Contracts Manager

Planet Pharma; Bridgewater Township (NJ); On-site; USD 96,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Planet Pharma is seeking an experienced in-house attorney to provide legal support for technical operations and supply chain teams. The role focuses on drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and analyzing manufacturing and supply agreements, quality agreements, and related vendor contracts from commercial and IP perspectives.

You will collaborate with operations, procurement, QA, and IP teams to ensure GMP compliance and manage contract milestones through development to commercial supply.

Qualifications

• J.D. from an accredited law school; active state bar in good standing.
• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant legal experience in pharmaceutical or life sciences contracting.
• Subject-matter expertise in technical operations and supply chain agreements, including manufacturing, distribution, and procurement.
• Knowledge of GMP requirements, quality agreements, CMO management, and strategic deal concepts.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, negotiate, and analyze manufacturing and supply agreements and related vendor contracts.
• Collaborate with operations, quality, IP, and business stakeholders to support contracting across the product lifecycle.
• Monitor contract milestones, renewal deadlines, and amendment requirements while ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Advise cross-functional teams on legal concepts and risk in commercial and IP contexts.

Skills

Contract drafting

Redlining & negotiation

Organization

CLM familiarity

Communication skills

Education

J.D. from an accredited law school

Active state bar membership

5+ years pharma contracting experience

IP/tech transfer knowledge

Job description

Attorney shall provide legal support directly to the Technical Operations and Supply Chain team in connection with contract escalations, including the drafting, review, negotiation, and analysis of manufacturing and supply agreements, quality agreements, distribution agreements, and related vendor, supplier, and ancillary agreements, from both a commercial and intellectual property perspective.

Attorney shall collaborate with technical operations, supply chain sourcing, procurement, Quality Assurance, and intellectual property teams to support contracting needs across the product lifecycle, from development through commercial supply, including by helping ensure that agreements comply with applicable regulatory, quality, and Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) requirements and by tracking contract milestones, renewal deadlines, and amendment requirements.

The position is temporary in nature and is expected to provide an average of thirty to forty hours per week of support.

This role reports to Executive Director, Executive Corporate Counsel and works closely with Head of IP, paralegals, attorneys, and business stakeholders supporting the technical operations, supply chain, and strategic contracting functions.

Skills

• Strong contract drafting, redlining, and negotiation skills.
• Excellent organizational skills, with the ability to build and maintain a clause library, review checklists, and fallback positions documentation.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and meet deadlines with minimal supervision.
• Familiarity with contract lifecycle management (CLM) and workflow tracking systems (e.g., Ironclad, Conga, Veeva Vault, or similar platforms) and electronic signature platforms, including DocuSign.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to clearly convey complex contractual and legal concepts to, and advise and support, paralegals, attorneys, and cross-functional stakeholders across technical operations, supply chain, quality, and business development teams.

Education

• J.D. from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with a state bar.
• Minimum of five (5) years of relevant legal experience, preferably in pharmaceutical or life sciences contracting, supply chain contracting, strategic or business development transactions, or a comparable in-house or law firm role.
• Demonstrated subject-matter expertise in technical operations and supply chain agreements, including manufacturing, supply, quality, CMO, distribution, master services, and procurement agreements, and in strategic contracts, including licensing (in-licensing and out-licensing), collaboration and co-development, and partnership agreements and term sheets.
• Working knowledge of technical operations and supply chain risk considerations, including GMP requirements, quality agreements, CMO management, pharmaceutical manufacturing and distribution frameworks, service levels, warranties, risk of loss, force majeure, supplier compliance, and of strategic deal concepts, including deal economics, milestone and royalty provisions, and allocation of commercial rights.
• Ability to identify, assess, and escalation intellectual property issues in technical operations and strategic contracts, including IP ownership, assignment, licensing, work-for-hire, confidentiality, technology transfer, and freedom-to-operate provisions, and to coordinate with the IP group as needed.

Pay Range: $70-80/hr *based on experience