Assistant General Counsel – Legal Business Development
Novo Nordisk
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Office
Location: Cambridge • Massachusetts • 🇺🇸 United States
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💰 $181,670 - $317,000 per year
Job Level
SeniorLead
About the role
- Provides legal advice and support to R&D Business Development
- Drafting and negotiating various types of agreements such as research and development collaborations, partnerships, license agreements, M&A agreements and various transactional intellectual property matters
- Engage with a diverse range of stakeholders within the business and across Global Legal
- Works closely with R&D Business Development, Global R&D teams located in Cambridge, Massachusetts and Denmark
- Involved with cross-functional global legal projects
- Opportunities for further professional development.
Requirements
- J.D. Law degree from recognized university and state bar admission required,
- ability to obtain a Massachusetts in-house counsel license
- Minimum of 8 years of relevant transactional experience from a major law firm or in-house legal department
- Relevant experience providing legal advice to life sciences/pharmaceutical industry required
- Experience in drafting and negotiating complex life sciences/pharmaceutical industry agreements required
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills,
- International mind-set and enjoy being part of a global work environment
- Strong work ethic and business judgment and ability to assess risk and think strategically
- Ability to work under pressure, manage numerous and changing priorities effectively and solid attention to detail
- Ability to work independently as well as in a team environment.
Benefits
- medical, dental and vision coverage
- life insurance
- disability insurance
- 401(k) savings plan
- flexible spending accounts
- employee assistance program
- tuition reimbursement program
- voluntary benefits such as group legal,
- critical illness,
- identity theft protection,
- pet insurance and auto/home insurance
- flexible vacation policy
- parental leave policy
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
drafting agreementsnegotiating agreementstransactional experiencelegal adviceintellectual propertylife sciences agreementspharmaceutical agreementsM&A agreementsrisk assessmentstrategic thinking
Soft skills
communication skillsinterpersonal skillswork ethicbusiness judgmentability to work under pressureattention to detailability to manage prioritiesindependent workteam collaborationglobal mindset
Certifications
J.D. Law degreestate bar admissionMassachusetts in-house counsel license