Associate Legal Director, Commercial Counsel

Role Summary

The Associate Legal Director, Commercial Counsel provides comprehensive legal support for marketed and late-stage clinical programs, partnering with marketing, sales, medical affairs, patient services, and market access teams, with a focus on U.S. legal advisory for the Global Rare Business Unit (GRBU). The role includes advising on advertising and promotion, disease awareness, patient support programs, and related global matters, and collaborating with the Commercial Legal Team, broader Legal Department, Compliance, Ethics & Compliance, Medical Affairs, and outside counsel. This position is hybrid and based in Cambridge, MA.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive, high quality legal advice and support to U.S. commercial, medical affairs, patient services, and market access teams based on applicable laws and regulations (including those that involve fraud and abuse and anti-bribery laws) and Alnylam policies and guidelines
• Analyze U.S. / global / international materials, initiatives and training related to advertising & promotion, disease awareness, patient support programs, and medical education
• Identify, analyze, and mitigate legal and commercial risks, engage and coordinate outside counsel for specialized advice, and advise relevant teams
• Partner with compliance team on policy setting, training, and other activities
• Partner with legal colleagues to support general corporate and R&D legal matters as well as other legal projects and initiatives as needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree and Juris Doctor from an accredited law school in the U.S. both required, with excellent academic credentials preferred
• Minimum 5-7 years of legal experience
• Current bar admission covering in-house practice
• Experience in pharma / biotech industry, or from a law firm working on healthcare-related matters; experience with rare disease, specialty or pediatric drugs a plus
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment with a wide variety of company colleagues as well as with external parties on a broad range of matters
• Ability to make and communicate thoughtful, integrated and timely decisions and take corresponding actions
• Manage outside counsel as specialized advice is required for projects or activities
• Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, to work independently and manage discrete areas of responsibility, and to flourish in a fast-paced and high energy environment
• Strong organizational skills in order to maintain a high level of productivity, innovation and priority-setting in order to meet commitments on-time and handle a high volume of work
• Proven ability to work with a high level of integrity, transparency, accuracy and attention to detail