Sr. Corporate Counsel, PDx Transactions #2632

GRAIL is a healthcare company whose mission is to detect cancer early, when it can be cured. GRAIL is focused on alleviating the global burden of cancer by developing pioneering technology to detect and identify multiple deadly cancer types early. The company is using the power of next-generation sequencing, population-scale clinical studies, and state-of-the-art computer science and data science to enhance the scientific understanding of cancer biology, and to develop its multi-cancer early detection blood test. GRAIL is headquartered in Menlo Park, CA with locations in Washington, D.C., North Carolina, and the United Kingdom. GRAIL, LLC is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Illumina, Inc. (NASDAQ:ILMN). For more information, please visit www.grail.com.

GRAIL’s Legal Department is seeking a dynamic and collaborative Senior Counsel to join the Corporate practice team, supporting GRAIL’s strategic transactions and pharmaceutical partnerships for GRAIL’s post-diagnosis (PDx) program related to companion diagnostic solutions. This role will work cross-functionally to deliver novel and strategic solutions to complex issues while mitigating risk. This role requires the ability to work independently and present analysis and counsel to executive leaders and key business stakeholders.
You will:

• Lead legal negotiations of complex terms in research, collaboration, and other significant strategic agreements and advise the PDx team in connection with business negotiations.
• Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of agreement types, including term sheets, services agreements, research agreements, and other collaboration agreements covering all stages of a product's life cycle (i.e., research, development, and commercialization), including companion diagnostic agreements.
• Support miscellaneous project-based legal assignments and initiatives, including template development and revision, and training of client groups.
• Provide timely advice to internal clients on a wide range of transactions and matters, including contract interpretation, dispute resolution, IP ownership and other legal risks.
• Assist with the development of policies and procedures, and preferred positions for different agreements.
• Provide legal advice and support for existing partnerships.
• Develop excellent working relationships with functional groups and project teams.
• Working independently; initiate new assignments and identify ways to continuously improve templates, processes, policies, and operations.

Your background should include:

• A US based Law degree from accredited law school and active member of a state bar or registration as in-house counsel
• 5-8+ years of transactions experience, ideally with a mix of national law firm experience and prior in-house life sciences experience strongly preferred; advising, drafting and negotiating agreements, including significant experience with transactions in the life sciences industry advising clients on both business and legal issues
• Experience in companion diagnostic and pharmaceutical transaction matters.
• Familiarity with healthcare compliance implications in contracting and data privacy laws a strong plus
• Extensive experience drafting and negotiating a wide range of agreements involving pharmaceutical partnerships and diagnostics

The expected, full-time, annual base pay scale for this position is $168,000 - $223,000. Actual base pay will consider skills, experience, and location.

Based on the role, colleagues may be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan tied to company and individual performance, or an incentive plan. We also offer a long-term incentive plan to align company and colleague success over time.

In addition, GRAIL offers a progressive benefit package, including flexible time-off, a 401k with a company match, and alongside our medical, dental, vision plans, carefully selected mindfulness offerings.

GRAIL is an Equal Employment Office and Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status. We will reasonably accommodate all individuals with disabilities so that they can participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Following extensive monitoring, consideration of business implications, and advice from internal and external experts, GRAIL US has made the decision to require that all U.S. employees be “Fully Vaccinated” with the COVID-19 vaccine. “Fully Vaccinated” is defined as two weeks after both doses of a two-dose vaccine (e.g. Pfizer or Moderna) or two weeks since a single-dose vaccine (e.g. Johnson & Johnson) has been administered. Absent a qualifying exemption, all GRAIL US employees are to comply with this requirement, including providing documentation of such vaccination status, as a condition of employment. Anyone unable to be vaccinated, either because of a sincerely held religious belief or a medical condition or disability that prevents them from being vaccinated, can request a reasonable accommodation for consideration by GRAIL.