Contracts & Compliance Specialist

Scripps Research; Mountain House (CA); Hybrid; USD 77,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Retirement plan

Health and welfare plans

FSAs

Paid time off

Free on-site parking

Job summary

Scripps Research in La Jolla, CA seeks a Contracts Administrator to join the Office of Technology Development. You will manage, draft, and negotiate a variety of agreements and maintain digital files and databases.

The role requires 3+ years of contracts management or paralegal experience, a JD or related degree, strong analytic and communication skills, and the ability to work onsite four days a week with one day remote.

Qualifications

• JD or Bachelor’s degree in related field or equivalent
• 3+ years of contracts management or paralegal experience
• Ability to read, analyze, and process contracts accurately
• Excellent verbal and written communication
• Strong organization and ability to manage multiple projects

Responsibilities

• Facilitate requests, processing, and execution of Confidential Disclosure Agreements, Material Transfer Agreements, Collaboration Agreements, Data Use Agreements and other OTD agreements.
• Review, draft, and negotiate Confidential Disclosure Agreements, Material Transfer Agreements, Collaboration Agreements, Data Use Agreements and related contracts.
• Assist Licensing and Transactions with compliance tracking and progress reports.
• Update and track agreements in Inteum and OTD portal; attach documents.
• Evaluate and improve processes and workflows.
• Serve as point of contact for OTD portal and emails; train lab administrators.
• Prepare ad hoc reports; edit and format documents to specs.
• Maintain department files and correspondence.
• Participate in staff meetings.
• Other duties as assigned.
• Details of established essential functions discussed during interview.

Skills

Contract management

Paralegal experience

Analytical skills

Written communication

Organization

Multi-project management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent

Tools

Inteum database

OTD portal

Legal contract systems

Job description

Scripps Research in La Jolla, CA seeks a Contracts Administrator to join the Office of Technology Development. You will manage, draft, and negotiate a variety of agreements and maintain digital files and databases.

The role requires 3+ years of contracts management or paralegal experience, a JD or related degree, strong analytic and communication skills, and the ability to work onsite four days a week with one day remote.