Senior Biopharmaceutical Attorney

Our mission:

Developing curative genome editing treatments that can positively transform the lives of people living with severe and life-threatening diseases.

At Intellia, we are committed to solving the complex challenges of making CRISPR/Cas9-based medicines a reality for patients suffering from genetic diseases and to create novel engineered cell therapies for immuno-oncological and autoimmune diseases.

We are seeking an experienced biopharmaceutical attorney and leader to join and grow with our team as we develop human therapeutics using CRISPR/Cas9 technology. The ideal candidate has a strong background in the biotechnology industry leading a legal function in supporting regulatory, clinical, and commercial teams, and wants to apply and expand her or his legal experience in a rapidly growing company. We are looking for someone who has a demonstrated ability to learn quickly, develop and implement solutions, appropriately analyze and manage risks, multitask, and communicate well. We seek a team member who wants to be fully integrated into every aspect of the company from research to business execution. Most importantly, the ideal candidate can live up to our Values of One, Explore, Disrupt and Deliver by being able to work with multiple cross-functional teams to look for innovative solutions to positively change the lives of patients' with severe and life-threatening diseases.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead legal team in advising and supporting regulatory, pre-clinical, clinical, and research and development activities. (Commercial support experience preferred but not necessary;
• Provide high quality, timely and practical legal advice and support, identify and resolve critical legal and business issues;
• Analyze company activities for compliance with evolving legal and regulatory landscape. Conduct legal research, as needed;
• Advise on the interpretation of legal documents and applicable laws and regulations in a manner that provides practical legal advice while properly managing risk to the organization;
• Act as the legal representative on cross-functional teams, such as program teams or Intellia's medical and legal review team;
• As necessary, with our contracts team, draft and negotiate contracts, including master services agreements, clinical trial agreements, supply agreements, and material transfer agreements;
• Review presentations, press releases, website materials, brochures, and other company communications (internal and external);
• Support third party relationship management;
• Counsel, advise and train internal client team to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations and company policies and procedures;
• Help with general corporate matters; and,
• Work with function's leadership to manage and operate the legal department's strategy, operations and development.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Licensed attorney with at least 12 years of legal experience and 6 years at a biotechnology/pharmaceutical company leading a legal team working with clinical, regulatory, and other research and development functions. Commercial experience preferred. Biopharmaceutical public company experience strongly preferred.
• Strong base of knowledge and experience advising clients on laws and regulations governing the biotechnology industry both in and outside the U.S., including FDA regulations, False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, OIG guidance, the PhRMA Code, HIPAA, data privacy and product liability laws, and similar laws outside the U.S.
• Experience working with all levels of management and key business stakeholders with a demonstrated ability to influence outcomes and effectively communicate legal risks to senior management and others.
• Self-motivated, flexible and interested in working on a wide range of legal matters in order to understand and advise the Company on legal implications of its business strategy.
• Excellent organizational skills and able to work with a team to meet critical deadlines; flexible and capable of managing multiple projects simultaneously.

COMPETENCIES:

• Demonstrated leadership leading legal teams
• Attention to detail
• Sound business judgment; strategic and analytical thinking
• Attracting and developing talent/building a successful team
• Exceptional time management
• Effective communication skills (oral and written)

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What Intellia Stands For:

We push boundaries. We are focused on positively disrupting health care treatment of patients with genomic diseases. The values we live by and drivers we look for are:

- One is respect for individuals; our unique qualities and strengths; our own ways to understand, learn and improve. One is our single-minded determination to excel; to succeed together. One is you and us - trusting and counting on every single one of us.

- Explore because we seek new ways to tackle disease. Explore with unbounded minds...free from assumptions, open to ideas. Explore by staying curious, by pushing boundaries, overcoming obstacles. Explore means thinking of new ways.

- Disrupt by thinking courageously...and creating a better future. Disrupt by defying conformity; interrogating the status quo; questioning our momentum. Disrupt with challenging thoughts...with that breed of skepticism that shows you have better solutions.

- Deliver with your focus on the objective and your determination to complete the task. Deliver by advancing relentlessly and by maintaining high standards...even when nobody is watching. Deliver by staying accountable and pulling your weight. Deliver because patients are counting on us to make the promise reality. Get it done.

POSITION: Full-Time, Exempt

EEOC Statement: Intellia believes in a diverse environment, and is committed to equal employment opportunity for all its employees and qualified applicants. We do not discriminate in recruitment, hiring, training, promotion or any other employment practices for reasons of race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status. Intellia will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with known disabilities, in accordance with applicable law.

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