Clinical Trials Attorney

Paragon Legal; United States; Remote; USD 138,000 - 152,000; Part time

Job summary

Paragon Legal Group is seeking a highly experienced Clinical Contracts Attorney for an interim, fully remote engagement in the United States. The role supports the legal and clinical operations teams on complex clinical trial agreements and related vendor contracts, with strategic counseling and escalations as needed.

The assignment runs ASAP for 4–12 weeks at 15–20 hours per week, with an hourly rate of $100–$110.

Qualifications

• Extensive hands-on clinical trial agreement experience.
• Ability to negotiate complex vendor and supply agreements.
• Experience partnering with clinical operations teams to align legal and business needs.

Responsibilities

• Provide interim advisory support to legal and clinical operations teams.
• Manage high-level escalations in clinical trial agreements.
• Draft, review, and negotiate vendor and supply agreements for trials.
• Translate legal risk into practical guidance for stakeholders.

Skills

Clinical contracts

Contract negotiation

Vendor contracts

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

The Position

A biotechnology company advancing clinical development programs across oncology and infectious disease is seeking a highly experienced Clinical Contracts Attorney to provide interim support to its legal and clinical operations teams.

This is an opportunity for a sophisticated clinical trials attorney to step into a meaningful advisory role, supporting complex clinical trial agreement negotiations and serving as a strategic legal resource for clinical research stakeholders.

The attorney will manage high-level legal escalations involving clinical trial agreements, provide detailed contract review and negotiation support, and advise clinical operations stakeholders on practical legal solutions aligned with business priorities. The role also includes drafting, reviewing, and negotiating vendor and supply agreements supporting clinical trials.

The ideal candidate will bring extensive, hands-on clinical trial agreement experience, senior-level legal judgment, and the ability to seamlessly transition between detailed contractual negotiations and broader strategic counseling. Experience independently partnering with clinical operations teams and navigating stakeholders with differing levels of legal support needs will be important.

This project starts ASAP, is 4–12 weeks, is fully remote, and requires 15–20 hours/week.

The hourly rate for this assignment is expected to be between $100and $110. This range is an estimate; an employee’s compensation will be based on the employee’s qualifications, skillset, and relevant experience, specific client needs, project requirements, and other considerations permitted by law.

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About Paragon

Paragon is on a mission to make in-house legal practice a better experience for everyone. We provide legal departments at leading corporations with high quality, flexible legal talent to help them meet their changing workload demands. At the same time, we offer talented attorneys and other legal professionals a way to practice law outside the traditional career path, empowering them to achieve both their professional and personal goals. Our corporate clients include the nation’s top, cutting-edge technology, healthcare, consumer products companies, and more. In the last several years we have taken our strong reputation in the Bay Area and expanded to clients and candidates across the country.

At Paragon, we put people first, take pride in operating with integrity, and aspire for excellence in everything we do. Our unique attorney-led attorney development team will support you through and beyond your initial project.

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