Senior Paralegal, Contracts

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🦀 Maryland – Remote

🦀 Maryland – Remote

💵 $117.5k - $142.1k / year

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

💼 Paralegal

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Emergent BioSolutions

WebsiteLinkedInAll Job Openings

1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1998

🏥 Healthcare

🏭 Manufacturing

⚕️ Healthcare Insurance

Healthcare • Manufacturing • Healthcare Insurance

Emergent BioSolutions is a leading public health company that delivers protective and life-saving solutions to communities around the world. They specialize in developing, manufacturing, and supplying medical countermeasures aimed at addressing public health threats, including the opioid epidemic. Emergent partners with biopharma innovators, governments, and NGOs to enhance national security and public health preparedness through strategic collaborations and innovative solutions.

📋 Description

• Provide advice and assistance in contract drafting, review, and management throughout the contract lifecycle • Support the Transactions team within Legal Affairs • Work with the Transactions team, commercial products business, and sourcing and procurement • Draft, negotiate, and finalize contracts with internal and external parties • Handle Master Services Agreements, Statements of Work, Supply Agreements, Maintenance Agreements, and Rental Agreements • Liaise between internal business parties and external vendors and suppliers • Gather stakeholder feedback and approvals while ensuring business objectives are met • Monitor contractual actions and deadlines and determine appropriate courses of action • Process contract intake and pending contract requests, independently or with attorneys • Identify issues, negotiate terms, and minimize organizational risk while following policies and procedures • Support contract execution and maintain data in Agiloft • Serve as Agiloft system administrator with Legal Operations • Assist with developing contract management policies, procedures, and systems • Prepare and provide occasional training to internal clients • Develop strategies and tools to improve efficiency and client service

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree • 7+ years of experience as a paralegal • Experience in contract drafting, negotiating, and contract management systems • Strong preference for in-house corporate experience or a contracts terms and conditions-focused role • Familiarity with Sourcing & Procurement contracts • Experience preparing redlines; significant experience redlining agreements • Strong understanding of contract language and each party’s obligations • Ability to identify, communicate, and mitigate business risks • Working knowledge of the full contract lifecycle, from initiation through post-execution • Understanding of contract relationships and key terms, and how to negotiate • Experience with Agiloft is strongly preferred • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills • Excellent time management, written and verbal communication skills • Ability to interface with multiple organizational levels • Technically proficient in Word, Outlook, Excel, and Adobe Acrobat • Ability to work independently with little supervision • Ability to prioritize multiple tasks with competing priorities • Proactive, self-motivated, detail-oriented, and accurate • Ability to exercise sound judgment, discretion, and interpersonal skills

🏖️ Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package • Merit increases • Annual bonus • Long-term incentives in the form of stock options • Reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities