Corporate Counsel - Compass Consulting
San Rafael, CA 94901
About the Job
Our client focuses on developing first-in-class and best-in-class therapeutics that provide meaningful advances to patients who live with serious and life-threatening rare genetic diseases.
Overview:
Responsibilities:
Experience and Skills:
Education and Licensing:
Experience and Skills:
Education and Licensing:
Overview:
- This Corporate Counsel position is a mid-level to senior temporary position (5 to 10 years).
- The candidate will lead a template and playbooks project, being responsible for updating templates and playbooks on the review schedule for this year, and also leading on a company initiative to consolidate, streamline, simplify, and improve global templates.
- This role also is responsible for creating resource materials, mostly in the form of playbooks, for business and Legal contract drafters.
- We are looking for an attorney experienced with contract drafting, working with templates, and with playbooks.
- We will also rely on this attorney to review current contract clauses and resource materials and provide suggested changes and improvements based on their experience and legal research.
- The position requires close collaboration with internal functional groups and the other attorneys in the Legal Department on these projects.
Responsibilities:
- With guidance and supervision, independently lead template and playbook projects for the Legal department for both internal needs and for a company-wide initiative.
- Work closely with attorneys, Contracts Associates, and business stakeholders on template and playbook projects.
- Draw on experience and legal research to revise, consolidate, streamline and simplify contracts and playbooks.
- Responsible for preparing template guidance and annotations and playbook resources for a variety of different contract templates for business contract drafters and Legal drafters.
- Responsible for setting and leading template meetings as required for attorney/CA input/approval on templates and playbooks.
- Timely tracking, monitoring, advising, and reporting on projects.
- Appropriately manage a heavy workflow, setting priorities and meeting deliverable timelines.
Experience and Skills:
- 5 to 10 years prior experience in a major law firm or biotech experience in contracting and in using and/or creating templates and playbooks.
- Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide variety of contracts is required.
- Ability to lead projects and work independently is required.
- Ability to prioritize and use sound judgement with escalating matters to manager is required.
- Excellent organization and time-management skills required. Must be able to manage heavy workload and aggressive timelines in a timely manner, prioritize and work under pressure.
- Exceptional written and communication skills required, including strong proofreading and editing skills.
- Must be detail-oriented, self-motivated, proactive, a quick learner, and have a strong work ethic.
- Strong computer skills in database management and documentation preparation (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Microsoft Office) required.
- Experience with pharmaceutical companies is desirable, but not essential.
- Experience with Ariba a plus.
Education and Licensing:
- Juris Doctorate required.
- Active California Bar member in good standing.
Experience and Skills:
- 5 to 10 years prior experience in a major law firm or biotech experience in contracting and in using and/or creating templates and playbooks.
- Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating a wide variety of contracts is required.
- Ability to lead projects and work independently is required.
- Ability to prioritize and use sound judgement with escalating matters to manager is required.
- Excellent organization and time-management skills required. Must be able to manage heavy workload and aggressive timelines in a timely manner, prioritize and work under pressure.
- Exceptional written and communication skills required, including strong proofreading and editing skills.
- Must be detail-oriented, self-motivated, proactive, a quick learner, and have a strong work ethic.
- Strong computer skills in database management and documentation preparation (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Microsoft Office) required.
- Experience with pharmaceutical companies is desirable, but not essential.
- Experience with Ariba a plus.
Education and Licensing:
- Juris Doctorate required.
- Active California Bar member in good standing.
Source : Compass Consulting