Senior Life Sciences Commercial Contracts Lead (Remote)

Beacon-Biosignals; Boston (MA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Beacon Biosignals is seeking a Senior Commercial Contracts Manager to own the full contract lifecycle—from drafting and redlining to signature and system integration—across customer, vendor, and data-licensing agreements. You’ll negotiate pharma collaborations, clinical trial services, and SaaS arrangements with a strong emphasis on data rights and regulatory considerations.

Reporting to the General Counsel, you’ll partner across teams to keep deals moving, develop templates and playbooks, and

Qualifications

• 5–8+ years negotiating commercial agreements in-house or at a law firm.
• Experience negotiating SaaS, services, or life sciences agreements.
• Solid understanding of data rights, licensing, and data use restrictions.
• Familiarity with HIPAA and GDPR issues in contracts.

Responsibilities

• Own the full contract lifecycle from drafting to signature and systems integration.
• Negotiate pharma/biopharma collaborations, clinical trial service agreements, and data licensing.
• Lead SaaS and platform subscription, licensing, device supply, and partnerships.
• Ensure regulatory cooperation and quality provisions in device-related agreements.
• Manage vendor contracts including HIPAA business associate agreements.
• Provide plain-English contract terms guidance to non-lawyers.

Skills

Negotiation

Contract drafting

Data rights

HIPAA/GDPR familiarity

In-house/contracts experience

Education

Paralegal certification

J.D. (optional)

Tools

Ironclad

Job description

Beacon Biosignals is seeking a Senior Commercial Contracts Manager to own the full contract lifecycle—from drafting and redlining to signature and system integration—across customer, vendor, and data-licensing agreements. You’ll negotiate pharma collaborations, clinical trial services, and SaaS arrangements with a strong emphasis on data rights and regulatory considerations.

Reporting to the General Counsel, you’ll partner across teams to keep deals moving, develop templates and playbooks, and