Associate Director, Clinical Transactional Counsel

Role: Associate Director, Clinical Transactional Counsel, responsible for drafting, reviewing, and negotiating clinical site agreements and vendor contracts to support global clinical trials. Core duties include managing the end-to-end clinical agreement process, partnering with clinical operations and legal teams, ensuring compliance with country-specific regulations, and overseeing external vendor relationships. Requirements: JD degree, 8+ years of experience in pharma or life sciences, extensive expertise in clinical contract negotiations, and knowledge of local regulatory environments. Preferred skills include experience with clinical trial start-up, maintenance, and close-out phases, along with familiarity with outsourcing, procurement, and risk assessment. High-Value: focus on multi-site clinical studies, global contract strategy, management of clinical trial agreements (including master service agreements, SOWs, and confidentiality agreements), and collaboration with legal. Location: San Francisco headquarters, with an expectation of three days in-office weekly. Travel: not specified.