Remote Senior Associate General Counsel, Global Legal

Worldwide Clinical Trials; Dover (DE); Remote; USD 239,000 - 399,000; Full time

Job summary

Worldwide Clinical Trials in the United States is seeking an Associate General Counsel, Legal to lead critical legal and regulatory work across a global clinical research environment. You will advise senior leaders, shape enterprise risk strategies, and oversee complex sponsor contracts and regulatory obligations.

You will partner with diverse teams to streamline contracting, ensure data privacy and GxP compliance, and guide strategic transactions while driving responsible business growth.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school, active license to practice law, and membership in good standing in at least one jurisdiction.
• 8-12+ years of progressively responsible legal experience, including significant in-house leadership experience within a CRO, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, healthcare, or other highly regulated life sciences environment.
• Demonstrated experience supporting complex clinical research services, sponsor contracting, regulated operations, and global legal or compliance matters.
• Strong expertise in commercial contracting, including master services agreements, statements of work, change orders, clinical research agreements, data protection agreements, and related sponsor-facing arrangements.

Responsibilities

• Advise the General Counsel and senior leadership on complex legal, regulatory, commercial, operational, and reputational risk matters.
• Lead strategic legal subject-matter areas and deliver practical guidance that supports business objectives, risk tolerance, and global operations.
• Oversee the drafting, negotiation, and execution of complex clinical research and sponsor-facing agreements while balancing risk and commercial outcomes.
• Partner with Business Development, Finance, Clinical Operations, and other stakeholders to streamline contracting processes and accelerate business performance.
• Collaborate with Quality, Data Privacy, Information Security, Regulatory, and Compliance teams to address GxP, privacy, data integrity, and regulatory obligations.
• Support enterprise risk management activities, investigations, compliance initiatives, governance programs, and escalation of significant legal risks.
• Provide legal support for mergers, acquisitions, strategic partnerships, corporate governance matters, disputes, and other key business initiatives.
• Lead, mentor, and develop legal professionals while advancing operational excellence through processes, metrics, technology, automation, and knowledge management.

Job description

Worldwide Clinical Trials in the United States is seeking an Associate General Counsel, Legal to lead critical legal and regulatory work across a global clinical research environment. You will advise senior leaders, shape enterprise risk strategies, and oversee complex sponsor contracts and regulatory obligations.

You will partner with diverse teams to streamline contracting, ensure data privacy and GxP compliance, and guide strategic transactions while driving responsible business growth.