Associate Director, Legal Counsel, Customer Contracts - AMR

Min 3 yrs required

Full-time

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Associate Director, Legal Counsel, Customer Contracts - AMR

The Associate Director, Legal Counsel, Customer Contracts will be responsible for drafting, negotiating, and executing sales-related commercial contracts and other customer-oriented agreements. This role will involve independent judgement and analysis of contracts, including identifying legal and business-related issues and finding resolutions. The chosen candidate will also manage the AMR contracts managers and provide ad-hoc legal support. There will also be opportunities to support real property matters, litigation, and/or M&A.

Responsibilities:

- Review moderate to complex solicitations and work closely with the sales organization to prepare specialized and/or non-routine responses to requests for proposals, bids, tenders, and contracts.
- Analyze and negotiate contract requirements, special provisions, and terms and conditions to align with company standards and ensure compliance with corporate business strategy, policies, and commercial procedures.
- Prepare and send approval requests to subject matter experts in accordance with internal escalation processes.
- Prepare signature memo with all relevant approvals and routes for signature.
- File all fully executed agreements and negotiate any related amendments.
- Act as a focal point for communication with finance and commercial teams on AMR customer contracts.
- Manage the AMR contracts manager team.
- Participate in process improvement initiatives.
- Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Oxford Nanopore products and technology.
- Provide ad-hoc legal support.
- Oversee maintenance of lease agreements and negotiate new lease agreements and/or manage outside counsel with respect to the same (ideally).
- Support M&A or litigation as requested and subject to capacity (ideally).

Requirements:

- Juris Doctorate (a Life Sciences degree may be advantageous but isn’t required for the role).
- Admitted to a US bar.
- 3+ years of proven experience working in a law firm and knowledge of contract review and negotiation and general commercial law advice.
- Excellent internal and external negotiation skills with demonstrable experience of applying good independent judgement and creativity to the resolution of contract issues.
- Deep understanding of contracting concepts and applicable contract law, including government and international contract regulations.
- Understanding and knowledge of key market influences.
- Excellent communication skills with a positive can-do attitude.
- Problem-solving and critical thinking skills to ensure timely progression of contract negotiations.
- Excellent teamwork skills, with an ability to also work independently but within the internal approval matrices.
- Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and work to tight deadlines across multiple time zones.

Preferred Qualifications:

- Prior Life Science industry experience in a legal capacity.
- Previous people managing experience in a transactional environment.
- Start-up experience in a Life Science company.
- Experience with managing leasing process: negotiations, maintenance, and working with outside counsel.
- Experience in M&A or litigation.

Salary Information:

- The salary for this role is between $145,750 and $218,626 USD. The salary offered will reflect the skills and experience of the candidate.

Benefits:

- Certain roles within ONT are eligible for annual bonus and stock, allocated based on individual performance.
- Employees based in the US have the option to choose healthcare benefits, participate in the company 401(k) plan and company match, and receive short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, and commuter benefits, among others.

Location:

- This role is based in New York City at our offices in the New York Genome Center.

About Oxford Nanopore Technologies:

- Oxford Nanopore Technologies is a global company with headquarters at the Oxford Science Park in the UK. They also have satellite offices and commercial presence in many global locations, including the US, APAC, and Europe.
- The company employs individuals from multiple subject areas, including nanopore science, molecular biology and applications, informatics, engineering, electronics, manufacturing, and commercialization.
- The management team, led by CEO Dr. Gordon Sanghera, has a track record of delivering disruptive technologies to the market.
- Oxford Nanopore’s sequencing platform offers real-time analysis in fully scalable formats, allowing for rapid insights and the ability to analyze native DNA or RNA of any length.
- The company's goal is to enable the analysis of any living thing, by anyone, anywhere.

About Us:

- Oxford Nanopore’s goal is to bring the widest benefits to society through enabling the analysis of anything, by anyone, anywhere.
- The company has developed a new generation of nanopore-based sensing technology that allows for the real-time, high-performance, accessible, and scalable analysis of DNA and RNA.
- The technology is used in more than 100 countries for understanding the biology of humans and diseases, plants, animals, bacteria, viruses, and whole environments.
- Oxford Nanopore was founded in 2005 as a spin-out from the University of Oxford and currently employs over 1000 employees worldwide.

This role offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and innovative company, with a competitive salary and benefits package. If you are a highly skilled legal professional with a passion for contract review and negotiation, apply now to join the Oxford Nanopore team.

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Annual bonus, stock options, healthcare benefits, 401(k) plan, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance, commuter benefits (specific benefits may vary depending on location)

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Drafting, negotiation, execution, sales, commercial contracts, customer-orientated agreements, independent judgement, legal analysis, resolution, contract management, ad-hoc legal support, process improvement, communication, problem solving, critical thinking, teamwork, time management, market knowledge, people management, transactional experience, start-up experience, leasing process, M&A, litigation

Juris Doctorate

Interested candidates should submit their application through the company's online application portal.

Qualification and Experience Juris Doctorate, Life Sciences degree (advantageous), admitted to US bar

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