Senior Corporate Counsel

Elevar is seeking a Senior Corporate Counsel to join its lean but mighty Legal Team. This position will report to the Chief Legal Counsel & Corporate Secretary. This position will be involved in a myriad of legal work and will assist on a wide array of legal matters. This is a tremendous opportunity to join a team that intends to work collaboratively and cross-functionally to support a fast-paced, ambitious organization. You will be successful in this role if you are a confident, hard-working, and collegial individual who desires to roll up their sleeves to work to become an indispensable member of a team. This position will provide legal support across the organization. This is a remote-based position located in the United States.

Responsibilities:

• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a breadth of business transactions and contract types, including confidential disclosure agreements, master services agreements, statements of work, contract amendments, clinical trial agreements, supply agreements, quality agreements, and subscription agreements supporting R&D, Clinical Supply Chain, Business Development and Commercial
• Support more advanced licensing transactions and other complex transactions
• Interpret companys rights and obligations under existing contracts, including agreements with existing strategic partners to then advise the Chief Legal Counsel & Corporate Secretary and management on the state of contractual affairs
• Identify the need to engage and incorporate the advice of financial, technical, and other subject matter experts when working on a contract or transaction
• Ability to identify and vet legal issues across an array of subject matters including intellectual property and privacy issues, specifically as they arise in transactional work
• Maintain inventory of Elevar contract templates evolving and growing the infrastructure to fit business needs
• Manage and own the legal portion of Medical, Legal, Regulatory process and the review of public-facing materials
• Assist on internal policies development and management
• Provide company-wide advice and guidance on a myriad of legal issues; managing and conferring with outside counsel when necessary
• Act as and become a trusted business partner driving solutions for the organization
• Direct the analysis of complex factual and legal scenarios involving various aspects of intellectual property to provide timely, practical, and actionable guidance to internal clients in research, development, and commercial functions

• Bachelors degree with 8 years or Masters degree with 6 years experience
• J.D. from accredited law school required; admission to any U.S. state bar; eligible to practice in-house
• 5+ years of firm experience; in-house, biotech/pharma experience a plus
• Manage, oversee, grow, and scale our contract management system
• Must have strong transactional skills and contract management experience
• Requires intellectual curiosity; desire to learn, grow, and be challenged outside your lane
• Ability to demonstrate Elevar's core values by holding ourselves and each other accountable for the work we do, taking time to collaborate effectively while working remotely, making space for ingenuity in work and thought, and staying grounded in compassion

The anticipated annual base salary range for this role is $170,000 to $250,000. Final compensation depends on multiple factors including but not limited to, relevant experience, skillset, depth and breadth of knowledge, internal equity, and external market factors. Elevar Therapeutics is a rapidly growing biotech company that offers competitive wages and benefits package including medical, dental, vision, time off, a retirement plan, and other voluntary benefits for employees.

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