Manager Legal & Business Affairs

Legal People; Amsterdam; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 120,000; Part time

Job summary

PharmaMatch BV, based in Amsterdam, is seeking a Manager Legal & Business Affairs to act as a strategic sparring partner to the MD and Management, responsible for all legal aspects of the company’s international commercial activities.

You will work with the sales team to draft, review and negotiate international commercial agreements, provide pragmatic legal advice, engage external counsel when needed, professionalise contract management, maintain the contract database and oversee renewals.

Qualifications

• Experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts including licensing, distribution, supply, agency, service, development and collaboration agreements.
• Fluent in English; conversational Dutch is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all legal aspects of international commercial activities and provide pragmatic legal advice to the business.
• Draft, review and negotiate international commercial agreements with external counsel when required.
• Professionalise contract management, maintain the contract database and oversee contract renewals.

Skills

Strategic advice

Contract drafting

Negotiation

International contracts

Job description

PharmaMatch BV is a privately held Dutch company, that supports pharmaceutical businesses bring products to market through two complementary business lines: agency services for companies without their own commercial organisation in certain markets, and a rapidly growing proprietary product portfolio. Based in Amsterdam, its compact international team provides support in business development, commercial partnerships, licensing, portfolio optimisation, and product development. To strengthen the team, we are currently recruiting a

Manager Legal & Business Affairs

strategic sparring partner to MD and Management

As a trusted adviser, you are responsible for all legal aspects of the company's international commercial activities and play an active role in supporting its continued growth. You work closely with the sales team to draft, review and negotiate international commercial agreements. You also provide pragmatic legal advice on contractual matters and engage external counsel where specialist expertise is required. Furthermore, you professionalise contract management, maintain the contract database and oversee contract renewals.

Profile

• a business partner and trusted advisor with a pragmatic approach
• experience with drafting, reviewing and negotiating commercial contracts, such as licensing, distribution, supply, agency, service, development and collaboration agreements
• combines legal expertise with commercial insight and clearly identifies risks and opportunities
• fluent in English, conversational Dutch is preferred

Proposition

• key role in a compact organisation where legal advice directly supports business growth
• regulated, entrepreneurial setting, short lines and a high level of individual responsibility
• opportunity to professionalise legal processes and contract management in a business that is scaling its pharmaceutical dossiers
• flexibility to work from home one day per week and part-time (minimum 80%)