Senior Corporate Counsel, Commercial & CLM (AI-driven)

Iambic; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

Iambic Therapeutics, based in San Diego, seeks a Corporate Counsel, Commercial to draft and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements and lead the CLM program. The role requires hands-on contract leadership across research, clinical, and commercial activities and a strategic, business-minded approach.

You will leverage AI tools for drafting, data extraction, and process improvements while coordinating with outside counsel and internal teams on contracting workflows.

Qualifications

• J.D. with active bar in good standing in a U.S. state.
• 5+ years of commercial contracting experience in biotech/pharma/CRO; in-house preferred.
• Proven experience independently negotiating CRO, clinical and SaaS agreements.
• Hands-on experience implementing or administering a CLM platform (Ironclad preferred).
• Working knowledge of healthcare compliance and data privacy laws in clinical contracting.
• Practical, risk-balanced judgment; strong drafting and negotiation skills; able to manage high volume in a lean team.

Responsibilities

• Draft and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements, including MSAs/SOWs, CDAs, consulting, MTAs, sponsored research, software/SaaS, data, and vendor agreements.
• Lead clinical contracting: CRO agreements and work orders, clinical trial agreements with U.S. and ex-U.S. sites, and clinical vendor agreements, partnering with Clinical Operations on study timelines.
• Advise on key risk terms (indemnity, liability caps, IP, confidentiality, publication, data protection) and on compliance requirements such as anti-kickback/anti-bribery, fair market value, transparency reporting, and GDPR/HIPAA.
• Lead the implementation and administration of our CLM platform (experience with Ironclad preferred), including workflows, approval matrices, templates, clause library, and legacy contract migration.
• Build templates, playbooks, and self-service tools, coordinating with IP counsel on IP provisions.
• Use AI tools to accelerate drafting, review, and contract data extraction, consistent with Iambic’s AI-use and confidentiality policies.
• Manage outside counsel on commercial matters and train internal teams on contracting processes.

Skills

Drafting contracts

Negotiation

CLM

AI in contracting

Healthcare regulatory knowledge

Education

J.D. and active U.S. state bar membership

Tools

Ironclad

Job description

Iambic Therapeutics, based in San Diego, seeks a Corporate Counsel, Commercial to draft and negotiate a broad range of commercial agreements and lead the CLM program. The role requires hands-on contract leadership across research, clinical, and commercial activities and a strategic, business-minded approach.

You will leverage AI tools for drafting, data extraction, and process improvements while coordinating with outside counsel and internal teams on contracting workflows.