Associate Contracts Counsel

3 months ago

Cambridge, United Kingdom Thermo Fisher Scientific Full time

At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on - now and in the future.

**Discover Impactful Work**:
The Associate Counsel Contracts provides legal advice and support in the drafting, review and negotiation of agreements with mínimal oversight. Serves as the primary contact (within the department and with internal and external customers) for agreements assigned to your group while working autonomously. Assists with customer disputes as requested.

The Associate Counsel Contracts role ensures that CRG's best interests are protected at all times and that senior and executive management have the legal information necessary to make informed decisions and grant approvals for business risks.
- With oversight, provides legal advice and represents CRG in legal matters.
- Prepares, negotiates and finalizes CRG Agreements and/or other related documentation.
- Assesses legal risks and provides recommendations and alternative mitigating resolutions to departmental and senior management.
- Makes recommendations to Executive Management with regard to risks, strategies and recommendations upon request.
- Provides training to other functional groups within CRG on contract requirements and other legal matters.
- Develops processes and training, and takes advantage of other departmental improvement opportunities.
- Understands and adheres to SOPs, WPDs and other regulations for all aspects of project implementation, execution and closeout.
- Assists in other legal matters, as required.
- Assists with customer disputes as requested.

**Keys to Success**:
**Education and Experience**:

- Bachelor's degree and advanced degree in law (juris doctorate or equivalent educational model in other jurisdictions).
- Previous experience that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2+ years); or an equivalent combination of education, training, & experience.

**Knowledge, Skills and Abilities**:

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Substantial organizational skills and strong attention to detail with proven ability to handle multiple tasks efficiently and effectively
- Must be flexible and able to reprioritize workload to meet changing project needs
- Comprehensive MS Excel and MS Word skills
- Excellent English and grammar skills
- Excellent analytical and decision based thinking
- Capable of drafting and negotiating routine contract provisions autonomously and complex contract provisions, with oversight
- Must be able to work independently and as a team player
- Ability to identify legal risks and develop strategic and tactical ways to minimize such risks

**Benefits**

We offer competitive remuneration, annual incentive plan bonus, healthcare, and a range of employee benefits. Thermo Fisher Scientific offers employment with an innovative, forward-thinking organization, and outstanding career and development prospects. We offer an exciting company culture that stands for integrity, intensity, involvement, and innovation

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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