Director, Commercial Transactions Counsel

Role Summary

The Director, Commercial Transactions Counsel can be located in Ewing, NJ or San Diego, CA. The role is part of Halozyme’s legal team, negotiating and drafting commercial agreements and supporting a pharmaceutical products sales force across sales, distribution, advertising, promotional, manufacturing, CDMO, communications, market access, services, vendor/supply chain and SaaS transactions.

Responsibilities

• Support the legal team members in the execution of strategies and tactics required to achieve Halozyme business goals.
• Support business and pharmaceutical sales legal needs, including negotiating, drafting and reviewing complex commercial contracts such as services agreements, supply agreements, product purchase agreements, marketing, sales and distribution agreements, vendor agreements, term sheets and statements of work.
• Advise business colleagues on interactions with key supply chain and other commercial relationships, including advising on actual or potential disputes.
• Manage external transactional counsel supporting the business needs.
• Interface as needed with other functions and business teams.

Qualifications

• Required: J.D. degree or LL.M. degree from an ABA accredited law school, and admission to practice law in a jurisdiction in the U.S. with a minimum of 5 years of direct legal experience supporting business-to-business manufacturing, supply and product sales operations, including negotiating and drafting complex commercial agreements.
• Required: Experience and leadership in working alongside business colleagues and providing real-time guidance and advice on commercial transactions.
• Preferred: Knowledge of the legal and regulatory framework for pharmaceuticals in the United States.
• Preferred: Experience in supporting commercial pharmaceutical products and/or clinical trial programs and negotiating and drafting agreements for such business operations.
• Required: Strong written and oral communication, as well as requisite interpersonal skills to work in a highly functioning, collaborative environment.
• Required: Excellent analytical and drafting skills.

Education

• J.D. degree or LL.M. degree from an ABA-accredited law school.

Skills

• Strong written and oral communication skills.
• Excellent analytical and drafting skills.
• Interpersonal skills to work in a highly collaborative environment.