Paralegal - II (Associate) - The Fountain Group

Job Description:

• Pay is $30 - $34 per hour based on experience.
• 6- month assignment with the potential to extend based on need and performance.
• Fully remote role.
• Review contract intake forms and work with procurement owners to obtain any missing information.
• Determine contracting requirements based upon assigned request.
• Ability to review historical contract information to assess current contracting requirements.
• Draft needed contract language based on templates and critical clauses.
• Working knowledge and negotiation expertise of key contract terms and how to negotiate such clauses.
• Participate in and lead Supplier negotiation calls.
• Draft, review, redline and negotiate Master Service Agreements, Software as a Service Agreement, Amendments, Termination Letters, Confidential Disclosure Agreements, Licensing Agreements within Indirect Procurement Categories.
• Collaborate with Indirect Procurement category owners to meet contracting needs.
• Collaborate with Sourcing Procurement partners to meet and understand contracting needs.
• Liaise with legal, internal subject matter experts & suppliers in negotiations until fully executed.
• Ensure timely completion of required assessments (Privacy, Cybersecurity, Pharmacovigilance), as applicable.
• Build strong relationships and collaborate with key internal and external stakeholders to ensure timely and quality execution of all his/her assigned projects.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree (B.A., B.S.) is required.
• Paralegal degree from ABA accredited program preferred.
• Law firm experience is preferred.
• Minimum of 7 (B.A., B.S.) years of experience in the pharmaceutical/biotechnology industry or related fields.
• Experience with contracting in a pharma environment.
• Experience reviewing, redlining, and negotiating contracts such as Master Service Agreements, Software as a Service Agreement, Statements of Work, Project Agreements, Order Forms, Amendments, Confidential Disclosure Agreements and Termination Letters.
• Demonstrated high level of competence with computers is essential.
• Extensive experience with MS Office Applications is required.
• Extensive experience using track changes to redline documents.
• Must be able to work and demonstrate success in developing effective solutions to complex problems is required.
• Demonstrate success in establishing successful working relationships with a diverse range of internal and external key stakeholders.
• Must be a dependable self-starter.
• Must be capable of working independently on multiple projects with the ability to prioritize tasks and meet strict deadlines.
• Must possess excellent organization skills and be able to operate effectively in a heavily metricized organization, where a demanding workload requires balancing multiple responsibilities simultaneously.
• Must possess excellent communication and interpersonal interaction skills.
• Must be able to manage significant contract request volume, with cyclical ramp-ups.
• Familiarity with spin-off environment is useful.
• Familiarity with the concept of bifurcation is useful.
• Strong negotiation skills are essential.