Senior Associate General Counsel, Biotech Contracts

Nkarta, Inc.; South San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 240.000 - 300.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Annual discretionary bonus

Equity grants

Medical, dental, vision and life保险

401K plan

ESPP

Paid vacation, holidays, personal days

Paid parental, pregnancy, and bereav��

Zusammenfassung

This role partners with senior leadership, manages outside counsel, supports SEC filings and governance, coordinates IP matters, and helps deploy AI-enabled CLM tools. Hybrid schedule in SF bay area is offered.

Qualifikationen

• : Active state bar membership in good standing (California preferred) and eligibility to practice as in-house counsel in California.
• : Minimum 7 years of legal experience, ideally at a public biotech or life sciences company.
• : Strong transactional experience negotiating complex commercial agreements, ideally in a life sciences setting.
• : Working knowledge of SEC reporting, corporate governance, and public company compliance.
• : Employment law experience preferred.
• : Experience with FDA advertising and promotion review and trademark and brand matters preferred.
• : Experience managing outside counsel and supervising or mentoring others.
• : Prefer candidate located in the Greater San Francisco area with hybrid schedule in the South San Francisco office.
• : Embodies Nkarta culture of empowerment, diversity, and inclusion.

Aufgaben

• Oversee the contracts function and serve as the escalation point for the contracts team on non-standard terms, negotiation positions, and risk allocation to ensure consistency across agreements.
• Advise on complex and high-value agreements, including license, collaboration, and strategic vendor agreements.
• Maintain and update corporate policies, deliver compliance training, and support compliance programs, including conflict of interest, HCP engagement, and data privacy.
• Review promotional, scientific, and corporate communications, including press releases, investor and conference presentations, website, social media, and disease awareness materials, for compliance with FDA, SEC, and other applicable requirements.
• Advise on pre-approval communications and help prepare the company for future product launch and commercialization.
• Manage outside counsel relationships, engagements, and budgets, and coordinate intellectual property matters with outside counsel, including patent, trademark, and brand protection.
• Support litigation, disputes, and regulatory or governmental inquiries as needed.
• Help build scalable legal processes and tools, including supporting the rollout of the company’s AI-enabled contract lifecycle management platform.
• Advise on employment matters, including employment agreements, equity awards, severance, workplace policies, investigations, and HR compliance.
• Manage the company’s immigration program in partnership with outside immigration counsel.
• Support preparation of SEC filings, including Forms 10-K, 10-Q, and 8-K, the proxy statement, and Section 16 filings.
• Support Board and committee meetings, including materials, minutes, resolutions, and the annual stockholder meeting.
• Support capital markets, financing, and strategic transactions, including due diligence and transaction documents.
• Sound, risk-calibrated judgment that enables the business.
• Ability to work independently, manage competing priorities, and meet tight deadlines with strong attention to detail.
• Comfortable with ambiguity in a lean, evolving organization.
• Strong communicator, able to present effectively to senior leadership, the Board, and outside counsel.
• Collaborative, low-ego team player who builds trust across functions.
• Comfortable adopting technology and AI tools to work efficiently and scale the legal function.

Kenntnisse

Bar admission

California in-house

In-house counsel

Transactional experience

Negotiation

Executive communication

Leadership

Regulatory awareness

Ausbildung

J.D. (ABA-accredited)

Jobbeschreibung

This role partners with senior leadership, manages outside counsel, supports SEC filings and governance, coordinates IP matters, and helps deploy AI-enabled CLM tools. Hybrid schedule in SF bay area is offered.