Senior Legal Counsel, Clinical Trials (Hybrid)

Isomorphic Labs; Cambridge; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Isomorphic Labs in Cambridge is seeking a Senior Legal, Clinical to drive drafting, negotiation and execution of high-volume clinical research agreements. You will be the dedicated legal partner embedded with the Clinical Development team, safeguarding IP and regulatory posture while accelerating trial initiation.

The role requires extensive experience with CTA, MSA and other site and patient-related agreements, with strong knowledge of GCP/ICH and global regulatory frameworks.

Qualifications

• J.D. or equivalent law degree with US bar admission in good standing.
• Extensive experience drafting and negotiating clinical trial agreements, MSAs, investigator agreements, site contracts and related documents.
• Experience in biotech/pharma in-house or life sciences law firm practice.
• Expert knowledge of clinical trial execution, CRO models and regulatory guidelines (GCP/ICH).
• Ability to work autonomously and manage a high volume of transactions in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Strong stakeholder communication skills and collaboration with scientific, medical, and clinical operations teams.
• Familiarity with US, UK, and EU regulatory frameworks for clinical contracting.
• Experience navigating data rights and IP provisions at the intersection of computational biology/AI.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate and execute clinical research agreements and related documents (CTA, MSA, investigator agreements, site contracts, lab service and patient-related agreements).
• Serve as primary day-to-day legal partner with the Clinical Development team.
• Help develop standardized contracting playbooks and template libraries to speed study start-ups.
• Identify and mitigate legal, regulatory, IP, data privacy and compliance risks across global clinical operations.
• Collaborate with IP, Corporate Legal and Privacy teams for end-to-end trial governance and data rights.
• Manage outside counsel and the clinical transactions legal budget.
• Evaluate and pilot AI technologies to improve the clinical contracting lifecycle.

Skills

US Bar admission

Clinical contracts

GCP/ICH

In-house pharma

Stakeholder collaboration

Regulatory frameworks

IP and data rights

Education

J.D. or equivalent law degree

Job description

Isomorphic Labs in Cambridge is seeking a Senior Legal, Clinical to drive drafting, negotiation and execution of high-volume clinical research agreements. You will be the dedicated legal partner embedded with the Clinical Development team, safeguarding IP and regulatory posture while accelerating trial initiation.

The role requires extensive experience with CTA, MSA and other site and patient-related agreements, with strong knowledge of GCP/ICH and global regulatory frameworks.