Counsel - Contracts

About the Department

Our East Coast Global Development Hub brings together the best minds in life science innovation with facilities in Lexington, MA and Plainsboro, NJ. We support programs from early research through late-stage clinical development. We are building for the future, creating a distinct R&D community based on collaboration, partnerships, and cutting-edge research across multiple innovative modalities and therapeutic areas. Our East Coast Global Development Hub merges biotech speed and agility with large pharmaceutical company quality, resources, and stability, uniting the best of both worlds to develop new medicines for patients. We recognize that improving human health starts here and that patients rely on us. We’re changing lives for a living. Are you ready to make a difference?

The Position

The [Counsel, Contracts] is primarily responsible for working within US R&D legal and cross-functionally to provide high-level legal support for the contract function. They will ensure timely turnaround of proposals, contracts, SOWs, NDAs, MSAs and other agreements, including drafting and first-line negotiation of contracts. The [Counsel, Contracts] will independently identify and suggest solutions to complex legal issues, and will work with internal subject matter experts.

Relationship

Reports to a Managing Senior Counsel.

The role interacts with internal subject matter experts, outside counsel and leadership within U.S. R&D legal, primarily in Lexington, Boulder, Seattle and Fremont offices, and legal counterparts in Princeton, NJ and Copenhagen, Denmark.

Interacts internally with Research, Finance, Human Resources / People & Organization, Information Technology, Alliance Management, Facilities and Communications. Interacts with external vendors, legal counsel and collaboration partners.

Essential Functions

Physical Requirements

Approximately 5% overnight travel to US R&ED sites.

Qualifications

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.

Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.

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