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:
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.