Senior Contracts Counsel

BeiGene continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.

**General Description:**

The Senior Contracts Counsel will report directly to the Executive Director, Applied Innovation Strategy and is a member of the Applied Innovation Team, a highly innovative and entrepreneurial team incubating platforms solving for clinical trial inefficiencies, rising costs of drug development, technological challenges in healthcare/pharma tech, and fragmented data silos. The incumbent will oversee preparation, negotiation and execution of agreements across entire function.

**Essential Functions of the job:**

Develop the contracting legal function within team, oversee policies and processes for Applied Innovation, including:

Development of template agreements and negotiation practices

Implementation and oversight of a contracts management process

Prepare and negotiate agreements including, software and technology licensing agreements, master service agreements, clinical trial agreements, clinical development agreements, sponsored research agreements, consulting agreements, confidential disclosure agreements, and academic and private sector collaboration agreements

Partner with external counsel as needed on agreement drafting and execution

Work closely with finance teams to guide contract processes, suggest and implement new / more efficient processes as needed

Ensure contracts are compliant with legal regulations and company policies

Proactively guide function on contractual rights and obligations

Provide legal support to business development activities as needed

**Qualifications:**

JD from an accredited law school and license to practice in at least one US state

Minimum 5 years' experience in contracts preparation, negotiation and administration, in a biotech, pharmaceutical, or health technology company required

Ability to provide clear and concise contracts advice and partner with individuals at all levels of the company

Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to thrive in fast-paced environment

Strategic mindset with high intellectual capability, agility and adaptability

Results oriented with a propensity for innovative thinking

Resourceful, decisive and proactive; must be able to manage multiple priorities in a fast-growing organization

Sound judgment, high integrity and ability to maintain strict confidentiality

Strong consultative and communication skills; must be able to formulate cohesive strategic arguments and respectfully challenge in a group of experts

Effective stakeholder and relationship management experience; able to interact and build trusted relationships with all levels of employees, especially senior leadership

**Education Required:** JD and admission to the bar of at least 1 US state; 5 years of experience working in contracts negotiation and administration in life sciences or healthcare technology industries either as in-house counsel or external.

**Competencies:**

**Ethics** - Treats people with respect; Inspires the trust of others; Works with integrity and ethically; Upholds organizational values.

**Planning/Organizing** - Prioritizes and plans work activities; Uses time efficiently. Completes administrative tasks correctly and on time. Follows instructions and responds to management direction.

**Communication** - Listens and gets clarification; Responds well to questions; Speaks clearly and persuasively in positive or negative situations. Writes clearly and informatively. Able to read and interpret written information.

**Teamwork** - Balances team and individual responsibilities; Gives and welcomes feedback; Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Puts success of team above own interests; Supports everyone's efforts to succeed. Contributes to building a positive team spirit; Shares expertise with others.

**Adaptability** - Able to adapt to changes in the work environment. Manages competing demands. Changes approach or method to best fit the situation. Able to deal with frequent change, delays, or unexpected events.

**Technical Skills** - Assesses own strengths and development areas; Pursues training and opportunities for growth; Strives to continuously build knowledge and skills; Shares expertise with others.

**Dependability** - Follows instructions, responds to management direction; Takes responsibility for own actions; Keeps commitments; Commits to long hours of work when necessary to reach goals; Completes tasks on time or notifies appropriate person with an alternate plan.

**Quality** - Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness; Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Applies feedback to improve performance; Monitors own work to ensure quality.

**Analytical** - Synthesizes complex or diverse information; Collects and researches data; Uses intuition and experience to complement data.

**Problem Solving** - Identifies and resolves problems in a timely manner; Gathers and analyzes information skillfully.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. BeiGene does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.