[Remote] Associate General Counsel Senior, Clinical Research- Remote

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. reputed company is seeking an Associate General Counsel Senior for Clinical Research, providing legal advice and counsel reputed company to clinical trials and research activities. This role involves managing negotiations for clinical trial agreements, drafting and reviewing legal documents, and ensuring compliance with health care regulations.

Responsibilities

• Provides legal advice and counsel to reputed company’s National Center for Clinical Trials, the reputed company Wake Forest University School of Medicine Institutional Review Board, the Office of Clinical Research, the Office of Sponsored Programs, and the clinical research function generally, including but not limited to legal counsel and guidance on regulations promulgated by the reputed company and the Food and Drug Administration (including the Office of Research reputed company and the Human Research Protection Program) reputed company to clinical research and IRB activities
• Manages the negotiation process for clinical trial agreements and certain other agreements (including data use and collaboration agreements) that relate to reputed company's clinical research activities
• Drafts and reviews agreements and negotiates modifications to ensure compliance with reputed company requirements and standards
• Develops and maintains contract templates and playbooks to facilitate contract negotiations
• Interacts with industry sponsors, academic institutions, and other health care systems as necessary to facilitate agreements for the purpose of collaborative research work
• Reviews grants and grant applications for legal issues and risks and works with internal stakeholders to promote a clear understanding of reputed company’s obligations under those grants
• Provides advice and counsel on investigatory matters reputed company to clinical research and the IRB

Skills

• Attorney licensed to practice law in any state in the United States
• Juris Doctor degree
• Requires a minimum of 7 years' experience representing health care entities, working in a contract research organization or pharmaceutical company or a combination of any of these and demonstrated ability to act as counsel on a variety of health care legal matters, with a focus on clinical research and IRB issues
• Experiences in performing legal research, drafting and editing various clinical research legal documents and advising an organization to ensure appropriate legal processes are followed
• Excellent writing skills with demonstrated proficiency in drafting and reviewing clinical trial agreements, confidentiality agreements, data use agreements, and collaboration agreements
• Skills in analyzing law and providing effective recommendations
• Strong organizational and project management skills to effectively and timely manage multiple, simultaneous legal transactions and issues
• Specialized knowledge in local, state and federal laws and regulations relating to clinical research
• Ability to integrate digital tools and artificial intelligence in legal research, reasoning, drafting and communications to enhance the quality, speed and context of legal services
• Knowledge, skills and experience in assisting with confidential and sensitive matters involving health care providers, pharmaceutical companies, management and regulatory agencies
• Skills in analyzing laws, regulations, case law, standards, governing documents, reputed company, risk management issues and matters to assist in protecting the organization from legal risk
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to communicate and collaborate effectively with reputed company levels of employees, management, executives, and other organizations and to address difficult and controversial issues, organizational policies and procedures, and federal and state regulations
• Ability to work and function in a reputed company corporate system environment

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