Senior Legal Counsel

The role

The Senior Legal Counsel will draft and negotiate key clinical collaboration agreements. This person will support other legal and contracting needs while partnering with various internal departments to protect the company and ensure compliance.

What you will do

• Draft, review and negotiate strategic clinical trial collaboration agreements.
• Draft, review and negotiate clinical related contracts including clinical trial agreements, investigator sponsored studies, and agreements with CROs.
• Draft, review and negotiate financing agreements, consulting agreements, master services agreements, and vendor contracts.
• Act as the primary contact between internal business units and external parties.
• Provide guidance and supervise other attorneys and paralegals.
• Develop strong working relationships with functional groups and project teams.
• Identify risks and issues and suggest alternatives.
• Report the status of contracts to internal clients.
• Support due diligence activities during acquisition of assets.
• Provide training within the legal team and to other business departments.

Required qualifications

• Juris Doctorate from an accredited law school
• Admitted to a US state bar in good standing
• Minimum of 7+ years of major law firm and/or in-house experience with a pharmaceutical, medical device, or healthcare company
• Substantial prior experience as lead attorney for drafting and negotiating Clinical Trial Collaboration Agreements
• Prior clinical trial agreement negotiation and drafting experience (U.S. and ex-U.S.) with a pharmaceutical company
• Knowledge of regulations and statutes and industry guidelines impacting clinical trials, pharmaceutical research, development and commercial contracts, including data privacy (U.S. and GDPR)
• Proficient with Word
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and Teams
• Experienced working with CLM systems
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Experienced in handling due diligence with acquisition and/or divestitures

Benefits

• bonus
• stock
• benefits

Before you apply

• Summit does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies without prior written authorization.

About the company

Summit Therapeutics Inc. is a biopharmaceutical oncology company with a mission focused on improving quality of life, increasing potential duration of life, and resolving serious unmet medical needs.