Commercial Counsel
Neurocrine Biosciences
Summary
Addresses a broad array of legal matters to support the Company's commercial business. Works closely with members of the Commercial Legal Team to support internal business clients to address legal issues across several disciplines. Reviews promotional materials, ensures compliance with laws and regulations, advises clients, and offers all necessary legal support to the business. Drafts and negotiates life sciences arrangements and contracts.
Job description
About the Role
Addresses a broad array of legal matters to support the Company's commercial business. Works closely with members of the Commercial Legal Team to support internal business clients to address legal issues across several disciplines. Reviews promotional materials, ensures compliance with laws and regulations, advises clients, and offers all necessary legal support to the business. Drafts and negotiates life sciences arrangements and contracts.
Your Contributions (include, but are not limited to)
Works at the direction of senior attorneys and provides clear and business-savvy legal advice and risk guidance to commercial business partners and key stakeholders focused on the following:
- Commercial activities including review of promotional materials and resources, marketing concepts, salesforce initiatives and training and industry educational events
- Legal projects and activities related to commercial products and compliance with specific regulations and legislation (Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, and the Food Drug and Cosmetic Act)
- Routine counseling on corporate issues, including interactions with business clients on cross-functional projects
- Drafts, negotiates, and advises clients on a broad range of legal and contractual matters to support the Company's business, including but not limited to vendor services agreements, consulting agreements, license agreements, etc.
- Interacts closely with business clients and third-party contracting parties to understand business requirements and ensure that contractual terms are consistent with the Company's priorities and policies
- May draft and manage legal template documents and procedures
- May counsel clients on trademarks, trade secrets, advertising law, privacy
- Other duties as assigned
Requirements
- Juris Doctorate (JD) degree
- An active license to practice law in any state
- Preferred 4+ years practice as an attorney in a well-regarded law firm and experience with a life sciences company, and/or a reputable, highly rated law firm with a focus on representing life science companies, or a combination of both
- Integrity, honesty, and trustworthiness are core operating principles
- Team player focused on team and organizational success
- Ability to independently identify, analyze and render legal advice on complex issues
- Excellent communications, problem-solving, analytical thinking skills
- Ability to deliver clear, concise and accurate advice, including the appropriate level of detail and anticipation of follow-up questions
- Ability to build consensus with diverse stakeholders and third parties and form strong, collaborative working relationships with clients
- Ability to meet multiple deadlines across a variety of projects/programs, with a high degree of accuracy and efficiency
- Ability to draft and negotiate agreements
- Excellent project management, strong project leadership skills
- Applies ingenuity and creativity to problem analysis and resolution in complicated and/or novel situations
- Ability to understand strategic direction and incorporate it into tactical plans
- Research, decision-making and planning, and organizational skills
- Excellent computer skills
- Ideally is able to demonstrate proficiency and/or expertise in several of the following areas: general corporate matters, including corporate organization and governance, healthcare and regulatory compliance, drafting transactional documents and agreements, employment law, data privacy, risk management, contract management
- Expertise with respect to corporate compliance and transactional experience is preferred
- Ability to understand and develop to anticipate business and industry issues, both short and long term; recommend solutions / relevant process / technical / service improvements
- Ability to develop into an expert in a strategic job function
- Ability to develop a broad and comprehensive expertise in leading-edge theories and techniques within a strategic job function
Benefits
- 401(k) Matching
- Paid Vacation
- Holiday & Personal Days
- Paid Caregiver/Parental Leave
- Medical Leave
- Medical, Dental & Vision
- Prescription Drug Coverage
- Annual Bonus
- Equity Long-Term Incentive
Company overview
Neurocrine Biosciences is a leading neuroscience-focused biopharmaceutical company founded in 1992 and headquartered in San Diego, California. The company specializes in discovering and developing life-changing treatments for patients with under-addressed neurological, neuroendocrine, and neuropsychiatric disorders. Neurocrine's diverse portfolio includes FDA-approved treatments for tardive dyskinesia, chorea associated with Huntington's disease, classic congenital adrenal hyperplasia, endometriosis, and uterine fibroids. Their flagship product, INGREZZA (valbenazine), was the first FDA-approved treatment for adults with tardive dyskinesia. The company maintains a robust pipeline with multiple compounds in mid- to late-phase clinical development across core therapeutic areas, including Parkinson's disease, Tourette syndrome, and major depressive disorder. Neurocrine operates with a purpose to relieve suffering for people with great needs, applying unique insights into neuroscience and the interconnections between brain and body systems to treat complex conditions. The company is publicly traded on NASDAQ under the symbol NBIX and has established strategic collaborations with major pharmaceutical partners including AbbVie.