Assistant. Manager / Manager / Sr. Manager – Legal

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on innovative products that meet the needs of underserved patients. As an industry leader in providing unique, accessible, and high-quality medications, Azurity leverages its integrated capabilities and vast partner network to continually expand its broad commercial product portfolio and robust late-stage pipeline. The company’s patient-centric products span the cardiovascular, neurology, endocrinology, gastro-intestinal, institutional, and orphan markets, and have benefited millions of patients. For more information, visit www.azurity.com.

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is proud to be an inclusive workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. Azurity's success is attributable to our incredibly talented, dedicated team that focuses on benefiting the lives of patients by bringing the best science and commitment to quality into everything that we do. We seek highly motivated individuals with the dedication, integrity, and creative spirit needed to thrive in our organization.

Azurity is seeking an experienced in-house counsel responsible for managing contracts, secretarial compliances and any legal matters pertaining to the company as entrusted from time to time. Experience in the pharmaceutical industry would be an additional advantage. The candidate must be experienced in handling cross-border contracts, dealing with internal stakeholders and counterparties globally, well versed managing Contract Life Cycle Management tools and managing statutory compliance program and implementing Tools,

Duties And Responsibilities

Contracts

• Draft, review and negotiate wide range of pharma and non-pharma contracts (domestic as well as cross border) such as Manufacturing and Supply Agreement, Master Service Agreement, CRO Agreements, Consulting Agreements, etc.
• Ensure that the Contracts drafted and negotiated as per company’s playbook and are executed in timely manner.
• Ensure risk mitigation, protection of intellectual properties, and commercial interests of the organization by way of contracts.
• Inform and guide stakeholders on the interpretation and purposes of contracts related provisions.
• Identify and assist attorneys with resolution of issues affecting completion of contracts. Maintain legal department forms and aid attorneys in updating all forms. Format documents for finalization. Manage the legal contracts folders.
• Gather, quantify, and report on legal department metrics.
  
  

Contract Lifecycle Management Platform

As a highly system-driven organization, Azurity has implemented and uses a contract lifecycle management software / tool, namely Ironclad

• Manage and oversee Azurity’s contract life cycle using Ironclad, ensuring contracts are properly tracked, stored and managed.
• Support the creation of contracts by gathering and vetting required inputs, including business terms from business and functional owners. Guide internal clients through the contract request process. As intake coordinator, review contract requests and statements of work against
• Perform review of expiring contracts and manage renewals and amendments.
• Be experienced and well versed with contract management software / tools – similar to Ironclad (if not better)
• Provide advice and support to various departments on matters related to contracts as well as Ironclad.
• Align with legal, finance and business team members to ensure that Ironclad is used in the most efficient manner
• Develop and implement (or assist to) procedures to improve the efficacy of Ironclad
• Act as liaison between internal clients and the legal department for timely processing of contracts. Handle status inquires, process questions, and direct inquiries to the appropriate attorney.
• Metadata abstraction and tagging into the Contract Lifecycle Management Tool – Ironclad.
• Co-ordinating with stakeholders for execution through Docusign.
  
  

Statutory Compliances

• Identifying legislations and provisions therein applicable to the units and departments of the companies;
• Prepare or assist to prepare statutory compliance framework; preparing unit-wide department-wise checklist of compliance tasks as per the applicable legislations.
• Mapping the compliance tasks to the respective departments, units, HODs and persons;
• Tracking deadlines of the respective compliance tasks and following-up with the concerned person;
• Experience on compliance management tool such as Legatrix, Lexcare, Lexplosion, EY Compliance Management tool, etc.,
• Prepare and submit reports on compliance and non-compliance of statutory compliances.
  
  

General Duties

• Conduct legal issue identification, investigate factual issues, and analysis and legal risk assessment.
• Interpret and respond to requests for information, documents, and status-up-dates-from colleagues seeking legal support.
• Preparing various reports and presentations.
• Provide support in transactional due diligence.
• Perform special projects and general support for the Legal Department.
• Any other duties as may be entrusted from time to time
  
  

Qualifications

• LL.B from a leading university
• 3-9 years of related experience, preferably with at least 5 years in-house pharma legal experience
• Minimum of 3 years of applicable experience on contract life cycle management tool;
• Experience of supporting in-house legal department;
• Experience of implementing data privacy program / GDPR.
• Basic understanding of pharmaceutical industry – development, technology transfer, supply and manufacturing, contract manufacturing, API Supply, Clinical Trails, Licensing, etc.,
• Highly skilled in Microsoft Office suite; experience in DocuSign and Box.com preferred;
• Strong verbal and written communications skills.
• Ability to consistently solve problems with a high degree of independent decision-marking.
• Strong organizational skills with careful attention to detail.
• Strong interpersonal skills and must be highly team oriented.
• High level of professionalism and ability to maintain absolute confidentiality.
• Ability to build business acumen and understand core elements of the applicable business area.
• Ability to handle multiple complex tasks and high volume of work in a team-based environment and consistently meet deadlines.
• General tech savvy and able to learn new skills necessary to keep pace with an ever-changing landscape.
  
  

Physical & Mental Requirements

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to sit for long periods of time
• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to stand; walk; sit; talk and/or hear
• May occasionally climb stairs and/or ride elevators
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds
• Employee must be able to manipulate keyboard, operate a telephone and hand-held devices
• Other miscellaneous job duties as required