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About the Role:
The Associate Director, Legal serves as a frontline legal business partner supporting commercial, procurement, and cross-functional operations across Insmed's Japan business. This role is responsible for contract review, drafting, and negotiation with external suppliers and vendors, as well as providing practical legal counsel to internal business stakeholders in a highly regulated pharmaceutical environment. Based in Tokyo, this non-supervisory position reports to the Sr. Director, Head of Legal, Japan.
What You'll Do:
Contract Negotiation & Management
• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), Master Service Agreements (MSAs), Statements of Work (SOWs), supply agreements, vendor contracts, HCP service/consulting agreements, clinical trial agreements (CTAs), and AE/PMS agreements, as applicable
• Serve as the primary legal point of contact for various functions of Insmed’s Japan business in contract-related matters
• Identify and mitigate legal and commercial risks in contractual arrangements and advise business partners accordingly
• Collaborate with Insmed’s global Legal team on cross-border matters
• Maintain and continuously improve standard contract templates and playbooks
• Manage the contract lifecycle, including renewals, amendments, and terminations
Legal Advisory & Training
• Provide timely, practical, and business-oriented legal advice to internal clients across various departments
• Advise on compliance with Japanese laws and regulations, including the PMD Act, APPI, the Antimonopoly Act, and applicable industry codes (JPMA Code, Japan Fair Trade Council Code, etc.)
• Monitor changes in applicable laws and regulations and advise the organization proactively
• Assist in developing and delivering legal training for internal stakeholders
Compliance Collaboration
• Collaborate closely with the Japan Compliance team on transparency obligations and HCP engagement activities
• Conduct due diligence screening on suppliers in accordance with ABAC laws and regulations
Who You Are:
Experience/Knowledge/Skills
Required
• At least five years’ experience in an in-house legal department of a healthcare, pharmaceutical, or biotech company in Japan
• Demonstrated track record of independently reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts
• Strong understanding of the PMD Act, APPI, the Antimonopoly Act, and applicable pharma industry codes
• Fluent Japanese (native or equivalent); business-level English
Preferred
• Experience in a global biopharmaceutical company
• Ability to independently review and negotiate English-language contracts
Capabilities/Competencies
• Highly organized and self-motivated
• Strong attention to detail, clarity, accuracy and conciseness
• Outstanding interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills to effectively communicate cross-functionally with tact, diplomacy, and flexibility
• Ability to communicate legal risk in practical, business-friendly terms
• Ability to handle multiple assignments in a timely and professional manner
• Excellent negotiating and persuasive skills both with internal stakeholders and external parties across complex arrangements
• Highest level of integrity, professional ethics, and judgment
• Ability to handle sensitive and…