Job description
Our client, a private life sciences company that is unifying AI and biotech to discover novel and breakthrough treatments, has exclusively retained Solutus Legal to help the team with their first in-house legal hire. This is an exciting opportunity for an attorney to develop and build the Company’s legal function and to have exposure to and responsibility for overseeing all day-to-day legal activities such as commercial relationships, strategic transactions, compliance matters; and corporate compliance and governance. This attorney will report directly to the Chief Operating Officer, who is fantastic
The ideal candidate will:
- Have a J.D., admission to the CA Bar, and at least 3-4+ years of legal experience. Our client is open to law firm candidates; in-house experience is a plus, but is not required
- Be a tenacious doer who is comfortable working independently and be able to identify opportunities to escalate an issue or solicit advice from outside counsel
- Possess sound and practical business judgment, intellectual curiosity, and be comfortable and adept at balancing risk and opportunity
- Have excellent organizational skills; ability to manage multiple projects at once, and a desire to implement processes and efficiencies
Responsibilities include:
- Partnering with Company leadership, teams and other stakeholders to address legal matters, manage and scale the legal function
- Serving as project manager and internal legal point person for numerous Company legal and business priorities
- Reviewing and negotiating a variety of agreements, including biotech materials and services agreements, technology agreements, and other commercial contracts with a diverse range of customers and partners
- Designing and implementing policies, systems and scalable workflows
- Managing a contract lifecycle solution, maximizing its use and training employees on it
- Maintaining familiarity with applicable regulatory, compliance and business rules and regulations
- Managing outside counsel relationships and projects, as needed
Targeted compensation is around $230,000 base with a 20% bonus and equity. Individual total compensation will vary and depend on the candidate’s level of seniority and number of years of directly relevant experience. Our client is devoted to improving human health, and that goes for its employees, as well. The company constantly strives to improve its benefits and support the well-being of its team members.
Solutus has been selected as the exclusive representative on this desirable search. Resumes submitted directly to our client will be forwarded to Solutus for review and evaluation.
Ref. #905-SLS
