Vendor/Tech/Life Sciences Counsel I
Syneos Health® is a leading fully-integrated life sciences services organization built to accelerate customer success. We partner with innovators at every point across the drug development and commercialization continuum, helping them navigate complexity, anticipate change and accelerate progress.
Every day we perform better because of how we work together, as one team, each the best at what we do. We bring together talented experts across a broad spectrum of business critical corporate functions. Every role plays an essential part in enabling our customers to achieve their goals. Our teams are agile, collaborative, and committed to delivering—for each other, for our customers, and ultimately for the people who rely on the services we support.
Discover what your 25,000 future colleagues already know:
Why Syneos Health
• We are passionate about developing our people, through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program.
• We are committed to building an inclusive culture – where you can authentically be yourself. Central to this is our purpose – Driven to Deliver – which captures the passion of our colleagues to show up each day and shape solutions that have the ability to dramatically impact someone’s life.
• We are continuously building the company we all want to work for and our customers want to work with. Why? Because we know that when we bring together smart colleagues from across the world, we can shape the future of healthcare, driving impact for customers and defining the pace of patient progress.
Job Responsibilities
Core Responsibilities
Leads end to end contracting related to clinical, commercial, corporate vendor contracts for products and services including but not limited to reviewing and negotiating sophisticated service agreements, Licensing, SaaS, HR & staffing agreements and other contracts, including strategic alliances, data privacy related agreements as well as various issues escalated from the business units and internal departments.
Frequently leads negotiations with vendor’s legal team.
Responds to and advises on legal related requests and inquiries from business teams and drafts.
Legal documents
Strong communicator – is able to professionally handle emails, messages, and calls internally and with external vendors and clients.
Partners with the business stakeholders to structure, negotiate and advise on contractual matters.
Drives policy and process improvements.
Partners with other departments including Procurement, Data Privacy, and Sourcing as required to support contracting matters.
Advises, structures, drafts and negotiates all aspects of direct and indirect contracts and leads.
Works collaboratively across the Legal department, including the Company’s global team of regional-based attorneys, to coordinate and drive completion of global contracts.
Strong problem-solving skills. Is able to work autonomously and appropriately prioritize work and urgent requests.
Liaise with other global legal members and other departments to provide responsive legal support.
Trains internal employees and managements on various legal matters and increase awareness on legal, new hire orientations and consultations.
Conducts legal research and analysis related to the company’s business.
Additional Qualifications
JD/LLM/LLB or an equivalent Degree from an accredited University.
Fully Qualified lawyer.
Proven experience in a worldwide company or an international company.
Strong Knowledge and experience in a broad range of areas of law.
Strong knowledge of contracts and commercial laws in assigned region/country.
Ability to collaborate with colleagues and take a business-oriented approach while identifying and balancing legal risks and providing succinct, accurate and pragmatic advice.
Ability to work independently while being able to contribute successfully to…