Director, Assistant General Counsel

Our Work MattersAt Kindeva we make products that save lives ensuring better health and well-being for patients around the Impact You Will MakeThe Assistant General Counsel will be a hands-on leader bringing a practical business-oriented mindset to execute and manage the companys legal and compliance matters and contribute to an effective and efficient legal function to support the companys continued Execution and ManagementContract Drafting and Negotiation: Draft review and revise a wide range of contracts; ensure contract language accurately reflects business terms and mitigates legal and commercial risk. Lead negotiations with clients vendors and partners to achieve favorable terms; collaborate with internal stakeholders to align negotiation Life Cycle Management: Oversee the end-to-end contract lifecycle: initiation drafting negotiation execution renewal and termination. Maintain organized records of contracts and ensure timely renewals or amendments. Effectively leverage contract lifecycle management (CLM) tools to track deadlines obligations and Management: Oversee manage and coordinate with outside counsel to manage select company litigation matters. Compliance and Enterprise RiskCompliance and Enterprise Risk: Support the Legal Department in evolving and strengthening Kindevas compliance program to meet as well as anticipate the changing global regulatory landscape positioning compliance as a strategic advantage. Work cross-functionally to support compliance with relevant statutes and regulations Leadership and Culture: Lead and develop a diverse high-performing team attracting retaining and developing top legal talent across multiple regions; fostering a culture where legal and compliance professionals engage in challenging meaningful work receive recognition for their contributions and are mentored for future leadership roles; and modeling transparency trust and strategic partnership ensuring that the legal and compliance team remains aligned with organizational goals empowered to support all business units .D. degree from an ABA accredited law school and active admission to any State Bar with a minimum of 5 years of direct legal experience in progressive in-house roles or 10 years experience with at least 3 years in in-house roles. Deep experience in contracting is required. The ideal candidate will also have broad based experience with in house roles including IP licensing regulatory employment complex transactions global compliance programs cross-border governance and related -house experience with CDMOs preferred; a background in the life sciences industry (e.g. pharmaceutical biotech or medical device) or an adjacent manufacturing sector with start ups is strongly with a broad range of legal technologies including CLMs research tools and successful candidate will have strong analytical ability outstanding communication skills executive level presence and a sharp attention to addition they will bring:Business Partnership: Strong business acumen with the ability to translate legal risk into strategic decision-making. Effective stakeholder management and a track record of partnering closely with stakeholders across the business to drive business outcomes. A leader who has an orientation towards finding a way to get things done on behalf of the business. Transparency Accountability & Collaboration: A collaborative and transparent individual who builds strong relationships up down and across the organization and errs on the side of more communication rather than less. A team builder with an inclusive leadership style and an ability to work effectively with stakeholders across the organization. A demonstrated ability excel as part of global legal teams in dynamic high-growth and Impact: An ability to work effectively in a variety of environments including fast-paced high-growth organizations. A flexible individual who can dive in and execute across a range of areas to support varied and evolving needs of the organization.