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SOPHiA GENETICS is a healthcare technology democratizing data-driven medicine.
The Role
Provide legal administrative support for commercial contract lifecycle management, corporate records, and board/committee documentation. Maintain legal filing systems and databases, assist drafting resolutions, agendas, and minutes, and handle internal legal queries while prioritizing competing deadlines.
Summary Generated by Built In
Do you have exposure to legal administrative processes? Have you managed a variety of legal documents and commercial contracts?
If this sounds like you and you are driven by purpose, Join the SOPHiA GENETICS Legal & Compliance team as a Legal Assistant / Paralegal, and enable us to make a positive impact on the outcomes for cancer and rare disease patients worldwide.
This role could suit either someone with previous in-house experience, or a paralegal / clerk within practice looking to make their first move to industry. This is a hybrid (3 Days PW) opportunity connected to our corporate office in Bidart, France. The role is on a temporary contract for 3 months, to cover a period of sickness across our team.
As an international organisation, English is our primary business language and as part of your recruitment journey, you should expect to meet English-only speakers. For best chances of success, you should include your CV in English.
Our Mission
We believe there is a smarter, more data-driven way to make decisions in healthcare and our cloud-native AI powered SOPHiA DDM Platform makes that vision a reality on a daily basis. You will have direct input to our mission to democratize data-driven medicine for the ultimate benefit of cancer and rare disease patients across the globe.
Your Mission
Reporting to the VP, Legal Affairs you will provide a broad range of legal administrative support, ranging from commercial contract lifecycle management, support on internal queries and involvement in corporate administrative processes.
Requirements
To be best set for success we see you bringing
As an international organisation, English is our primary business language and as part of your recruitment journey, you should expect to meet English-only speakers. For best chances of success, you should include your CV in English. Unfortunately, non-English CVs have a high likelihood of being rejected at application stage.
Benefits
You will be joining an organisation with the patient at the heart of every decision and action, driven by purpose as we pursue exponential growth.
Business recognition and accolades include:
Our benefits package iscomprehensive butvaries internationally in-line with local standards and laws. You candiscuss a full breakdown with us,but as a brief overview:
Our DNA
Like the strands of DNA itself, SOPHiA GENETICS and the team are deeply interconnected and reliant on each other to deliver. There are common threads across the team. Things that bind us together. Those things are Relentless Curious; Resilient & Nimble and Fearlessly Adventurous
Our Virtues
At SOPHiA GENETICS we established our 7 Virtues to clarify how our principles show up each day through action.WeDecide; WeDo; We Collaborate; We Innovate; We Empower; We Adapt and We Learn.
Theprocess
We use the power of AI to help our partners make decisions. If you're utilising AI in your search and application process, why not use some of theseprompts, or read our AI guide.
Apply nowwith yourCV and any supporting information.
For a fair, consistent and transparent process, we request all candidates should complete an application through our career page oranexternal job posting.Whilst we aim to respond to message and enquiries about vacancies, we cannot accept applications through email or messages on another platform (i.e. LinkedIn; Xing)alone.We are aware of some third-party organisations republishing both current and expired job postings without our consent, in the interest of collecting personal information. If you have any concerns about the legitimacy of this job posting, or any other vacancy, you can compare it to open postings directly on our careers page( https://careers.sophiagenetics.com/jobs/search ).
Suitably qualified candidates will be invited through an interview and screening process where you will speak with members of our Talent Acquisition Team, the hiring leader alongside key colleagues and stakeholders from across the business.
If you need additional supportor accommodationsfor accessibility, please contact our TA team for assistance on [email protected]
We appreciate the value externalpartnerscan bring, but we operate a direct-hiringmodel,and we are not looking to utilise agency supportat this time.All hiring is controlled by TalentAcquisition;potential partners should liaise through TA and not our hiring teams please.
Starting Date: ASAP
Location: Bidart, FR (Hybrid) - Relocation welcome
Contract:Temporary - 3 Months
If this sounds like you and you are driven by purpose, Join the SOPHiA GENETICS Legal & Compliance team as a Legal Assistant / Paralegal, and enable us to make a positive impact on the outcomes for cancer and rare disease patients worldwide.
This role could suit either someone with previous in-house experience, or a paralegal / clerk within practice looking to make their first move to industry. This is a hybrid (3 Days PW) opportunity connected to our corporate office in Bidart, France. The role is on a temporary contract for 3 months, to cover a period of sickness across our team.
As an international organisation, English is our primary business language and as part of your recruitment journey, you should expect to meet English-only speakers. For best chances of success, you should include your CV in English.
Our Mission
We believe there is a smarter, more data-driven way to make decisions in healthcare and our cloud-native AI powered SOPHiA DDM Platform makes that vision a reality on a daily basis. You will have direct input to our mission to democratize data-driven medicine for the ultimate benefit of cancer and rare disease patients across the globe.
Your Mission
Reporting to the VP, Legal Affairs you will provide a broad range of legal administrative support, ranging from commercial contract lifecycle management, support on internal queries and involvement in corporate administrative processes.
- Overseeing the contract lifecycle process, including planning, collaboration, negotiation, execution and coordinate the signing process for contracts and other legal documents
- Ensure proper filing of legal documents - Execute administrative and operational processes for the legal team and Keep the legal management database up to date (corporate, contracts, IP)
- Maintain and file corporate records, including resolutions, proxies, board of director changes, annual reports, etc
- Assist with the preparation of appropriate draft documents, including agendas, corporate resolutions and meeting minutes for board of director and committee meetings
Requirements
To be best set for success we see you bringing
- 2-5 Years experience within a Legal Administrative role - Both practice and in-house experience is valid
- Direct exposure to the negotiation and management of commercial contracts is needed.
