Attorney, Commercial Contracts Negotiation (Remote)

Lead Contracts Negotiation Team (LCN)

The LCN Team is made up of lawyers and legal professionals, operating across the globe, to provide contract support to IQVIA business teams. LCN attorneys experience challenge and team camaraderie in a legal role allowing the application of their talents and experience to have positive impact in this world.  The team is well-respected and valued as strong contributors to the success of the company.

Job Overview
Collaboration with internal business teams to evaluate operational needs in light of contract requisites.  Review, edit and provide comment to master level and project level customer contracts against template guidance, primarily involving early- to late-phase human clinical trials for new medications and medical devices and in the vendor contracting space, for supply of clinical study services and support.

Essential Functions

• Review, draft and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts. Ensure that contracts are in compliance with legal, regulatory and organization policies. Monitor the contract process to assure compliance with the organization's contractual guidelines, satisfaction of customers/vendors, including participation in pre-contract discussions, contract negotiations and contract changes
• Advise the organization on legal issues concerning intellectual property, indemnification, confidentiality, data privacy, and other substantive legal matters as impacting contract negotiations
• Collaborate with project team leads regarding contract-specific detail and escalate for approvals of contract terms to subject matter experts within the organization
• Evaluate needed contracting from a legal perspective to ensure protections of company liabilities while supporting the project teams’ management of customer and vendor relationships
• Manage document control to company standards
• Contribute to team-level operations through virtual engagement toward continuous improvement initiatives and process support
• Work in conjunction with direct line and senior management to ensure areas of responsibility are well serviced

Qualifications

• JD
• 3-8 years of relevant experience

Skills

(except for italicized text the following skills are preferred not required)

• Strong organizational, planning, project management, communication, presentation, and influence skills
• Strong business acumen
• Ability to analyze legal terms and concepts in relation to the business needs
• Excellent skills using MS Office Suite: MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to work simultaneously on multiple challenging priorities
• Solid understanding of the government regulations that affect the operation of the organization
• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry and/or drug development process
• Knowledge of intellectual property rights and protections
• Data privacy background

IQVIA is a leading global provider of clinical research services, commercial insights and healthcare intelligence to the life sciences and healthcare industries. We create intelligent connections to accelerate the development and commercialization of innovative medical treatments to help improve patient outcomes and population health worldwide. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com

We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all, including veterans and candidates with disabilities. https://jobs.iqvia.com/eoe

IQVIA’s ability to operate and provide certain services to customers and partners necessitates IQVIA and its employees meet specific requirements regarding COVID-19 vaccination status. https://jobs.iqvia.com/covid-19-vaccine-status