Life Sciences Contracts Counsel

Certara USA, Inc.; Wayne (PA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Certara USA, Inc. seeks a commercially minded attorney to support its U.S. legal contracting function.

You will negotiate a broad portfolio of life sciences and technology agreements, advise business teams in practical terms, and help deliver a disciplined contracting experience through templates, playbooks, and escalation standards. You will have meaningful ownership of matters appropriate to your experience, with senior support for high‑risk or strategically significant issues.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor and active license in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 1–3 years of relevant commercial transactions experience.
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills for MSAs, services, SaaS licenses, and privacy/data-processing terms.
• Life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotech, health tech, software, data, or professional-services transactions preferred.
• Familiarity with privacy/regulatory issues; HIPAA and GDPR exposure preferred.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, responsiveness, and ability to manage multiple matters.

Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate master services agreements, commercial and service agreements, SaaS and software licenses, data privacy agreements and DPAs, vendor and consulting agreements, reseller agreements, development/developer agreements, and amendments.
• Manage assigned matters from intake through signature, maintaining status, approvals, and records.
• Apply Legal playbooks, templates, thresholds, and escalation; identify issues for updated guidance or templates.
• Advise business stakeholders in plain language; collaborate with Sales, Finance, Privacy, Security, Procurement, and Commercial Operations.
• Review revisions with complex terms and route to senior escalation when needed.
• Support ownership of order form and task order templates, including quality checks and self-service.
• Respect the boundary: Legal owns terms and templates; Commercial Operations handles forms and orders.
• Contribute to knowledge management, training, metrics, and playbook updates.
• Balance contract velocity and risk with sound judgment and organization.

Skills

Contract drafting

Negotiation

MSA / SOW experience

Privacy / data processing terms

Life sciences transactions

HIPAA / GDPR familiarity

Attention to detail

Multi-matter management

Education

Juris Doctor / JD or equivalent

Bar admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction

Job description

Certara USA, Inc. seeks a commercially minded attorney to support its U.S. legal contracting function.

You will negotiate a broad portfolio of life sciences and technology agreements, advise business teams in practical terms, and help deliver a disciplined contracting experience through templates, playbooks, and escalation standards. You will have meaningful ownership of matters appropriate to your experience, with senior support for high‑risk or strategically significant issues.