Senior Associate General Counsel - Global CRO (Remote)

Worldwide Clinical Trials; Washington (District of Columbia); Remote; USD 201,000 - 399,000; Full time

Job summary

Worldwide Clinical Trials seeks an Associate General Counsel, Legal to lead a global legal function supporting clinical development services and sponsor contracting. You will guide senior leadership on risk, governance, and compliance while balancing business needs with legal and ethical obligations.

You will collaborate with Clinical Operations, Business Development, Finance, HR, Quality, and Data Privacy to drive compliant growth and protect participants across a global organization.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor with active license to practice law in at least one jurisdiction and bar admission.
• 8–12+ years of progressively responsible legal experience, including in-house leadership in CRO/pharma/life sciences.
• Experience supporting complex clinical research services, sponsor contracting, regulated operations, and global legal matters.
• Strong expertise in commercial contracting: MSAs, SOWs, change orders, CRAs, and related agreements.
• Working knowledge of global clinical research regulations, GxP, data privacy, and regulatory obligations.
• Proven leadership, coaching, delegation, and change-management in a global matrixed organization.
• Excellent legal judgment, business acumen, and executive communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Advise senior leadership on complex legal, regulatory, commercial, operational, and reputational risk matters.
• Lead strategic legal subject-matter areas and provide practical guidance aligned with business objectives.
• Oversee drafting, negotiation, and execution of clinical research and sponsor-facing agreements.
• Partner with Business Development, Finance, Clinical Operations to streamline contracting processes.
• Collaborate with Quality, Data Privacy, Information Security, Regulatory to address GxP and privacy obligations.
• Support enterprise risk management, investigations, and governance programs.
• Lead mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and other strategic initiatives with risk-aware guidance.
• Mentor and develop legal professionals while improving processes and governance metrics.

Skills

In-house leadership

Commercial contracting

Regulatory knowledge

Global operations

Executive communication

Risk management

Education

Juris Doctor

Tools

Microsoft 365

Legal tech platforms

Workflow automation

Analytics

Job description

Worldwide Clinical Trials seeks an Associate General Counsel, Legal to lead a global legal function supporting clinical development services and sponsor contracting. You will guide senior leadership on risk, governance, and compliance while balancing business needs with legal and ethical obligations.

You will collaborate with Clinical Operations, Business Development, Finance, HR, Quality, and Data Privacy to drive compliant growth and protect participants across a global organization.