Location
Cambridge, MA | United States
Job description
About the Role
The Novartis BioMedical Research General Legal team is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel responsible for managing all activities relating to the contractual negotiations and statutory obligations in addition to drafting complex transactions and contracts independently and provide complex and contextual legal advice and guidance (incl. training of key customers in specified legal areas) to the Disease Area Heads and Translational Medicine Clinical business for General Medicine and Oncology.
Location: The location for this position will be based out of Cambridge, MA and follow a hybrid working model.
What you will be doing:
•Independently manage legal work streams for research collaborations, human tissue work, NIH contracts, Global Health projects and clinical agreements with functional and divisional stakeholders.
•Define transaction objectives with project leads and other stakeholders and develop and implement project plans to achieve them, including timelines, reporting and key deliverables
•Take direct responsibility for legal advice and documentation and related work streams on trans-actions, including structuring, due diligence, signing, closing and post-closing/integration activities
•Drive robust due diligence processes, including external legal support, to identify, assess and communicate legal, regulatory and ethical obligations and to propose and implement appropriate risk mitigation
•Work with research, clinical and regulatory and other business colleagues to ensure appropriate aspects of transactions is completed and addressed in the contracts
•Review, draft and negotiate transaction documentation to achieve transaction objectives based on legal and regulatory requirements and internal policies and procedures
•Communicate and make recommendations to the research and clinical functional heads proactively
•Support the transition of closed transactions to responsible functional, divisional and integration/separation teams
•Proactively contribute to the development of a best-in-class transactions team at Novartis and initiatives to improve Novartis Legal
•Manage external legal counsel, including negotiating statements of work, setting and monitoring budgets and ensuring compliance with Novartis external counsel guidelines
Diversity & Inclusion / EEO
The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers and take pride in maintaining a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.
Role Requirements
What you will bring to the role:
Education:
•Law (JD degree) from an accredited law school required.
•Admitted to practice in a State in the US (e.g., MA) required.
•Must be able to draft complex legal documents and negotiate in English
Experience:
•Minimum 6+ years of relevant transactional / divestments experience (post-qualification) at a major law firm or in-house
•Transactional experience in the life sciences sector, including research agreements, clinical site agreements is required
•Experience in related commercial arrangements (e.g., services and research collaborations) a significant plus
•Life sciences experience required;
•Strong business acumen and proven ability to work and to lead in a matrixed organization
•Excellent written and verbal communication skills
•Proven ability to work on multiple projects at any given time in a fast-paced environment
•High attention to detail
•Ability to work independently yet collaboratively while keeping key stakeholders informed
•Team player in a multidisciplinary, cross-cultural environment, high level of flexibility
Ability to;
•exercise initiative and sound judgment.
• prioritize tasks and maintain efficiency; and
• identify opportunities for improvement
• Excellent organizational skills
Why Novartis:
Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining
to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together?
Benefits and Rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally:
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: The Novartis Group of Companies are Equal Opportunity Employers and take pride in maintaining a diverse environment. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. We are committed to building diverse teams, representative of the patients and communities we serve, and we strive to create an inclusive workplace that cultivates bold innovation through collaboration and empowers our people to unleash their full potential.
Novartis Compensation and Benefit Summary: The pay range for this position at commencement of employment is expected to be between $183,200 - $274,800/year; however, while salary ranges are effective from 1/1/23 through 12/31/23, fluctuations in the job market may necessitate adjustments to pay ranges during this period. Further, final pay determinations will depend on various factors, including, but not limited to geographical location, experience level, knowledge, skills, and abilities. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements, including a sign-on bonus, restricted stock units, and discretionary awards in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.
Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together?
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