Senior Legal Counsel, Clinical

The role

You will serve as a legal partner embedded with clinical operations and development teams. You will draft, negotiate, and execute clinical research agreements to advance drug candidates through clinical development.

What you will do

• Draft, review, negotiate and execute clinical research agreements including CTA, MSA, investigator agreements, site contracts, laboratory service agreements, clinical supply agreements and patient and
• Serve as the primary, day-to-day legal business partner embedded with the Clinical Development team.
• Partner with internal stakeholders to establish, scale and optimise standardised clinical contracting playbooks and template libraries.
• Identify, manage and mitigate legal, regulatory, intellectual property, data privacy, and compliance risks across global clinical operations.
• Collaborate with cross-functional Legal & Business Operations colleagues to ensure alignment on trial governance and data rights.
• Manage outside counsel and clinical transactions legal budget.
• Evaluate, pilot, and embed AI technologies into the clinical contracting lifecycle.

Required qualifications

• J.D. or equivalent law degree
• Active U.S. state bar admission in good standing (Massachusetts Bar or eligible for in-house registration in MA)
• Substantial, direct experience structuring, drafting, and negotiating complex clinical trial agreements, Master Service Agreements (MSA), investigator agreements, site contracts, laboratory service ag
• Experience gained within a biotechnology/pharmaceutical in-house legal department or a specialised life sciences law firm practice
• Expert knowledge of clinical trial execution, CRO outsourcing models and regulatory guidelines (GCP/ICH)
• Ability to work autonomously and prioritise a high volume of transactions in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
• Strong collaborative mindset with exceptional stakeholder communication skills
• Familiarity with global and multi-jurisdictional clinical trial contracting landscapes (US, UK, and EU regulatory frameworks)
• Experience navigating clinical data rights and IP provisions at the intersection of computational biology, data-intensive research, or AI-driven platforms

About the company

Isomorphic Labs (IsoLabs) was launched in 2021 to advance human health by building on and beyond the Nobel-winning AlphaFold system. The company uses AI models to accelerate scientific discovery and design novel molecules.