Corporate Paralegal (Contract)
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Job Location:
South San Francisco, CA - USA
Hourly Salary:
$ 60 - 70
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Department:
Job Summary
About Allogene:
Allogene Therapeutics with headquarters in South San Francisco is a clinical-stage biotechnology company pioneering the development of allogeneic chimeric antigen receptor T cell (AlloCAR T) products for cancer and autoimmune disease. Led by a management team with significant experience in cell therapy Allogene is developing a pipeline of off-the-shelf CAR T cell product candidates with the goal of delivering readily available cell therapy on-demand more reliably and at greater scale to more patients. For more information please visit and follow Allogene Therapeutics on X and LinkedIn.
About the role:
Allogene is seeking a detail-oriented Paralegal to provide comprehensive legal support to the Legal Department with a focus on contracting and corporate governance. This position will work closely with in-house counsel and business stakeholders to support the negotiation execution and administration of various agreements and to ensure compliance with corporate requirements. This position will report directly to the Sr. Director Corporate Counsel.
Key Responsibilities:
Contracts Management
- Draft review and edit routine contracts (e.g. NDAs service agreements consulting agreements supply and vendor contracts master service agreements and associated work orders material transfer agreements and clinical trial agreements).
- Manage the contract lifecycle including intake tracking execution and archiving through contract management systems/database.
- Support counsel and internal clients with redlines revisions and communication with counterparties.
- Monitor contract compliance and key obligations and coordinate renewals or amendments.
- Assisting with the continued development and revision of standard form agreements.
Corporate Governance & Entity Management
- Maintain corporate records including minutes resolutions bylaws and organizational documents.
- Coordinate annual filings business licenses and other regulatory filings as required.
- Assist in preparing board and committee materials and maintaining governance calendars.
- Support compliance initiatives and corporate policies (e.g. signature authority document retention).
General Legal Support
- Assist with due diligence audits and internal or external inquiries.
- Support implementation and internal training contract forms and procedures and legal / compliance SOPs.
- Manage Legal Departments internal intranet page and the Departments employee-accessible SharePoint files.
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree is required; paralegal certificate from an accredited program preferred.
- Minimum 5 to 10 years of contracts and/or corporate experience preferably in a biotech or pharma company.
- Experience with reviewing confidentiality agreements master service agreements material transfer agreements and associated work orders supply chain agreements and clinical trial agreements.
- Strong understanding of corporate governance principles.
- Knowledge and understanding of global regulations and guidelines including but not limited those related to GxP.
- Ability to regularly communicate highly confidential information to senior level staff.
- The ideal candidate will be flexible and willing to learn new procedures and skill sets.
- Must be able to collaborate and work with other departments such as Clinical Commercial Finance Research & Development Manufacturing and Supply Chain/Purchasing.
- Ability to work in a fast paced deadline-driven environment.
- Strong attention to detail with the ability to multi-task and handle multiple contract negotiations simultaneously.
- Excellent organizational skills and an ability to prioritize effectively to deliver results within reasonably established timelines.
- Proficient in MS Word Excel PowerPoint Outlook SharePoint and related software.
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
- Strong interpersonal skills including verbal and written communication are essential in this collaborative work environment.
- Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S.
We offer a chance to work with talented people in a collaborative environment. Actual pay will be determined based on experience qualifications geographic location business needs and other job-related factors permitted by law.
As an equal opportunity employer Allogene is committed to a diverse workforce. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race color religion national origin gender age sexual orientation physical or mental disability genetic information or characteristic gender identity and expression veteran status or other non-job-related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal state and local laws. We also embrace differences in experience and background and welcome diversity of opinions and thought with active recruitment and internships designed to create a stronger and better Allogene that is focused on developing life-changing products for patients.
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Required Experience:
Contract
Key Skills
- Legal Drafting
- Proofreading
- Google Docs
- Organizational skills
- Microsoft Outlook
- Microsoft Word
- Case Management
- Legal Research
- Research Experience
- Paralegal
- Filing
- Writing Skills
About Company
REDEFINING THE FUTURE OF CELL THERAPY WITH OUR AlloCAR T™ PRODUCT PLATFORM INNOVATION Multiplex gene-engineering and gene-editing capabilities Proprietary lymphodepletion platform State-of-the-art manufacturing Opportunity for product optimization SEE OUR PIONEERING PLATFORM >> KEY PR ... View more
