Contract Manager OR legal Counsel

Baron Crawford Search; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid office working model

Job summary

A pioneering biotechnology company in Cambridge seeks either a qualified lawyer or an experienced contracts manager to oversee commercial legal contracting and broader legal issues. This role involves negotiating and maintaining various contracts while collaborating with R&D and clinical operations teams. Ideal candidates possess relevant biotech or life sciences experience. The position offers a hybrid working model with full or part-time options.

Qualifications

• Experience in commercial legal contracting and legal issues.
• Familiarity with biotech, pharmaceutical, or life sciences industries.
• Ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced organization.

Responsibilities

• Oversee, prepare, negotiate, and maintain commercial contracts.
• Collaborate with R&D, clinical operations, and legal functions.
• Handle various contracts including MSAs, MTAs, and clinical trial agreements.

Skills

Team oriented

Proactive self-starter

Effective communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Qualified lawyer or contracts manager

Job description

Our client is a pioneering and rapidly developing biotechnology company based in Cambridge, who now seek a lawyer or experienced contracts manager to oversee their commercial legal contracting and broader legal issues.

Reporting to the Head of Intellectual Property and based at their head office in Cambridge, the role will oversee, prepare, negotiate, execute and maintain all commercial contracting and risk working alongside R & D, clinical operations and legal functions covering contracts such as MSAs, MTAs, CDAs, research and collaboration, clinical trial, manufacturing, quality and supply agreements as well as others.

You will either be a qualified lawyer or experienced contracts manager, preferably with existing experience of working for or with a similar biotech, academic tech transfer office, pharmaceutical or life sciences company (although other relevant candidates may be considered). You will also need to be a team oriented, proactive self starter who can operate in a smaller fast moving organisation and communicate and work effectively across all levels of a business.

The role can be worked on a full or part time basis and will operate a hybrid office working model (which may depend on the number of days worked).

For more information about this key and exciting opportunity please contact Rob Baron of Baron Crawford.