Corporate Counsel, Commercial

The role

The Corporate Counsel, Commercial will draft and negotiate agreements driving research, clinical, and operational activities. This person will also lead the implementation of the contract lifecycle management platform.

What you will do

• Draft and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements including MSAs/SOWs, CDAs, consulting, MTAs, sponsored research, software/SaaS, data, and vendor agreements.
• Lead clinical contracting including CRO agreements, clinical trial agreements, and clinical vendor agreements.
• Advise on key risk terms and compliance requirements such as anti-kickback/anti-bribery, fair market value, transparency reporting, and GDPR/HIPAA.
• Lead the implementation and administration of the CLM platform.
• Build templates, playbooks, and self-service tools.
• Use AI tools to accelerate drafting, review, and contract data extraction.
• Manage outside counsel on commercial matters.
• Train internal teams on contracting processes.

Required qualifications

• J.D. and active membership in good standing of a U.S. state bar.
• 5+ years of commercial contracting experience at a law firm and/or in-house at a biotech, pharma, or CRO.
• Proven experience independently negotiating CRO, clinical and SaaS agreements.
• Hands-on experience implementing or administering a CLM platform.
• Working knowledge of healthcare compliance and data privacy laws as applied to clinical contracting.
• Practical, risk-balanced judgment.
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills.
• Ability to manage high volume in a lean team.

Nice to have

• In-house experience strongly preferred.
• Experience with Ironclad preferred.

Benefits

• Company-paid medical coverage
• Flexible spending accounts
• Voluntary life insurance
• 401(k) matching
• Flexible time off
• Community gym
• Dining

Before you apply

• Seeking candidates who currently live in the San Diego area.

About the company

Iambic Therapeutics (Nasdaq: IAM) is a technology and clinical-stage life sciences company headquartered in San Diego. The company utilizes molecular superintelligence to address the totality of drug discovery and development.