Senior Director, Clinical Contracts Attorney

Summary

Join Apogee Therapeutics, a well-funded Nasdaq-listed biotechnology company, as a Clinical Contracts Attorney. You will provide legal contract support for US and global clinical development, leading negotiations and drafting agreements for all phases of clinical development. This role involves serving as a legal representative in clinical trial team meetings, guiding third-party vendors, and managing legal professionals. You will contribute to maintaining a strong legal and compliance team, fostering collaborative relationships, and identifying ways to improve processes. The ideal candidate has 7+ years of industry experience, expertise in drafting and negotiating complex legal documents, and a mature, professional demeanor. Apogee offers a competitive compensation and benefits package, including a base salary, performance bonus, equity grant opportunities, health, welfare & retirement benefits, flexible PTO, and professional development opportunities.

Requirements

• 7+ years of industry experience in a healthcare or life sciences company
• Mature and professional demeanor with a high degree of self-motivation and high level of business acumen
• Experienced in drafting, negotiating complex legal documents in the pharmaceutical industry; ex-US experience preferred but not required
• Ability and willingness to travel up to 20%

Responsibilities

• Provide legal contract support for US and global clinical development
• Lead negotiations, draft and finalize agreements for all phases of clinical development including clinical trial agreements, informed consent forms, contract research organization agreements and other trial-related agreements in an effective, efficient and time-sensitive manner
• Serve as legal representative in clinical trial team meetings, providing input and advice where needed
• Provide guidance and support to third party vendors on clinical trial site negotiations
• Manage legal professional(s) assisting with clinical contract review and to ensure consistent legal advice on development issues including healthcare fraud and abuse, pharmacovigilance, product liability, antitrust, privacy and other matters relevant to the development of innovative investigational agents and any supporting assays or devices
• Actively contribute to maintaining a solid legal and compliance team through participation in discussions, sharing best practices and collaboration on projects
• Foster strong and collaborative relationships with legal and non-legal colleagues who contribute to the company’s drug discovery and development efforts
• Actively seek to identify ways to improve processes, procedures and tools to enhance efficiencies in the clinical contracting process
• Develop a thorough understanding of and familiarity with the company’s business, code of responsibility, its people, products, markets, facilities, customers and competitors and utilizes that knowledge in providing guidance and counsel to internal clients
• Contribute to cultivating a company culture that reflects a strong commitment to ethics and patients and Apogee’s core values of caring, originality, resiliency and egoless

Benefits

• A great culture, grounded in our C.O.R.E. values: C aring, O riginal, R esilient and Egoless
• Opportunity to work in a fast-paced, highly dynamic environment where you help shape the culture and company, wear multiple hats, and learn quickly
• Market competitive compensation and benefits package, including base salary, performance bonus, equity grant opportunities, health, welfare & retirement benefits
• Flexible PTO
• Two, one-week company-wide shutdowns each year
• Commitment to growing you professionally and providing access to resources to further your development
• Apogee offers regular all team, in-person meetings to build relationships and problem solve