Senior VP, Legal

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🇺🇸 United States – Remote

💵 $310k - $330k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🧑‍💼 Attorney / Lawyer

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ELIQUENT Life Sciences

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501 - 1000 employees

💼 Consulting

🏥 Healthcare

🧬 Biotechnology

Consulting • Healthcare • Biotechnology

ELIQUENT Life Sciences is a regulatory consulting firm that provides integrated regulatory, quality, and safety solutions to life sciences companies. They support pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, and combination product sponsors across the product lifecycle — from early development and CMC strategy through regulatory submissions, pharmacovigilance, quality/compliance, remediation, and post‑approval support. ELIQUENT combines former regulators, industry leaders, and technical specialists to deliver hands‑on execution and strategic guidance for global market authorization and lifecycle management.

📋 Description

• Serve as the company’s senior legal advisor to the Chief Financial Officer, executive leadership team, and other senior leaders • Advise leadership on significant legal, contractual, regulatory, compliance, governance, and reputational matters • Promote ethical decision-making, accountability, compliance, and appropriate risk awareness throughout the organization • Lead or support significant negotiations involving clients, strategic partners, vendors, technology providers, contractors, and international business arrangements • Establish contract templates, approval authorities, negotiation standards, fallback positions, and escalation procedures • Lead the company’s legal risk management framework in partnership with the Chief Financial Officer and executive leadership • Identify, assess, prioritize, and monitor material legal, contractual, compliance, operational, and reputational risks • Develop practical mitigation and escalation plans balancing legal protection with business priorities and operational needs • Provide leadership with reporting on material legal matters, compliance concerns, and emerging risks • Advise on contracts, operations, and business arrangements involving multiple countries and legal jurisdictions • Support international operations, market expansion, acquisitions, integrations, and other growth initiatives • Monitor legal and regulatory developments and communicate significant requirements or risks to business leaders • Oversee the company’s legal and compliance framework, including policies, procedures, training, controls, and reporting mechanisms • Advise on corporate governance requirements and support documentation of significant corporate decisions and approvals • Provide legal oversight of data privacy, cybersecurity, confidentiality, and ESG • Oversee corporate governance processes and maintain the integrity of official corporate records • Attend Board and committee meetings as appropriate and ensure accurate minutes, resolutions, approvals, and other required records are prepared and maintained • Maintain corporate entity records for the company, subsidiaries, and affiliated entities across applicable jurisdictions • Advise executive leadership on corporate governance requirements, fiduciary responsibilities, governance practices, and related legal considerations

🎯 Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school • Active license and good standing to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction • 15+ years of progressively responsible legal experience, including significant in-house corporate legal experience • Previous experience serving as a senior legal leader, such as a Deputy General Counsel, General Counsel, Global Head of Legal, or leader of a substantial legal function • Demonstrated experience leading and developing attorneys or other legal professionals • Extensive experience drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements • Experience supporting international business operations and agreements involving multiple countries or jurisdictions • Demonstrated ability to advise senior executives on material legal, governance, contractual, compliance, and enterprise risk matters • Strong knowledge of corporate governance, data privacy, regulatory compliance, employment-related legal matters, and dispute management • Experience managing external counsel, legal budgets, and specialized legal service providers • Ability to operate effectively in a global, remote, and highly collaborative work environment • Preferred: Experience in the life sciences, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, medical device, healthcare, professional services, or consulting industry • Preferred: Experience advising a global professional services organization with complex client and independent contractor relationships • Preferred: Familiarity with regulatory considerations affecting life sciences consulting organizations and their clients • Preferred: Experience supporting international expansion, acquisitions, integrations, or other business transformation initiatives • Preferred: Experience implementing contract lifecycle management systems, legal intake tools, contract playbooks, entity management systems, or legal workflow automation • Preferred: Experience establishing or strengthening enterprise risk management and corporate governance programs

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation • Comprehensive health and welfare benefits • 401(k) plan with employer match • Paid leave • Flexibility that supports work-life balance

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