Legal Operations Manager, Contracts & Privacy

Legend Biotech US • Bridgewater, NJ

4h • Hybrid

About The Position

Legend Biotech is a global biotechnology company dedicated to treating, and one day curing, life-threatening diseases. Headquartered in Somerset, New Jersey, the company develops advanced cell therapies across diverse technology platforms, including autologous and allogenic chimeric antigen receptor T-cell, T-cell receptor (TCR-T), and natural killer (NK) cell-based immunotherapy. With three R&D sites worldwide, Legend Biotech applies innovative technologies to discover safe, efficacious, and cutting-edge therapeutics for patients globally. The company has a global collaboration agreement with Janssen, one of the pharmaceutical companies of Johnson & Johnson, to jointly develop and commercialize ciltacabtagene autolecuel (cilta-cel), combining strengths to advance immunotherapy for multiple myeloma. Legend Biotech is seeking a Legal Operations Manager, Contracts & Privacy as part of the Legal team based in Bridgewater, NJ. This role supports the Legal Department by managing day-to-day contract lifecycle administration, coordinating operational aspects of the company’s privacy program, and assisting with legal operations processes and tools. The position is highly execution-oriented, working closely with attorneys and cross-functional partners to ensure efficient, compliant, and well-organized legal workflows in a fast-paced biotech environment. The role will coordinate closely with Legend Biotech’s Chief Privacy Officer and reports to Legend Biotech’s Deputy General Counsel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required
• 3–6 years of experience in legal coordination, contract administration, paralegal support or legal operations
• Strong organizational and administrative skills with high attention to detail and accuracy
• Ability to manage multiple tasks and deadlines effectively
• Effective communication and responsiveness
• Ability to follow established processes and identify opportunities for improvement
• Comfort working with systems, data and cross-functional teams

Nice To Haves

• Experience with contract management systems or similar tools strongly preferred
• Basic familiarity with data privacy concepts and regulations (e.g., GDPR, CCPA, HIPAA) is a plus

Responsibilities

• Coordinate the end-to-end contract process, including intake, routing, approvals, execution, and filing
• Maintain and update contract records in the company’s CLM system, ensuring accuracy and completeness of data
• Ensure contracts comply with company standards, regulatory requirements, and approval processes
• Populate basic contract template agreements (e.g. NDAs, consulting agreements, etc.)
• Track contract status, key dates (e.g., expirations, renewals), and obligations
• Assist in maintaining contract templates, standard forms and clause libraries
• Respond to internal inquiries regarding contract status and process
• Perform other contracts-related activities and tasks as assigned
• Support day-to-day operations of the company’s privacy program
• Assist with privacy impact assessments, security risk assessments and other vendor privacy reviews and documentation collection
• Maintain records related to data processing activities and ensure compliance with data subject right requests
• Help coordinate privacy training, awareness initiatives and policy updates
• Track and escalate privacy-related issues or requests to appropriate stakeholders
• Organize and coordinate privacy champions meetings to ensure privacy requirements are understood and implemented
• Coordinate implementation of data mapping plan to maintain up to data inventory, liaising with system/business owners
• Track key privacy metrics (e.g., breaches report, PIAs conducted, DSARs received)
• Maintain organized legal files, databases, and corporate records
• Support subsidiary management across US & EU jurisdictions
• Support reporting efforts by compiling basic KPIs, metrics and data for the Legal Team
• Assist with invoice processing and vendor onboarding as needed
• Support implementation and ongoing management of legal systems and tools

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan with a company match that vests fully on day one
• Eight (8) weeks of paid parental leave after just three (3) months of employment
• Paid time off policy that includes vacation time, personal time, sick time, floating holidays, and eleven (11) company holidays
• Flexible spending accounts
• Health savings accounts
• Life and AD&D insurance
• Short- and long-term disability coverage
• Legal assistance
• Supplemental plans such as pet, critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
• Voluntary commuter benefits
• Family planning and care resources
• Well-being initiatives
• Peer-to-peer recognition programs
• Performance-based bonus and/or equity

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 501-1,000 employees