Senior Manager – Legal (Operations)

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on innovative products that meet the needs of underserved patients. As an industry leader in providing unique, accessible, and high-quality medications, Azurity leverages its integrated capabilities and vast partner network to continually expand its broad commercial product portfolio and robust late-stage pipeline. The company’s patient-centric products span the cardiovascular, neurology, endocrinology, gastro-intestinal, institutional, and orphan markets, and have benefited millions of patients. For more information, visit www.azurity.com.

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is proud to be an inclusive workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. Azurity's success is attributable to our incredibly talented, dedicated team that focuses on benefiting the lives of patients by bringing the best science and commitment to quality into everything that we do. We seek highly motivated individuals with the dedication, integrity, and creative spirit needed to thrive in our organization.

Azurity is seeking an experienced in-house counsel to support its Global Operations, Supply Chain & Alliance Management Function with legal responsibilities which include contracts, legal documentation, strategizing, and advisory.

The candidate must be experienced in understanding pharmaceutical business, processes and transactions, and be involved in taking strategic decisions and providing legal guidance related to manufacturing, supply and ancillary services, handling cross-border contracts, dealing with internal stakeholders and counterparties globally, well versed managing Contract Life Cycle Management tools, and should have strong experience.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Stakeholder Management

• Serve as a strong Legal Business Partner for the relevant departments.
• Gain a deep understanding of the business, products, strategies, transactions, and various issues by aligning with the relevant departments.
• Regularly attend meetings, proactively identify legal issues and highlight risks, and provide solutions to mitigate by collaborating with the relevant departments.
• Ensure all legal requirements are completed within stipulated timelines to facilitate smooth transactions for the relevant departments.
• Preemptively track all important dates and events, and take actions accordingly.
• Work closely with India General Counsel and other legal team members.

Contracts

• Draft, review and negotiate wide range of pharma contracts (domestic as well as cross border) such as Manufacturing and Supply Agreement, CDMO and CMO Agreements, Development and Supply Agreement, Technology Transfer Agreements, API Supply Agreements, Master Service Agreement, Quality Agreement, Pharmacovigilance Agreement, Scope of Work, Product Addendums, Consulting Agreements, etc.
• Ensure that the agreements drafted and negotiated as per company’s playbook and are executed in timely manner.
• Ensure risk mitigation, protection of intellectual properties, and commercial interests of the organization by way of contracts.
• Inform and guide stakeholders on the interpretation and purposes of contracts related provisions.
• Identify and assist stakeholders with resolution of issues affecting completion of Agreements. Format documents for finalization. Manage the legal contracts folder.
• Gather, quantify, and report on legal department metrics.

Contract Lifecycle Management Platform

As a highly system-driven organization, Azurity has implemented and uses a contract lifecycle management software / tool, namely Ironclad

• Manage and oversee Azurity’s contract life cycle using Ironclad, ensuring contracts are properly tracked, stored and managed.
• Support the creation of contracts by gathering and vetting required inputs, including business terms from business and functional owners. Guide internal clients through the contract request process. As intake coordinator, review contract requests and statements of work against
• Perform review of expiring contracts and manage renewals and amendments.
• Be experienced and well versed with contract management software / tools – similar to Ironclad (if not better)
• Provide advice and support to various departments on matters related to contracts as well as Ironclad.
• Align with legal, finance and business team members to ensure that Ironclad is used in the most efficient manner
• Develop and implement (or assist to) procedures to improve the efficacy of Ironclad
• Act as liaison between internal clients and the legal department for timely processing of contracts. Handle status inquires, process questions, and direct inquiries to the appropriate attorney.
• Metadata abstraction and tagging into the Contract Lifecycle Management Tool – Ironclad.
• Co-ordinating with stakeholders for execution through Docusign.

General Duties

• Conduct legal issue identification, investigate factual issues, and analysis and legal risk assessment.
• Interpret and respond to requests for information, documents, and status-up-dates-from colleagues seeking legal support.
• Preparing various reports and presentations.
• Provide support in transactional due diligence.
• Perform special projects and general support for the Legal Department.
• Any other duties as may be entrusted from time to time

QUALIFICATIONS

• LL.B from a reputed university
• 3-9 years of related experience, preferably with at least 3 years in-house pharma legal experience;
• Minimum of 3 years of applicable experience on contract life cycle management tool;
• Experience of supporting in-house legal department;
• Basic understanding of pharmaceutical industry – development, technology transfer, supply and manufacturing, contract manufacturing, API Supply, Clinical Trails, Licensing, etc.,
• Highly skilled in Microsoft Office suite; experience in DocuSign and Box.com preferred;
• Strong verbal and written communications skills to enable communication with legal colleagues and stakeholders present globally, particularly in the US, Ireland, and other EU countries.
• Ability to consistently solve problems with a high degree of independent decision-making
• Strong organizational skills with careful attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills and must be highly team oriented.
• High level of professionalism and ability to maintain absolute confidentiality.
• Ability to build business acumen and understand core elements of the applicable business area.
• Ability to handle multiple complex tasks and high volume of work in a team-based environment and consistently meet deadlines.
• General tech savvy and able to learn new skills necessary to keep pace with an ever-changing landscape.

BENEFITS

We recognize hard work and dedication with benefits offerings that address individual needs. Our comprehensive package of benefits for eligible employees includes the following:

• For a list of benefits, please see our benefits listing on our careers page at www.azurity.com/careers/

By applying for this role, you confirm that you are mentally and physically capable of fulfilling the job responsibilities detailed in the job description without any restrictions. If you have any concerns or even the slightest disability that may affect your ability to perform the job, please inform HR in advance.