Contracts and Legal Operations Manager

ShouTi develops life‐changing medicines for patients using advanced structure‐based and computational drug discovery technology. ShouTi’s platform combines the latest advancements in visualization of molecular interactions, computational chemistry, and data integration to design orally-available, superior small molecule medicines that overcome current limitations of biologic and peptide drugs. The company is advancing its clinical‐stage pipeline of differentiated treatments focused on chronic diseases with high unmet need, including cardiovascular, metabolic and pulmonary conditions.

ShouTi is led by an experienced group of international drug innovators and financed by top-tier global life sciences investors recently completing a second financing round to support clinical development of their lead assets. With offices in California and Shanghai, they have the benefit of being at the center of life science innovation in both the US and China and capitalizing on the strengths of each geographic location.

This Contracts and Legal Operations Manager will be primarily responsible for supporting all aspects of contracting activities at ShouTi. This position will also draft, review and finalize standard contracts and contract amendments in consultation with Senior Vice President, Legal and other members of the contract management team. This position will be responsible for updating contract templates and maintaining our contract database. This position will also assist the legal team in obtaining and managing legal records. This position will report to Senior Vice President, Legal.

Job Responsibilities:

• Draft, review and manage a wide range of contracts (which may include confidentiality agreements, SOWs, consulting and service agreements, materials transfer agreements, sponsored research agreements, clinical study agreements, and various vendor services agreements) under supervision of senior attorneys.

• Serve as an escalation point of contact for internal and external contract process/status questions and more complex contract negotiations.

• Manage contract workflow and work with senior leaders to ensure efficient contract execution.

• Maintain internal SharePoint database and external online contract management system.

• Coordinate with outside counsel and in-house legal team to obtain legal documents, e.g., patent declarations and assignments, and manage legal records.

Qualifications, Skills and Experience:

• In-house experience at a biotechnology, pharmaceutical or life science company preferred, with a focus on agreement drafting and negotiation

• Experience working with attorneys and senior leaders

• Thorough understanding of contract terms and structure, contract management processes, including tracking, negotiation, approval and execution.

• Working knowledge of the drug discovery and development process and ability to understand risks and requirements associated with pharmaceutical contracting preferred.

• Ability to work both independently and effectively across a variety of functional groups (such as Commercial, Research and Development, CMC, Human Resources, Finance, Facilities and IT) and all levels of management.

• Flexible and willing to learn new procedures and skill sets.

• Experience with or knowledge of paralegal support tasks, with a focus on intellectual property matters or corporate matters, preferred. Strong computer skills (e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint).

• Must be detail oriented and have strong organizational skills.

• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.

• Ability to work under pressure to meet specific deadlines.

• Must have strong oral and written communication skills

• English and Chinese bilingual skills preferred.

• BS/BA degree in related discipline with a minimum of three years of related experience; candidates with advanced business or law degree and five or more years of experience preferred.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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