You need a law degree, 2-5 years experience in international contract negotiations, advanced English, and familiarity with CRO industry contracts. People management skills and process improvement experience are pluses.

You will provide legal advice, draft, review, and negotiate agreements with PPD vendors, handle department matters, and address legal concerns from internal customers and senior management at Thermo Fisher Scientific.

Legal

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of approximately $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD.

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Thermo Fisher Scientific

<ul><li>Work Schedule: Other</li><li>Environmental Conditions: Office</li></ul>Job DescriptionAt Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.The&nbsp;Counsel, Legal Contracts&nbsp;can be&nbsp;office-based,&nbsp;hybrid, or fully&nbsp;remote. This position provides legal advice and support in the drafting, review and negotiation of agreements with minimal oversight. This individual serves as the primary contact, within the department and with internal and external customers, for agreements assigned to their group.Discover Impactful Work:The&nbsp;Counsel, Legal Contracts&nbsp;role ensures that PPD Clinical Research Services' best interests are protected at all times and that senior and executive management have the legal information vital to make informed decisions and grant approvals for business risks.A day in the Life:<ul><li>Provides legal advice and support in the drafting, review and negotiation of agreements with PPD Clinical Research Services vendors to include clinical and corporate agreements (e.g. MSA, SaaS agreements, and other unique non-standard contracts).</li><li>Work independently except for escalations per internal processes to the team AD.</li><li>In addition to contracts, handles department matters and general legal concerns raised by internal customers and senior management.</li></ul>Keys to Success:Education:<ul><li>Law degree is required.​</li><li>Previous experience with contract negotiations in international company that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2 to 5 years).</li><li>Advanced level of English</li><li>Previous experience with legal contracts negotiations within the CRO industry as well as experience with people management will be considered advantage.</li><li>Leads the implementation of process improvement opportunities and oversees junior members of the department.</li><li>Develops and delivers appropriate legal trainings to business and legal team members</li><li>The position provides opportunity to management exposure of 1 or 2 direct reports.</li></ul>Why Join Us?:We hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognize the power of being one team! We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore you will benefit from an&nbsp;award-winning learning and development programme, ensuring you reach your potential.What We Offer:As well as being rewarded a competitive&nbsp;salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees. We have a flexible working culture, where PPD® clinical research services truly value a work-life balance. We’ve grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together. We are a global organization but with a local feel.Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

Bachelors

Work Schedule: OtherEnvironmental Conditions: OfficeJob DescriptionAt Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on – now and in the future.The Counsel, Legal Contracts can be office-based, hybrid, or fully remote. This position provides legal advice and support in the drafting, review and negotiation of agreements with minimal oversight. This individual serves as the primary contact, within the department and with internal and external customers, for agreements assigned to their group.Discover Impactful Work:The Counsel, Legal Contracts role ensures that PPD Clinical Research Services' best interests are protected at all times and that senior and executive management have the legal information vital to make informed decisions and grant approvals for business risks.A day in the Life:Provides legal advice and support in the drafting, review and negotiation of agreements with PPD Clinical Research Services vendors to include clinical and corporate agreements (e.g. MSA, SaaS agreements, and other unique non-standard contracts).Work independently except for escalations per internal processes to the team AD.In addition to contracts, handles department matters and general legal concerns raised by internal customers and senior management.Keys to Success:Education:Law degree is required.​Previous experience with contract negotiations in international company that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2 to 5 years).Advanced level of EnglishPrevious experience with legal contracts negotiations within the CRO industry as well as experience with people management will be considered advantage.Leads the implementation of process improvement opportunities and oversees junior members of the department.Develops and delivers appropriate legal trainings to business and legal team membersThe position provides opportunity to management exposure of 1 or 2 direct reports.Why Join Us?:We hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognize the power of being one team! We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore you will benefit from an award-winning learning and development programme, ensuring you reach your potential.What We Offer:As well as being rewarded a competitive salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees. We have a flexible working culture, where PPD® clinical research services truly value a work-life balance. We’ve grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together. We are a global organization but with a local feel.Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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