Associate Counsel

Description Associate Counsel at Syneos Health Syneos Health® is a leading fully integrated biopharmaceutical solutions organization built to accelerate customer success. We translate unique clinical, medical affairs and commercial insights into outcomes to address modern market realities. Every day we work together as one team, with colleagues across business-critical services that support our business. Every role within Corporate is vital to furthering our vision of Shortening the Distance from Lab to Life®. Discover what our 29,000 employees across 110 countries already know. Work here matters everywhere. We are passionate about developing our people through career development and progression; supportive and engaged line management; technical and therapeutic area training; peer recognition and total rewards program. We are committed to our Total Self culture where you can authentically be yourself. Our Total Self culture unites us globally, and we are dedicated to taking care of our people. We continuously build the company we want to work for and that our customers want to work with. When we bring together diversity of thoughts, backgrounds, cultures, and perspectives, we create a place where everyone belongs. Job Responsibilities Job Summary: Provides dedicated legal support for a business unit, country or region. Drafts, negotiates, and manages contracts, and coordinates with other departments across the organization in support of legal initiatives. Interacts closely with colleagues throughout the Company’s business, legal, and compliance functions to advise, negotiate and execute contracts in the best interest of Syneos Health. Core Responsibilities: Leads end to end contracting related to clinical, commercial, corporate (Direct and Indirect) contracts for products and services including but not limited to Vendor Master Agreements, Independent Contractor Agreements, consulting agreements, professional services agreements, software licensing, SaaS, HR & staffing agreements and other contracts and strategic alliances, data privacy related agreements as well as issues escalated from business units and internal departments. Reviews contractual documents based on departmental guidance and established playbooks, and coordinates escalation to business stakeholders and subject matter experts within the organization. Partners with business stakeholders to structure, negotiate and advise on contractual matters. Interfaces with other departments including Risk Management, Operations, Procurement, Data Privacy, and Sourcing to support contracting matters. Advises, structures, drafts and negotiates all aspects of direct and indirect contracts and leads negotiations with the customer’s legal team. Works collaboratively across the Legal department, including the Company’s global team of regional-based attorneys, to coordinate and drive completion of global contracts. Contract review and negotiation (dispatch agreements/service agreements/consulting agreements with pharmaceutical and medical device companies, vendor agreements, NDA, etc.). Responds to legal-related requests and inquiries from internal clients and drafts legal documents and communications in a timely and efficient manner. Verifies and drafts responses to the Ministry of Health, Healthcare Authorities, and other relevant governmental agencies. Liaises with other global legal members and other departments to adjust the legal assistance. Trains internal employees and management on various legal matters and increases awareness on legal, new hire orientations and consultations. Conducts legal research and analysis related to the company’s business. Qualifications Education and Additional Qualifications: JD/LLM/LLB or an equivalent degree from an accredited university. Licensed / Qualified lawyer admitted to practice law. In-house transactional experience with/supporting procurement/vendor organization or an equivalent function. In-house experience with a global/multinational company, with the ability to interact, engage, collaborate and coordinate end-to-end contracting activities with US-based colleagues. Solid understanding of common outsourcing contracts and issues and fundamental contracting principles. Basic understanding of intellectual property principles and data privacy matters. Demonstrated experience in contract drafting and negotiation, risk identification, issue escalation and contracting best practices. Ability to work independently while contributing successfully to cross-functional teams. Demonstrated ability to collaborate with colleagues and take a business-oriented approach while identifying and balancing risks and providing succinct, accurate and pragmatic advice. Exceptional analytical skills, independent judgment, a desire to learn, and the ability to handle a wide variety of complex matters. Can-do attitude, able to work under pressure, manage tight deadlines and a high volume of contracts. Get to know Syneos Health Over the past 5 years, we have worked with 94% of all Novel FDA Approved Drugs, 95% of EMA Authorized Products and over 200 studies across 73,000 sites and 675,000+ trial patients. No matter what your role, you’ll take the initiative and challenge the status quo with us in a highly competitive and ever-changing environment. Learn more about Syneos Health. Additional Information Tasks, duties, and responsibilities as listed in this job description are not exhaustive. The Company, at its sole discretion and with no prior notice, may assign other tasks, duties, and job responsibilities. Equivalent experience, skills, and/or education will also be considered. The Company will determine what constitutes an equivalent to the qualifications described above. Nothing herein should be construed to create an employment contract. Any language here is intended to comply with obligations under the laws of each country in which it operates, including the EU Equality Directive. The Company is committed to compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, including reasonable accommodations when appropriate to perform essential functions. Seniority level Mid-Senior level Employment type Full-time Job function Legal #J-18808-Ljbffr