The primary responsibilities of the Senior Legal Contract Manager / Commercial Counsel will be to support Twist Bioscience Corporation, a leading synthetic biology and genomics company, on a variety of contracting, licensing, product-related and other commercial matters. The Commercial Counsel will provide such legal support to Twist’s growing Commercial and Biopharma divisions.
What You’ll Be Doing
- Draft, review and negotiate a variety of commercial, biopharma, and other legal documents, including tenders, inbound and outbound supply and services agreements, OEM and distribution agreements, end user license agreements, in- and out-licensing agreements, collaboration agreements, strategic partnership agreements, pre-clinical agreements, government price and subcontractor agreements, material transfer agreements, and non-disclosure agreements.
- Developing standard terms and template language for commercial and biopharma agreements.
- Draft and maintain applicable playbooks.
- Manage processes and workflows governing the intake, review, and approval of commercial and biopharma agreement requests.
- Advise business and cross functional stakeholders on best practices and legal updates affecting contracting.
- Other responsibilities as assigned.
What You’ll Bring to the Team
- Either fully qualified solicitor, or qualified with a LLB (or equivalent) together with 2-5 years of relevant experience at a major law firm or in-house legal department at a biotech or pharma company, with an emphasis on contracting and commercial experience in the life sciences, or 4-7 years of relevant contractual and commercial experience at a major law firm or in-house legal department at a biotech or pharma company or other life sciences company.
- Experience drafting, negotiating and managing a high volume of commercial and pharma agreements, and fostering strategic partnerships.
- Experience in reviewing, negotiating and closing tenders across EMEA.
- Fluent in English (written and spoken)
- The ability to manage outside counsel and assess when consultation with outside counsel is appropriate.
- Strong interpersonal communication and collaboration skills to maintain an effective working relationship with internal and external stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong customer service skills
- The ability to prioritize and manage multiple tight deadlines in a fast-paced business environment.
- Excellent judgment in assessing risks and benefits.
- Creative problem solver.
- Hands-on Senior Contract Manager / Commercial Counsel .
- Experience building for scale.
- Experience with domestic and international contracts.
Preferred Qualifications
- Fluent in French or Chinese
- Familiarity with synthetic biology and sequencing products and processes, drug development landscape, antibody therapies, and personalized medicine.
About Twist Bioscience
Twist Bioscience synthesizes genes from scratch, known as “writing” DNA. Just as children learn to both read and write, the next phase of development for the genomics revolution is the ability to write DNA.
At Twist Bioscience, we work in service of people who are changing the world for the better. In fields such as health care, agriculture, industrial chemicals and data storage, our unique silicon-based DNA Synthesis Platform provides precision at a scale that is otherwise unavailable to our customers.
Twist Bioscience Corporation is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Twist Bioscience Corporation provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic characteristics, or any other category protected by law.
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What We Do
Twist Bioscience is a synthetic biology company based in South San Francisco, California. The company has developed a proprietary silicon-based manufacturing process for the production of synthetic DNA.
Twist Bioscience serves Life Science researchers who are changing the world for the better. Coming from diverse fields of medicine, agriculture, industrial chemicals and data storage, scientists use our synthetic genes, oligo pools, and NGS target enrichment to better lives and improve the sustainability of the planet.
Twist Bioscience is uniquely positioned to help accelerate these efforts by providing precision at a scale that is otherwise unavailable. Our technology overcomes inefficiencies and enables cost-effective, rapid, precise, high-throughput DNA synthesis and sequencing. We offer both the quality and quantity researchers need now to rapidly realize opportunities ahead.
