Contracts Manager

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Seattle, WA
Senior level
Healthtech • Biotech
The Role
The Contracts Manager will draft, negotiate, and manage a variety of research and development contracts while ensuring legal compliance and identifying risks. They will collaborate with internal teams and oversee contract workflows to enhance efficiency and consistency in contract execution.
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About the Role

The Contracts Manager will work across functions and teams as a trusted partner to proactively manage the efficient tracking, negotiation, execution and management of research and development contracts. This role requires the ability to independently draft, negotiate and manage a variety of research and development contracts, as well as a broad understanding of life sciences and general business transactions and related legal issues.
Reporting to the Chief of Staff, Research & Development Strategy & Operations, the Contracts Manager will be responsible for efficiently managing a large volume and variety of contracts. This position will have high visibility across the organization and will require a pro-active, positive, and professional approach. This position is based in our Seattle office.
Key Responsibilities

  • Independently prepare, negotiate, and manage a wide variety of contracts related to the company’s general business and Research and Development needs, including Master Service Agreements and associated work orders, License Agreements (including software license agreements and terms & conditions), Consulting Agreements, CDAs, and research collaboration agreements. 
  • Define and prioritize risks and be able to communicate those risks to appropriate internal stakeholders for discussion and resolution.
  • Escalate and coordinate legal or other issues to the appropriate internal stakeholders (i.e. research, operations, legal counsel, finance, etc.) to facilitate and resolve contractual issues. 
  • Identify legal risks and business exposures and collaborate with the relevant business teams to avoid and/or mitigate such risks. 
  • Manage contract workflow and collaborate with senior leaders to ensure efficient contract execution; and suggest and implement new / more efficient processes as needed in coordination with the contracts management team. 
  • Prepare contract summaries to assure proper interpretation of contracts (e.g., milestones, obligations, deliverables, invoicing etc.) and advise on the same. 
  • Manage internal stakeholders including:  contracts process training, guidance to stakeholders regarding contractual rights and obligations, serve as point of contact for contract related questions
  • Maintain and update standardized forms and templates, oversee contract management system. 
  • Ensure consistency of contract terms with company policies and goals and best practices to enhance the contracting process. 
  • Ensure appropriate data management, repository, and life cycle management of contracts.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and 5+ years of experience in the life sciences industry drafting and negotiating a variety of contracts. 
  • Prior in-house experience as a member of a legal department in a biotech company or drafting and negotiating agreements in-house at a life sciences organization strongly preferred. JD from an accredited law school with less experience considered.
  • Experience reviewing and negotiating software and dataset terms & conditions in the context of the biotech field is highly beneficial.
  • Demonstrated organizational skills and ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects at once, drive execution and meet critical deadlines. 
  • Ability to develop and maintain strong partnerships and demonstrate expertise needed to collaborate with internal stakeholders.
  • Excellent Judgment – ability to understand when and how to escalate open items during negotiation terms with leadership, partners and key stakeholders. 
  • Track record of delivering in a fast-paced, innovative, dynamic environment while remaining flexible, proactive, resourceful and efficient.
  • Advanced knowledge of Word, Excel, gSuite, DocuSign, and other programs applicable to handling corporate matters. 
  • Outstanding organizational, written and verbal communication skills. 
  • Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills – focus on accuracy of details in all contracts and being able to think creatively to find common ground in contract negotiations. 
  • Strong team player with willingness to jump in and support all functions as needed

Compensation

We offer a competitive compensation and benefits package, seeking to provide an open, flexible, and friendly work environment to empower employees and provide thm with a platform to develop their long-term careers. A Summary of Benefits is available for all applicants. The base pay range for this position is expected to be $84,869 to $100,000 annually; however, the base pay offered may vary depending on the market, job-related knowledge, skills and capabilities, and experience.
Xaira Therapeutics an equal-opportunity employer. We believe that our strength is in our differences. Our goal to build a diverse and inclusive team began on day one, and it will never end.
TO ALL RECRUITMENT AGENCIES: Xaira Therapeutics does not accept agency resumes. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias or employees. Xaira Therapeutics is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.



The Company
Brisbane, CA
112 Employees
On-site Workplace
Year Founded: 2023

What We Do

Xaira Therapeutics is an integrated biotechnology company driving advances in artificial intelligence to learn the language of life and transform how we treat disease. The company seeks to rethink the drug discovery and development process from end-to-end by bringing together leading talent across three core areas: machine learning research to better understand biology, expansive data generation to power new models, and robust therapeutic product development to treat disease. Xaira is headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area

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