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Remote, Oregon, United States
Remote only
Location: This position may be performed remotely, but requires the flexibility and willingness to travel as needed.
The Opportunity
At Praxis, we are looking for a senior contracts attorney and recognized subject matter expert to join our lean, agile Legal team at an important point in the company’s growth. As we advance our pipeline toward commercialization, our contracting needs are growing in both volume and complexity. You will serve as the principal advisor on contracting for the company and will set the strategy, standards, and operating model for the contracting function—getting important work done today while helping us build smarter, more scalable ways of working for what comes next.
You’ll join a team that moves quickly and expects Legal to help the business move with confidence. You’ll bring both a legal and business lens to your work: understanding what teams are trying to accomplish, asking the right questions, focusing on the risks that truly matter, and providing clear, practical guidance. You’ll be trusted to use good judgment, make decisions when the path isn’t perfectly defined, and help teams move forward. You will operate with wide latitude to set your own objectives and priorities, resolve novel questions where precedent and information are limited, and make binding decisions on negotiated positions within delegated authority.
You’ll thrive in this role if you like to build, not just advise. You’ll have the opportunity to shape how Praxis approaches contracting by creating practical tools, simplifying processes, challenging unnecessary complexity, and continually looking for better ways to work. Success will mean becoming a recognized internal authority on contracting and a trusted partner across every function—someone who takes ownership, speaks candidly, follows through, and helps us move with both speed and quality while protecting Praxis, our programs, and ultimately the patients we serve. The standards you set and the positions you take will carry well beyond Legal, shaping how Clinical, Technical Operations, Commercial, Finance, and Procurement contract with third parties over a multi-year horizon.
Primary Responsibilities
Qualifications and Key Success Factors
Compensation & Benefits
At Praxis, we believe that taking care of our people (and their people) is important, so we provide a world class benefits package to help you thrive. This includes 99% of the premium paid for medical, dental and vision plans. We also provide company-paid life insurance, AD&D, disability benefits, and voluntary plans to personalize your coverage. Thinking about the future? We match dollar-for-dollar up to 6% on eligible 401(k) contributions and sweeten the deal with long-term stock incentives and ESPP. We provide a discretionary quarterly bonus, an extremely flexible wellness benefit, generous PTO, paid holidays and company-wide shutdowns. Not to mention, you'll also be joining a phenomenal crew of colleagues who are smart, engaged and inspiring. We aim high, collaborate hard, and produce results. Let’s achieve the impossible together!
Company Overview
Praxis Precision Medicines is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company translating genetic insights into the development of therapies for central nervous system disorders characterized by neuronal imbalance. At Praxis we share a common vision of reshaping the human condition into a more freeing and fulfilled existence by developing high impact medicines for patients and families affected by and living with complex brain disorders. Our core Values of Trust, Ownership, Curiosity and Results are foundational to every aspect of our business and are exemplified by each and every one of our team members.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Guided by our core values, at Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc. we continue to DARE FOR MORE® to advance, promote, and champion diversity, equity, and inclusion by encouraging individuals to bring their authentic selves and perspectives to work each day. We are an equal opportunity employer and committed to providing opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, gender identity or expression, age, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, genetics, military service and veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
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