Job Overview
Provide legal advice and services in one or more of the following areas: contract law, employment law, commercial law, regulatory or compliance. May also coordinate legal matters handled by outside counsel.
Essential Functions
• Review, draft and negotiate a broad range of commercial contracts. Ensure that contracts are in compliance with legal, regulatory and organization policies. Monitor the contract process to assure compliance with the organization's contractual guidelines, satisfaction of customers/vendors, including participation in precontract discussions, contract negotiations and contract changes.
• May provide legal advice regarding employment law. Liaise with Human Resources on all issues of the law related to the organization's human capital. Monitor legal issues and implications regarding discrimination, sexual harassment, health and safety, hiring and firing, as well as all other aspects of employee rights and responsibilities.
• Advise and represent the organization on legal issues concerning patent, copyright, and trademark, real estate, or privacy matters.
• May examine legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting a lawsuit. Study statutes, decisions and ordinances to determine appropriate plan of action. Prepare files and take cases to trial if out-of-court settlements cannot be reached or coordinate such legal matters handled by outside counsel. Assess impact of case outcomes and initiate steps to implement any resultant changes.
Qualifications
• Bachelor's Degree and JD Req
• 8 years related experience, including 5 years of experience in corporate law Req Or
• Equivalent combination of education, training and experience Req
• Strong organizational, planning, project management, communication, presentation and influence skills.
• Strong business acumen
• Solid undertanding of the government regulations that effect the operation of the organization
• Solid understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and/or drug development process
• Solid understanding of drug discovery and development
• Demonstrated ability to work creatively in a fast-paced environment
• Demontrated sound decision-making skills
• Excellent skills using MS Office Suite: MS Excel, MS Word, MS PowerPoint
• Exceptional attention to detail and ability to work simultaneously on multiple priorities
• Ability to work independently
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with coworkers, managers and clients
IQVIA is a leading global provider of advanced analytics, technology solutions and clinical research services to the life sciences industry. We believe in pushing the boundaries of human science and data science to make the biggest impact possible – to help our customers create a healthier world. Learn more at https://jobs.iqvia.com
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