Legal Contracts Specialist
WEP Clinical
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: Remote • 🇺🇸 United States
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of contracts, including service agreements, confidentiality agreements, vendor agreements, consultancy contracts, and licensing agreements, ensuring they align with company policies, applicable laws, and business objectives.
- Support the Global Head of Legal and Legal Counsel in ensuring legal compliance across all contractual matters by interpreting and applying relevant laws and regulations within the pharmaceutical and life sciences sector.
- Work with the Global Head of Legal & Legal Counsel to respond to internal stakeholders on contract-related queries and providing clear, practical, and timely legal advice to support decision-making and business goals.
- Identify potential risks and liabilities within contracts and propose effective mitigation strategies to protect the company’s interests.
- Review and provide feedback on documents, presentations, and communications with third parties to ensure legal accuracy, consistency, and alignment with company objectives.
- Conduct legal research, monitor legislative and regulatory developments affecting the company’s operations, and maintain up-to-date knowledge of relevant laws, particularly those governing pharmaceutical and healthcare contracts in the US and Canada.
- Support all contract-related matters within the US and Canada, providing guidance and ensuring all internal legal and compliance processes are followed.
- Partner closely with business teams to ensure that contracts are structured and executed in a manner that balances legal risk with commercial objectives.
- Support the development and continuous improvement of contract templates, processes, and procedures to enhance efficiency and ensure consistency.
- Contribute to new business initiatives, projects, and process improvement activities within the legal function as required.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field; a paralegal certificate, legal diploma, or equivalent legal training is strongly preferred. An advanced law degree (e.g., JD or LLM) is an asset
- Minimum 2 - 3 years of commercial experience, ideally within the pharmaceuticals/life sciences sector
- Strong drafting, negotiation, and communication skills, with the ability to deliver clear, concise information
- Proven experience with data privacy, including its application and importance in healthcare
- Proficiency in legal and financial concepts, with strong analytical and due-diligence capabilities
- Excellent organisational skills and a track record of supporting or leading planning processes
- Ability to work under pressure, prioritise workload, and operate effectively in a fast-paced environment
- Professional, detail-oriented, and collaborative, with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team
- Confident and effective communicator with fluency in written and verbal commercial English
- Fluency in another language or experience handling legal/contractual matters in another country is a bonus
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance, FSA, HSA
- Voluntary short-term and long-term disability insurance
- Voluntary life insurance
- 401K safe harbor plan and company match
- Paid vacation, holiday, and sick time
- Paid maternity & paternity leave
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
contract draftingcontract negotiationlegal researchdata privacyanalytical skillsdue diligencelegal compliancecontract managementrisk assessmentprocess improvement
Soft skills
communication skillsorganizational skillscollaborationattention to detailability to work under pressureprioritizationindependenceteamworkproblem-solvingclear information delivery
Certifications
Bachelor's degreeparalegal certificatelegal diplomaJDLLM