Legal Operations Manager Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• BS/BA degree in related discipline with a minimum of five years of related experience; candidates with advanced business or law degree and five or more years of experience preferred.
• Paralegal certification (contracts and/or patent) preferred.
• In-house experience at a biotechnology, pharmaceutical or life science company preferred, with a focus on contract management
• Experience working with attorneys and senior leaders
• Good understanding of contract terms and structure, contract management processes, including tracking, negotiation, approval and execution.
• Good understanding of patents, the patent application process, and related formalities.
• Ability to work both independently and effectively across a variety of functional groups (such as Commercial, Research and Development, CMC, Human Resources, Finance, Facilities and IT) and all levels of management.
• Flexible and willing to learn new procedures and skill sets.
• Experience with or knowledge of paralegal support tasks, with a focus on intellectual property matters or corporate matters, preferred.
• Strong computer skills (e.g., Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint).
• Must be detail oriented and have strong organizational skills.
• Ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Ability to work under pressure to meet specific deadlines.
• Must have strong oral and written communication skills

Nice To Haves

• English and Chinese bilingual skills preferred.

Responsibilities

• Serve as an escalation point of contact for internal and external contract process/status questions and more complex contract negotiations.
• Manage contract workflow and work with cross departmental liaisons to ensure efficient contract execution.
• Draft, review and manage certain business contracts, which may include confidentiality agreements, SOWs, consulting and service agreements, and various vendor services agreements with supervision from attorneys.
• Coordinate with outside counsel and in-house legal team to obtain legal documents, g. , patent declarations and assignments; and manage legal records.
• Ensure accuracy, correct signature sequence etc.
• Upkeep of patent portfolio database (bibliographic data in Excel spreadsheet)
• IP file management (SharePoint, Box)
• Submit procurement requests (PO) for Legal department

Benefits

• medical, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k match
• unlimited PTO
• a number of paid holidays including winter shutdown