Associate Paralegal

Curia • City of Albany, NY

6h • $63,000 - $78,800 • Remote

About The Position

The Associate Paralegal will be responsible for assisting in various strategic projects and day-to-day activities to the Legal and/or M&A groups. The incumbent must be a hands-on, results-focused individual with exceptional organizational skills. The paralegal must possess unimpeachable integrity and credibility in order to maintain a high level of confidentiality regarding legal activities. Curia is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with over 30 years of experience partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to provide life-saving treatments to patients. At Curia, we are on a mission to advance our customers’ therapies from curiosity to cure and ultimately to improve patients’ lives.

Requirements

• High School diploma or GED and a minimum of 4 years of related work experience, OR
• AAS Degree in a relevant field and a minimum of 2 years of related work experience, OR
• BA/BS Degree or higher in a relevant field
• Must pass a background check
• Must pass a drug screen
• May be required to pass Occupational Health Screening

Responsibilities

• Exhibit/recognize the importance of building effective relationships and establishing trust to build collaborative relationships
• Ask appropriate business opportunity questions to make informed and aligned and decisions
• Identify and work to ideal circumstances and outcomes during negotiations
• Avoid using hearsay or personal opinions and negotiate based on valid information from both sides
• Invest time and resources to ensure understanding of the business, its processes and objectives
• Possess an awareness of the impact of own work on the company’s integrity and ethics strategy and adhere to those policies
• Support a respectful diverse and inclusive workplace
• Understand the organization’s system environment and tools
• Understand the key legal, regulatory, ethical and reputational risks in situations facing the business
• Seek out information from the business or market to deeply understand facts in order to support risk management
• Identify resources and efforts around key business deliverables and timelines
• Identify risks associated with projects
• Take ownership of tasks seeking guidance and input from others as appropriate
• Work with deadlines and manages multiple stakeholders
• Identify and communicate roles to avoid confusion and drive accountability
• Align work with the vision, strategy, and priorities of your site or function
• Build and sustain connection with leaders and peers
• Seek challenging assignments, feedback, and diverse perspectives to continue developing
• Engage in open, honest communication with managers and peers
• Assess performance and self- motivate to achieve results
• Push to expand the scope of role; is proactive and seeks new opportunities
• Continually improve systems and processes used to deliver results
• Grow and support team through organizational, market, and industry changes

Benefits

• Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment)
• Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)
• Career advancement opportunities
• Education reimbursement
• 401K program with matching contributions
• Learning platform

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED