Job Title: Senior Counsel, Corporate and Business Development
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead the drafting, negotiation, structuring, and counseling on transactions, including mergers and acquisitions, strategic equity investments, strategic divestitures, global licenses, collaborations, partnerships, and other transactions.
- Identify and resolve critical legal issues and assist in resolving critical business issues arising from transactions.
- Oversee and manage the legal due diligence process.
- Partner with Corporate Development and Business Development clients to ensure strategic alignment in all transactions, escalating matters as necessary.
- Manage business relationships and counsel business clients on transaction and strategic issues related to strategic alliance partnerships and collaborations.
- Contribute to the development of a high-performance transactions legal team and cultivate a collaborative culture with peers in the legal department and other key functions.
- Manage and organize antitrust approvals and negotiations with antitrust authorities and regulators as appropriate.
- Demonstrate a service-oriented approach to advising internal client groups.
- Demonstrate full commitment to the company's mission and values.
Education and Experience Information:
- Law degree and qualification to practice law in New Jersey, or the ability to obtain a NJ in-house counsel limited license.
- Minimum of 10 years of legal experience.
- Experience in drafting and negotiating complex transaction agreements related to the bio/pharmaceutical or life-sciences industry, including license agreements, collaboration agreements, acquisitions, and divestitures.
- Understanding of the bio-pharmaceutical/life-sciences industry.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to manage internal client expectations.
- Creative, thoughtful, and practical problem-solving skills.
- High integrity, ability to assess risk, make decisions, and think strategically while applying knowledge of applicable legal issues.
- Excellent verbal and writing skills and business judgment.
- Ability to communicate effectively with management and senior management personnel.
- Ability to train and develop other team members.
- Ability to work independently, effectively, and efficiently.
Salary Information:
- The starting compensation for this job in California, Massachusetts, and Washington ranges from $243,470 to $295,000, plus incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility).
- Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.
- Eligibility for specific benefits may vary based on the job and location.
Benefits:
- Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
- Well-being support such as the Living Life Better program and employee assistance programs.
- Financial well-being resources and a 401(K).
- Financial protection benefits like short- and long-term disability, life insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, and survivor support.
- Work-life programs include paid national holidays, optional holidays, Global Shutdown Days, up to 120 hours of paid vacation, up to two paid days to volunteer, sick time off, and summer hours flexibility.
- Parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military leave.
- Family care services such as adoption and surrogacy reimbursement, fertility/infertility benefits, support for traveling mothers, and child, elder, and pet care resources.
- Tuition reimbursement and a recognition program.
Additional Information:
- The company encourages applicants to apply even if their resume does not perfectly align with the job description, as they may still be a strong candidate for the role.
- The company promotes a supportive culture, global participation in clinical trials, and shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion, and integrity.
- The company has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work, which can include site-essential, site-by-design, field-based, and remote-by-design roles.
- The company is committed to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations, and ongoing support in their roles.
- The company recommends that all employees be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 and keep up to date with Covid-19 boosters.
- The company will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in the area.
- Data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.
