Sr. Staff Corporate Counsel, Corporate Transactions #4036

Our mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. We are working to change the trajectory of cancer mortality and bring stakeholders together to adopt innovative, safe, and effective technologies that can transform cancer care.

We are a healthcare company, pioneering new technologies to advance early cancer detection. We have built a multi-disciplinary organization of scientists, engineers, and physicians and we are using the power of next-generation sequencing (NGS), population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to overcome one of medicine’s greatest challenges.

GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. It is supported by leading global investors and pharmaceutical, technology, and healthcare companies.

For more information, please visit grail.com.

GRAIL’s Legal Department is seeking a dynamic and collaborative Senior Corporate Counsel to join the Corporate Transactions team, supporting GRAIL’s transactions across the entire company, including the Clinical Development, Commercial, Facilities, Finance, IT, Pharma Partnerships, Procurement, and Research organizations. This position requires significant experience in reviewing, drafting, and negotiating procurement and commercial agreements typical of the life sciences industry. You will need to work cross-functionally and independently and present analysis and counsel to executive leaders and key business stakeholders. This position reports directly to the Assistant General Counsel, who reports directly to the Head of Commercial Law.

This onsite hybrid role currently requires two days per week in the Menlo Park, CA headquarters. With Tuesdays and Thursdays as the current onsite schedule, this role offers the opportunity to be deeply integrated into GRAIL’s dynamic and innovative environment.

Responsibilities:

• Have an opportunity to provide input on the vision and strategy of the Corporate Transactions team.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of agreement types typical of life sciences companies, including services agreements, statements of work, sales agreements, material transfer agreements, collaboration agreements, and research agreements. 
• Support miscellaneous project-based legal assignments and initiatives, including template development and revision, and training of client groups. 
• Provide timely advice to internal clients on a wide range of transactions and matters, including contract interpretation, dispute resolution, IP ownership and other legal risks.
• Assist with the development of policies and procedures, and preferred positions for different agreements.
• Provide legal advice and support for existing partnerships.
• Develop excellent working relationships with functional groups and project teams.
• Work independently (without significant oversight by your manager). 
• Identify ways to continuously improve templates, processes, policies, and operations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• A US based Law degree from accredited law school and active member of a state bar or registration as in-house counsel
• 5+ years of transactions experience, ideally with a mix of national law firm experience and prior in-house life sciences experiences; advising, drafting and negotiating agreements, including significant experience with transactions in the life sciences industry advising clients on both business and legal issues
• Experience in companion diagnostic and pharmaceutical transaction matters is a plus.
• Familiarity with healthcare compliance implications in contracting and data privacy laws is a plus




 

To Be Successful in this role:

• Excellent verbal and written interpersonal communication and relationship management skills, experience working and coordinating with senior and executive leaders a plus.
• Exceptional organizational, planning skills with meticulous attention to detail;
• Effective prioritizing and multitasking abilities; triaging a heavy workflow, while setting and delivering results efficiently. Exercises sound judgment; including appropriate escalation of critical issues to the senior leaders
• Self-motivated and strong sense of initiative, resourceful and efficient; with high professional standards.
• Resilient, flexible, collaborative, versatile, and thrives in a demanding, fast-paced, and innovative environment
• Demonstrated commitment to GRAIL’s core values of Embrace Change, Solve Problems Together, Think BIG!, Be Courageous, and Bring an Open Mind.

Expected full time annual base pay scale for this position is $230K-$280k Total Base Pay Range. Actual base pay will consider skills, experience and location.

Based on the role, colleagues may be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan tied to company and individual performance, or an incentive plan. We also offer a long-term incentive plan to align company and colleague success over time.

In addition, GRAIL offers a progressive benefit package, including flexible time-off, a 401k with a company match, and alongside our medical, dental, vision plans, carefully selected mindfulness offerings.

GRAIL is an Equal Employment Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We will reasonably accommodate all individuals with disabilities so that they can participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. GRAIL maintains a drug-free workplace.