role requires excellent attention to detail, strong commercial awareness and a great deal of independence and decisiveness. It’s no small task!

 

In addition to the above, here are the required skills, knowledge, capabilities, and education for this role:

• Law Degree and/or Legally Qualified 
• Legally eligible to work in the country this role is based
• 4+ years’ demonstrable experience of independently drafting and negotiating commercial contracts within a law firm, as part of an in-house legal team or within Factor; experience supporting pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences or other regulated R&D activities is strongly preferred
• Excellent attention to detail 
• Operates with substantial latitude, with minimal or no supervision 
• Strong awareness of potential IP and data processing risks and issues 
• The legal knowledge to act as a senior advisor to the client and serve as an escalation point on issues for more junior team members 
• Very strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills 
• Very strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite - especially Microsoft Word 
• Coaching and mentoring more junior team members 
• Experience of client relationship management 
• Working with a recognized matter management system as part of daily routine