About this opportunity:
The Corporate Counsel will provide practical, business-oriented legal support for Freenome's clinical, commercial, research, technology and strategic partnership priorities. In this role, you will draft and negotiate a broad range of agreements, advise cross-functional teams on legal risk, and manage matters from intake through signature and closeout. You will partner closely with Clinical, Commercial, Corporate Development, Procurement, Finance, Quality, Regulatory, InfoSec, Product and Engineering. The role reports to the Director, Corporate Counsel.
What you’ll do:
Commercial & Strategic Contracting
- Draft, review and negotiate a broad portfolio of commercial, vendor, professional services, technology, software, data, confidentiality and strategic collaboration agreements.
- Advise on contract structure and risk allocation, including liability, indemnification, insurance, intellectual property, publications, data security, payment and termination terms.
- Translate business objectives into clear contract terms, coordinate internal review and approvals, and move negotiations forward with counterparties.
- Support strategic partnerships, commercialization initiatives, health-system collaborations and other business-critical programs with responsive, balanced legal guidance.
Clinical, Research and Healthcare Agreements
- Draft and negotiate clinical trial and site agreements, amendments, material transfer agreements, research and collaboration agreements, business associate agreements and data-sharing terms.
- Partner with Clinical, Corporate Development, Commercial, Finance and other stakeholders to align scopes, budgets, payment terms, specimen use, publication rights and intellectual property provisions.
- Identify and address healthcare, privacy and compliance issues, including HIPAA and data-security requirements, and coordinate with subject-matter experts when specialized advice is needed.
- Prepare and maintain amendments and templates that accurately reflect entity changes, assignments, study updates, new workstreams and agreed business terms.
- Drive agreements from initial issue spotting and redlines through clean copy, signature routing, confirmation of execution and delivery of the fully executed agreement.
Legal Operations & Cross-Functional Partnership
- Maintain accurate matter status in the contract lifecycle management system from intake through counterparty review, internal approval, signature and closeout.
- Coordinate signature workflows, confirm required approvals and signature authority, and ensure executed agreements and related records are captured in the appropriate repository.
- Use and improve templates, fallback language, playbooks and intake processes that help the business move efficiently while preserving appropriate legal controls.
- Provide clear status updates, surface dependencies and open issues early, and communicate legal recommendations in practical language to business partners and legal leadership.
Business Partnership and Risk Management
- Exercise sound judgment to distinguish material legal risks from acceptable business tradeoffs, develop workable compromises and escalate significant issues at the right time.
- Counsel stakeholders on confidentiality, publications, privacy, data security, insurance, intellectual property and other recurring contracting risks.
- Collaborate with senior legal team members, internal subject-matter experts and outside counsel on complex or specialized matters while retaining day-to-day ownership and follow-through.
Must haves:
- JD from an accredited law school and active membership in good standing with at least one state bar (California preferred, or eligible for Registered In-House Counsel status).
- 5+ years of relevant legal experience, with substantial responsibility for drafting and negotiating complex agreements; in-house experience in biotech, life sciences, diagnostics, medical device or healthcare is strongly preferred.
- Demonstrated experience with a varied agreement portfolio, such as MSAs, SOWs, vendor and technology agreements, NDAs, clinical trial agreements, MTAs, research collaborations and data-related agreements.
- Working knowledge of life sciences and healthcare contracting issues, including clinical research, HIPAA and data privacy, information security, publications and intellectual property allocation.
- Hands-on experience using contract lifecycle management and electronic-signature systems to track matters, route approvals and signatures, and maintain reliable executed records.
- Excellent drafting, negotiation, project-management and communication skills, with the ability to manage multiple matters and deliver clear, actionable advice.
- A practical, collaborative and detail-oriented approach, strong ownership and urgency, and sound judgment that balances legal risk with clinical, commercial and strategic goals.
Benefits and additional information:
The US target range of our base salary rate for new hires is $161,925 - $227,325. You will also be eligible to receive equity, cash bonuses, and a full range of medical, financial, and other benefits depending on the position offered. Please note that individual total compensation for this position will be determined at the Company’s sole discretion and may vary based on several factors, including but not limited to, location, skill level, years and depth of relevant experience, and education. We invite you to check out our career page @ freenome.com/job-openings/ for additional company information.
Freenome is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer, and we value diversity. Freenome does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
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