Overview

The Associate Legal Director, Commercial Counsel will provide comprehensive legal support for our marketed and late-stage clinical programs, partnering with marketing, sales, medical affairs, patient services, and market access teams. This role will support the Global Rare Business Unit (GRBU), with a particular emphasis on U.S. legal advice. The GRBU currently has two marketed products serving patients in the rare diseases of acute hepatic porphyria (AHP) and primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1), respectively. AHP represents a sub-group of porphyrias, characterized by the occurrence of neuro-visceral attacks with or without cutaneous manifestations. PH1 is a rare, life-threatening disease that can cause serious damage to kidneys and progressively to other organs. This position will require you to work in a matrix setting of a fast-paced, rapidly growing organization. You will engage with key business partners developing strategies and tactics across all channels, including activities related to engaging with customers, advertising & promotion, disease awareness, and patient support programs. A portion of this role may also be spent supporting global or international legal matters, such as reviewing and advising on global and regional promotional and medical materials, initiatives, and strategies.

You will need to partner effectively with colleagues across the Commercial Legal Team and broader Legal Department. You will also need to collaborate successfully with various stakeholders such as the Commercial, Medical Affairs, and Ethics & Compliance teams as well as outside counsel. This includes working with colleagues and stakeholders in different geographies. The ideal candidate will have experience advising on healthcare laws as they relate to advertising and promotion and fraud and abuse.

This position is hybrid and will be primarily located in Cambridge, MA.

Key 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-settling 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

About Alnylam

We are the leader in RNAi therapeutics – a revolutionary approach with the potential to transform the lives of people with rare and common diseases. Built on Nobel Prize-winning science, Alnylam has delivered the breakthroughs that made RNAi therapeutics possible and are just at the beginning of what’s possible. Our deep pipeline, late-stage programs, and bold vision reflect our core values: fierce innovation, passion for excellence, purposeful urgency, open culture and commitment to people. We're proud to be a globally recognized top employer, where an authentic, inclusive culture and breakthrough thinking fuel one another.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Alnylam, we commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equal employment opportunity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their sex, gender or gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, religion, creed, physical or mental disability, pregnancy status or related conditions, genetic information, veteran or military status, marital or familial status, political affiliation, age, or any other factor protected by federal, state, or local law. Alnylam is an E-Verify Employer.