Sr Counsel II

Were here for one reason and one reason only to cure cancer. Every moment is dedicated to developing treatments and every action moves us one step closer to our goal. Weve made incredible scientific breakthroughs and our pioneering personalized CAR T-cell therapies have changed the paradigm. But were not finished yet.

Join Kite as we make even bigger advances in cancer therapies and help shape where our business and medical science goes next.

We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Kite and help create more tomorrows.

Job Description

Gileads mission is to discover develop and deliver therapies that will improve the lives of patients with life-threatening illnesses worldwide.

We are seeking a senior attorney at Kite legal to serve as the main legal advisor and business partner to assigned projects and business functions. The attorney will report directly to the Head of Technical Operations Research and Clinical Legal.

Main Responsibilities

• Draft structure and negotiate wide diverse types of agreements for Technical Operation functions including confidentiality agreements material materials consulting agreements services agreements vendor agreements evaluation agreements development agreements licenses work orders and master agreements.

• Counsel clients on various legal projects including reviewing contracts identifying issues and liability protecting companys assets and intellectual properties interpreting relevant laws and regulations and discussing questions or suggestions with clients or other attorneys.

• Serve as the main legal advisor and business partner to assigned projects and functions.

• Advise Technical Operation business teams on legal issues arising from interactions and agreements with external parties related to manufacturing quality development and supply chain.

• Facilitate the evaluation selection negotiation and management of third-party vendors in support of business relationship.

• Review proposed publications press releases and external disclosures.

• Prepare clear concise and complete legal documents opinions reports correspondence and other communications.

• Develop materials for internal practices and trainings.

• Implement and meet with business to roll-out new processes and procedures.

• Liaise and partner with clients internal global legal members and cross-functional business teams.

• Collaborate with other attorneys in different legal practice and manage outside counsel.

• Develop and maintain a detailed understanding of assigned projects; make preliminary recommendation to management.

• Presents on legal issues case law and relevant regulations.

Qualifications

• A Juris Doctorate and admission before a state bar or fully qualified legal credentials in geography of operations.

• Minimum 10 years of industry and/or law firm experience providing legal counsel relating to devices pharmaceutical or therapeutic products.

• A Bachelor or advance degree in biological sciences or related work experience.

• Must have knowledge of laws and regulations governing pharmaceutical industry manufacturing supply chain quality regulatory intellectual property privacy and understanding of contract provisions.

• Must have extensive business judgment analytical and problem-solving skills.

• Must be responsible self-motivated set appropriate priorities and deliver results timely.

• Must have strong client service orientation.

• Must have excellent written and verbal communications skills.

• Must be able to identify issues and seek solutions to quickly advance project priority.

• Must be able to work both independently and collaboratively in a dynamic fast-paced environment.

People Leader Accountabilities:

Create Inclusion - knowing the business value of diverse teams modeling inclusion and embedding the value of diversity in the

way they manage their teams.

Develop Talent - understand the skills experience aspirations and potential of their employees and coach them on current

performance and future potential. They ensure employees are receiving the feedback and insight needed to grow develop and

realize their purpose.

Empower Teams - connect the team to the organization by aligning goals purpose and organizational objectives and holding

them to account. They provide the support needed to remove barriers and connect their team to the broader ecosystem.

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Eligible employees may participate in benefit plans subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans.

Kite is a biopharmaceutical company engaged in the development of innovative cancer immunotherapies with a goal of providing rapid long-term durable response and eliminating the burden of chronic care. The company is focused on chimeric antigen receptor (CAR) and T cell receptor (TCR) engineered cell therapies designed to empower the immune systems ability to recognize and kill tumors. Kite is based in Santa Monica CA. For more information on Kite please visit . Sign up to follow @KitePharma on Twitter at jobs in the United States:

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