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PfizerLead Counsel, R&D
Lead Counsel managing R&D legal support for Pfizer's clinical development activities in China. Oversee legal team, partner with leadership, and ensure compliance with regulations.
About the role
- Draft, review and negotiate legal and commercial documents and contracts, including master services agreements, RFPs, non-disclosure agreements, purchase agreements, reseller agreements, leases, and employment agreements.
- Negotiate SLED Government contracts and vehicles, and advising on applicability and usage of same for sales, proposal management, and government contracting teams
- Coordinate results of such documentation reviews with sales representatives, department directors and help negotiate satisfactory outcomes with client and partners .
- Work closely with the company’s other in-house lawyers, sales, operations and finance staff, as well as service delivery teams
- Represent the organization on legal matters as assigned.
- Perform factual and legal research and analysis, draft and review contracts, data privacy and protection, employment agreements, and other legal correspondence.
- Advise executives on potential legal ramifications of proposed organizational policies and procedures.
- Protect the organization's rights in its interactions with external parties.
- Responsible for a broad array of legal matters, which may include: regulatory, employment, insurance claims, business development, contracts, mergers & acquisitions, real estate, data privacy and protection, environmental, litigation, and commercial issues
Requirements
- Law degree and license to practice law
- At least 5-10 years of experience practicing law, including in the area of contract review and negotiation, preferably in both private practice and corporate settings.
- Excellent verbal and written communication, negotiation and persuasion skills, including the ability to weigh and articulate the risk and benefit of various scenarios and propose effective resolutions.
- Exceptional leadership , organizational and administrative skills .
- Training and experience in US State, Canada, GDPR and other privacy laws .
- Ability to work closely with Counsel and paralegals and in a team environment
- Effective communication skills with non-legal staff, such as our sales, consulting, and management teams as well as with client representatives.
- Willingness to take on additional duties in a growing company.
- Ability to handle multiple projects simultaneously in a dynamic environment with very tight deadlines.
- Experience with SLED government contracting would be a plus.
Benefits
- A company committed to championing Diversity, Equality, and Inclusion through our Employee Resource Groups
- Work/life balance
- Professional training resources
- Creative problem-solving and the ability to tackle unique, complex projects
- Volunteer Opportunities. “Optiv Chips In” encourages employees to volunteer and engage with their teams and communities.
- The ability and technology necessary to productively work remotely/from home (where applicable)
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