- Capable of working autonomously across a broad range of matters, and comfortable prioritising with competing deadlines
- Full fluency (written & spoken) in English is required.
- As a public organisation facing ongoing commercial growth, you will bring a success-orientated and solutions-focused mindset that embraces team collaborations, change, growth and inclusion.
As an international organisation, English is our primary business language and as part of your recruitment journey, you should expect to meet English-only speakers. For best chances of success, you should include your CV in English. Unfortunately, non-English CVs have a high likelihood of being rejected at application stage.
Benefits
You will be joining an organisation with the patient at the heart of every decision and action, driven by purpose as we pursue exponential growth.
Business recognition and accolades include:
- World's most innovative companies (Top 10)
- World's smartest companies (Top 50)
- 100 Best Places to Work in Boston
- Top 10 European Tech Startup
- Top 10 Europeanbiotechsstartup to watch
- Top 25 East-Coast Biotech to watch
Our benefits package iscomprehensive butvaries internationally in-line with local standards and laws. You candiscuss a full breakdown with us,but as a brief overview:
- Forfait-Jour working types
- Health benefits for you and your family covered by 80% employer contributions
- Life Insuranceandpensions contribution
- SWILEmealvouchersand home office allowances
- 25Days Vacation
- Additional voluntary benefits including sports allowance,language courses, bank partnerships and transportation.
- A forward thinking organisation team embracing AI & Automation
Our DNA
Like the strands of DNA itself, SOPHiA GENETICS and the team are deeply interconnected and reliant on each other to deliver. There are common threads across the team. Things that bind us together. Those things are Relentless Curious; Resilient & Nimble and Fearlessly Adventurous
Our Virtues
At SOPHiA GENETICS we established our 7 Virtues to clarify how our principles show up each day through action.WeDecide; WeDo; We Collaborate; We Innovate; We Empower; We Adapt and We Learn.
Theprocess
We use the power of AI to help our partners make decisions. If you're utilising AI in your search and application process, why not use some of theseprompts, or read our AI guide.
- 'What impact can I expect to have on the world by working at SOPHiA GENETICS?'
- 'I have an interview with SOPHiA GENETICS. What should I know before I meet with them?'
- 'I am a *job title* - Whatcan SOPHiA GENETICS offer my career?'
Apply nowwith yourCV and any supporting information.
For a fair, consistent and transparent process, we request all candidates should complete an application through our career page oranexternal job posting.Whilst we aim to respond to message and enquiries about vacancies, we cannot accept applications through email or messages on another platform (i.e. LinkedIn; Xing)alone.We are aware of some third-party organisations republishing both current and expired job postings without our consent, in the interest of collecting personal information. If you have any concerns about the legitimacy of this job posting, or any other vacancy, you can compare it to open postings directly on our careers page( https://careers.sophiagenetics.com/jobs/search ).
Suitably qualified candidates will be invited through an interview and screening process where you will speak with members of our Talent Acquisition Team, the hiring leader alongside key colleagues and stakeholders from across the business.
If you need additional supportor accommodationsfor accessibility, please contact our TA team for assistance on [email protected]
We appreciate the value externalpartnerscan bring, but we operate a direct-hiringmodel,and we are not looking to utilise agency supportat this time.All hiring is controlled by TalentAcquisition;potential partners should liaise through TA and not our hiring teams please.
Starting Date: ASAP
Location: Bidart, FR (Hybrid) - Relocation welcome
Contract:Temporary - 3 Months
Skills Required
- 2-5 years experience in a legal administrative role (practice or in-house)
- Direct exposure to negotiation and management of commercial contracts
- Ability to work autonomously across a broad range of matters and prioritise competing deadlines
- Full fluency in English, written and spoken; CV in English recommended
What the Team is Saying
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SOPHiA GENETICS Compensation & Benefits Highlights
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Healthcare Strength — Company materials highlight medical, dental, and vision plans with heavy employer premium contributions and telemedicine. Descriptions of the U.S. package characterize health coverage as a standout element.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Published U.S. policies include 20 days of PTO that increase with tenure, dedicated sick time, and a broad set of paid holidays. Time off is portrayed as competitive within the package.
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Retirement Support — Materials indicate a 401(k) program with a company match alongside company‑paid life and short‑/long‑term disability coverage. Together these elements signal a solid retirement and income‑protection foundation.
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The Company
What We Do
SOPHiA GENETICS (Nasdaq: SOPH) is a healthcare technology company dedicated to establishing the practice of data-driven medicine as the standard of care and for life sciences research. It is the creator of the SOPHiA DDM™ Platform, a cloud-based SaaS platform capable of analyzing data and generating insights from complex multimodal data sets and different diagnostic modalities. The SOPHiA DDM™ Platform and related solutions, products and services are currently used by more than 780 hospital, laboratory, and biopharma institutions globally.
Why Work With Us
This is not just a tech company, it’s not only about algorithms and data, it’s more than that. It’s bold, visionary, and altruistic. Democratizing health outcomes is bigger than a spreadsheet, a sale, or a line of code. It’s all of those things coming together with driven, curious people to deliver this audacious vision.
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SOPHiA GENETICS Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Typical time on-site:
3 days a week
