Summary
Location: Basel, Switzerland or Cambridge, MA, United States of America (separate posting, please apply at REQ-10025008)
The Novartis Legal team is seeking a Head of R&D Legal, R&D Transactions and Technical Research & Development (TRD) to lead the legal support of complex R&D collaborations, partnerships, contracts, divestments, alliance management, and the legal integration of acquired companies with pre-clinical and clinical stage assets. This individual also has leadership accountability for legal team members who support the Global TRD organization and Procurement.
About the Role
Key Responsibilities:
- Legal leadership accountability for a legal team responsible for advising on complex R&D transactions, in coordination with R&D legal subject matter experts. Key areas include:
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- Complex academic and research collaborations
- Global public/private partnerships
- Consortia membership
- R&D AI contracts
- Licenses and divestments not handled by Corporate and Business Development (C&BD) (e.g., regional divestments, compound and device in licenses)
- Due diligence support where R&D technical legal expertise is required
- Review and counsel on R&D-related deal contract terms (supply, tech transfer, know how, termination, reversion rights, clinical trial operations) where required
- R&D legal counsel on platform deals (including AI) and related advice to Biomedical Research on internal R&D data governance and management opportunities
- Advise Biomedical Research internal teams on licensing-related contamination risks (in coordination and collaboration with the R&D IP team)
- Coordinate and oversee alliance management legal advising and contracting support for Biomedical Research partnered collaborations
- Support the legal integration of acquired companies with pre-clinical and clinical stage assets
- Serve as the R&D Legal Single Point of Contact on Procurement matters that run across the R&D Legal team (e.g., systems for repository and contract workflow)
- Align with Procurement leaders on R&D contracting efficiency and quality improvement opportunities. Lead or support cross-functional workstreams to drive contracting efficiency initiatives.
- Advise on contract repository and contract management systems and tools as they relate to Biomedical Research and Development contracts.
What you'll bring to the role:
Essential requirements:
- Law degree and bar admission, scientific background is a plus
- Significant post bar admission experience in the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry or alternatively, with a top-tier law firm representing pharmaceutical clients in the areas of research and drug development.
- Substantial experience providing contracting support and legal counsel on R&D transactions and/or business development deals, and advising senior leaders on legal issues, business risks and disputes. Key areas include machine learning/artificial intelligence, academic research collaborations, public and private partnerships, consortiums, divestments, clinical supply agreements, and the licensing of compounds, cell lines, and platforms.
- Experience providing alliance management legal advice and contracting support in the context of pharmaceutical or life science collaborations.
- Demonstrated success developing and driving cross-functional organizational process improvements to create business efficiency and/or advance corporate priorities paired with experience managing or overseeing the work of others (directly or indirectly) and successfully supporting their professional development.
Accessibility and accommodation:
Novartis is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to all individuals. If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the recruitment process, or in order to receive more detailed information about the essential functions of a position, please send an e-mail to diversity.inclusion_ch@novartis.com and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Please include the job requisition number in your message.
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Division
Legal
Business Unit
Innovative Medicines
Location
Switzerland
Site
Basel (City)
Company / Legal Entity
C028 (FCRS = CH028) Novartis Pharma AG
Functional Area
Legal & Intellectual Property & Compl.
Job Type
Full time
Employment Type
Regular
Shift Work
No