Senior Associate General Counsel, Global Healthcare Remote

Worldwide Clinical Trials; United States; Remote; USD 201,000 - 399,000; Full time

Job summary

Worldwide Clinical Trials is seeking an Associate General Counsel, Legal to lead complex legal and regulatory matters across a global clinical development environment. You will partner with the General Counsel and senior leaders to balance business goals with compliance, risk, and ethics while supporting sponsor relationships and growth.

This role collaborates with Clinical Operations, Business Development, Finance, HR, Quality, Technology, Compliance, and Data Privacy to drive outcomes, reduce

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor from an accredited law school and active license in good standing.
• 8–12+ years of progressively responsible legal experience, including in-house CRO or life sciences context.
• Strong expertise in commercial contracting, including MSAs, SOWs, CDAs, and related agreements.
• Working knowledge of global clinical research regulations, data privacy, and healthcare compliance.

Responsibilities

• Advise the General Counsel and senior leadership on complex legal, regulatory, and commercial risk.
• Lead strategic legal areas and provide practical, risk-based guidance for global operations.
• Oversee drafting, negotiation, and execution of complex clinical research and sponsor-facing agreements.
• Collaborate with BD, Finance, Clinical Operations, and other stakeholders to streamline contracting.
• Coordinate with Quality, Data Privacy, Information Security, Regulatory, and Compliance teams on GxP and privacy matters.
• Support enterprise risk management, investigations, governance programs, and escalation of major risks.
• Lead mergers, acquisitions, partnerships, and other strategic initiatives; mentor legal staff.

Education

Juris Doctor (JD)

Active bar license

Tools

Microsoft 365

Legal tech platforms

Workflow automation tools

Analytics tools

Job description

Worldwide Clinical Trials is seeking an Associate General Counsel, Legal to lead complex legal and regulatory matters across a global clinical development environment. You will partner with the General Counsel and senior leaders to balance business goals with compliance, risk, and ethics while supporting sponsor relationships and growth.

This role collaborates with Clinical Operations, Business Development, Finance, HR, Quality, Technology, Compliance, and Data Privacy to drive outcomes, reduce