Contracts Specialist III

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Job Description

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our team as a Contract Specialist III. This is a unique opportunity to make an impact on a global scale and contribute to our mission of enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. As a Contract Specialist III, you will play a crucial role in supporting the Biosciences Division (BID) within Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Responsibilities:

• Serve as a legal point of contact for BID, providing support and expertise necessary to enable business growth.
• Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts, including supply and license agreements.
• Understand and frame legal and business issues in preparation and review of commercial agreements.
• Engage with other relevant functions, such as regulatory, intellectual property, licensing, business development, procurement, finance, commercial, and product management, and facilitate appropriate leadership approval.
• Analyze legal rights, obligations, and strategies to help the Company achieve its goals and objectives, including advising business on potential risks and mitigants.
• Support practice management activities, including development of new and updates to existing contractual templates, and routinely work with the business on process improvements to ensure efficient support.
• Train internal clients on risk management and how to best engage with the Legal team.
• Promote a collaborative and inclusive team environment.
• Collaborate with peers to ensure alignment with business strategy.
• Interact with all levels of company personnel and external customers.
• Seek advice from senior legal leaders when necessary.

Requirements:

• A licensed attorney or paralegal with at least 3 years of experience with commercial contracts, including contract drafting and negotiations.
• Prior in-house and/or life sciences experience preferred.
• Experience working in life sciences preferred.
• Solution-oriented mindset with commercial experience and solid understanding of standard business processes.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to cultivate strong relationships, internally and externally, as applicable.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage constantly evolving priorities.
• Highly attentive individual with a customer-centric approach, sound judgment, work ethic, and professional integrity and attention for detail.
• Understanding of when to see advice from or raise matters with Legal Department leadership, business leaders or other partners.