Vice President of Legal & Regulatory
About The Position
Panther Life Sciences is seeking a Vice President of Legal and Regulatory Affairs to shape the future of its global IP and regulatory strategy across an ambitious portfolio spanning cosmetics, medical devices, and therapeutics. This is a high-impact leadership role at the intersection of science, strategy, and innovation, managing one of Panther’s most critical areas of investment while architecting the regulatory roadmap that will bring transformative, shelf-stable, patient-centric treatments to market. This role is central to Panther’s success.The VP will architect the legal, IP, and regulatory frameworks required to bring transformative, shelf-stable, patient-centric treatments to global markets, spanning cosmetics, medical devices, and therapeutics. As a key member of the leadership team, the VP will drive U.S. FDA and international submissions, shape patent strategy, and embed rigorous legal and regulatory foundations into every stage of product development from concept to global launch. This individual brings a rare combination of ambition, humility, precision, and deep collaboration, paired with a passion for next-generation medical products and improving the patient experience. The right leader will help unlock Panther’s full potential. Some travel may be required approximately 10%.
Requirements
- Direct experience with U.S. and international product approval pathways (involved from development through commercialization).
- Strong relationships with regulatory bodies (FDA and ideally international equivalents).
- Experience with IP development and/or regulatory submissions for devices, drugs, or combination products.
- Deep understanding of the strategic interplay between intellectual property and regulatory strategy.
- Proven experience as the primary liaison with regulatory and legal counsel, internal and external.
- Prior experience managing a team with multiple direct reports.
- Strong executive communication skills; ability to present regulatory and IP strategies to investors, leadership, and external partners.
- Legal education and professional legal experience.
Nice To Haves
- Experience contributing to the successful launch of an FDA-approved combination product.
- Familiarity with Digital Quality Management Systems (DQMS) and corporate governance systems.
- Background in both medical device and therapeutic regulatory frameworks.
- Experience within leading life science or medtech organizations such as Abbott, Dexcom, Medtronic, Johnson & Johnson, BD, or Boston Scientific.
Responsibilities
- Lead Panther’s intellectual property strategy, including portfolio development, maintenance, rationalization, and alignment with scientific and commercial priorities.
- Manage external IP and regulatory counsel, ensuring cohesive and executable legal and regulatory strategies across all products and jurisdictions.
- Define and execute U.S. and global regulatory pathways for Panther’s cosmetics, medical devices, therapeutics, and platform submissions.
- Lead FDA filings, including RFD and IND submissions, and oversee parallel submissions with international regulatory agencies.
- Integrate regulatory strategy across R&D, clinical, engineering, and commercial teams to enable timely submissions and approvals.
- Serve as Panther’s primary internal and external point of contact for all legal and regulatory matters.
- Review, refine, and negotiate commercial agreements, partnerships, in-licenses, out-licenses, and other contractual arrangements.
- Drive Panther’s IP ownership and strategic legal/regulatory roadmap from day one.
- Support Panther’s pre-IDE efforts ahead of the first clinical trial in Australia (2026) and subsequent pivotal development milestones.
- Prepare Panther’s legal and regulatory frameworks to support upcoming financing events.
Benefits
- Equity in the form of Stock Options
- Robust Health Insurance includes Medical, Dental, Vision
- Life, AD&D, and Short-Term Disability Insurance
- In-person company events
- Fully-stock kitchen
- In-office lunch twice a week
- Working with a world-class team in technology and healthcare on the most innovative solutions
- Paid time off and Paid Company Holidays.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
Number of Employees
11-50 employees
