Senior Corporate Counsel, Corporate and Securities

Beam Therapeutics Inc.; Cambridge (MA); Vor Ort; USD 180.000 - 260.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Beam Therapeutics Inc. seeks a Senior Corporate Counsel, Corporate and Securities to join its growing legal team.

You will structure and negotiate collaborations and licensing transactions, assist with SEC reporting and governance for a public company, and advise senior leadership directly. You will partner with business development, finance, investor relations, and HR, while managing outside counsel to support Beam’s growth.

Qualifikationen

• JD from an ABA-accredited law school and active admission in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 5+ years of experience in corporate or securities at a public biotech or life sciences company or top law firm.
• Strong experience with strategic transactions, public company reporting, and governance.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; business-oriented and practical.
• Onsite work in Cambridge, MA at least two days per week.

Aufgaben

• Negotiate and structure collaborations, licenses, and acquisitions.
• Lead SEC reporting, governance filings, and disclosure committee activities.
• Support capital-raising activities with the finance team.
• Coordinate with investor relations on external communications.
• Advise the Board and committees, prepare governance materials.
• Support equity compensation and employment matters.
• Develop policies to ensure SEC compliance for a public company.
• Communicate legal advice clearly to senior leadership.

Kenntnisse

Communication skills

Risk management

Ethics & integrity

Ausbildung

Juris Doctor (JD) degree

Jobbeschreibung

Beam Therapeutics is a biotechnology company committed to establishing the leading, fully integrated platform for precision genetic medicines. To achieve this vision, Beam has assembled a platform with integrated gene editing, delivery and internal manufacturing capabilities. Beam’s suite of gene editing technologies is anchored by base editing, a proprietary technology that is designed to enable precise, predictable and efficient single base changes, at targeted genomic sequences, without making double-stranded breaks in the DNA. This has the potential to enable a wide range of therapeutic editing strategies that Beam is using to advance a diversified portfolio of base editing programs. Beam is a values-driven organization committed to its people, cutting-edge science, and a vision of providing life-long cures to patients suffering from serious diseases.

Position Overview:

Beam is seeking a talented and experienced Senior Corporate Counsel, Corporate and Securities to join our growing legal team. This is a rare opportunity: a senior legal role with genuine breadth at a company where your judgment, perspective, and voice will have a meaningful impact. Reporting to the Senior Vice President, Legal Affairs, you will structure and negotiate the collaborations and licensing transactions that advance our pipeline, take a leading role in SEC reporting and corporate governance for a public company, and advise senior leadership directly. You will partner closely with business development, alliance management, finance, investor relations, and human resources, and manage outside counsel to help support Beam’s continued growth and evolution as it makes progress toward becoming a commercial-stage company.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with the business development team to negotiate and execute strategic collaboration, licensing, and acquisition agreements.
• Support SEC and public company compliance and reporting obligations, including registration statements, quarterly, annual, and current reports, proxy statements, Section 16 filings, and disclosure committee activities.
• Partner with the finance team to support capital-raising activities.
• Partner with investor relations to review external communications, including press releases, investor presentations, and social media communications.
• Advise on corporate governance matters and support the Board of Directors and its committees, including preparing and reviewing meeting materials, minutes, consents, and related governance documentation.
• Support equity compensation and other employment-related matters.
• Develop and revise policies and procedures to ensure compliance with SEC requirements and other securities laws and regulations applicable to public companies.
• Analyze and clearly communicate legal advice to internal stakeholders, including senior leadership, and support additional legal matters and strategic projects.

Qualifications:

• JD from an ABA-accredited law school; active admission and good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• At least 5 years of relevant experience at a public biotechnology or life sciences company, in the corporate or securities practice of a leading law firm, or through a combination of such in-house and law-firm experience.
• Substantive experience with strategic transactions, public company reporting, and corporate governance.
• Developed judgment and risk management instincts, with the ability to balance complex matters involving multiple stakeholders and competing priorities while maintaining a practical, business-oriented perspective.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with a talent for making complex legal issues easy to understand.
• High degree of personal ethics, integrity, and accountability.
• This role requires onsite work in Cambridge at least two days per week.