Paralegal

The role

This person will lead efforts to make legal operations more efficient by administering, optimizing, and championing the Contract Lifecycle Management (CLM) system. They will also support legal matters including contracting, litigation, securities, intellectual property, and compliance.

What you will do

• Lead efforts to improve legal operations and maintain the company's CLM system.
• Configure and refine CLM workflows, templates, clause libraries, approval routing, and reporting.
• Streamline legal processes and improve data quality across the contract portfolio.
• Serve as the internal subject matter expert for the CLM system.
• Onboard new users and deliver training sessions.
• Support due diligence efforts for corporate transactions, financings, and partnerships.
• Assist with litigation matters including discovery, document collection, review, and production.
• Coordinate with outside counsel on case logistics and document management.
• Review, draft, and manage agreements such as NDAs, SoWs, and amendments.
• Manage contracts through their full lifecycle.

Required qualifications

• 6+ years of paralegal experience
• Demonstrated experience with CLM systems (e.g., Agiloft, Ironclad, Icertis, DocuSign CLM, Conga) or equivalent platforms
• Strong technology aptitude and comfort learning and using legal tech tools
• Deep understanding of contract law, contract language, and in-house legal processes
• Experience supporting litigation and due diligence matters
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Strong organizational skills and attention to detail
• Strong understanding of how to maintain and protect the confidentiality of sensitive information

Nice to have

• Paralegal certificate or relevant degree
• Experience in industry, e.g., life sciences, biotechnology, or pharmaceutical industry
• Familiarity with agreements common to that sector e.g., clinical trial agreements, CDAs, CRO/vendor agreements, licensing agreements
• Extensive knowledge of contracts in general, across a variety of agreement types
• Hands-on experience implementing or migrating a CLM system
• Familiarity with e-discovery platforms, e-signature tools, and legal matter management or spend management software
• Experience building dashboards, reports, or metrics to measure legal operations performance
• Knowledge of legal operations frameworks and best practices

Benefits

• bonus
• stock
• benefits

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.