Legal Counsel

Amgen; United States; Remote; USD 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Amgen seeks an Associate Counsel on a fixed-term contract to provide legal support across various business aspects. The role requires advising on governance, managing contracts, and collaborating with internal teams in a dynamic legal environment. Ideal candidates possess a law degree, legal qualifications, and a strong commitment to ethical conduct.

Benefits

Competitive benefits

Support for professional growth

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree required with legal qualification.
• Demonstrable commercial acumen is essential.
• Proven legal experience is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide legal support on corporate governance and operations.
• Negotiate and draft commercial contracts.
• Monitor legal developments impacting operations.

Skills

Commercial acumen

Interpersonal skills

Ability to multitask

Creativity

Education

Bachelors Degree

Irish qualified solicitor or barrister

Job description

Career Category Law/Legal Job Description Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients

At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.

Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.

Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.

Associate Counsel - Fixed-Term Contract

What you will do

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will provide pragmatic, timely, and commercially focused legal support across various aspects of Amgen’s business.

• Supporting Amgen Ireland’s Counsel and Company Secretary on legal matters relating to all aspects of Amgen Irish’s operations.
• Advising on corporate governance and company secretarial matters.
• Advising on the legal aspects of intergroup restructurings.
• Working closely with internal stakeholders (eg, tax, finance) to provide efficient and high-quality legal advice on projects impacting the business.
• Negotiation, drafting and review of commercial contracts with Amgen’s suppliers as well as other legal documents.
• Keeping informed of legal and compliance developments and advising of any proposed legislative changes that may impact Amgen’s Irish operations.
• Supporting the wider business from a legal perspective on property, construction, commercial contracts, employment law, regulatory compliance matters and with general legal advice

What we expect from you:

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Associate Counsel professional we seek is a agile individual with these qualifications.

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree
• Irish qualified solicitor or barrister, ideally with proven experience (although all relevant applications will be considered).
• A positive attitude, strong commitment to ethical conduct, collaboration and creativity, results-orientation, awareness of cultural diversity
• Must have demonstrable commercial acumen and the ability to assume an increasingly demanding portfolio of work in time.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience/knowledge of the life sciences / pharmaceutical industry
• Previous in-house experience
• Excellent interpersonal skills, ability to balance ideal legal outcomes with the reality of commercial goals
• Ability to multitask and manage competing priorities
• Ability to work independently and prioritise in a fast-paced environment.

What you can expect of us

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.

In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plans that are aligned with local industry standards.

Apply now and make a lasting impact with the Amgen team. careers.amgen.com

As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.

Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

.