Thank you for your interest in a career at Senti Biosciences. Our mission is to create a new generation of smarter medicines that outmaneuver complex diseases in ways previously inconceivable. We are passionate about designing gene circuits to improve the “intelligence” of cell and gene therapies in order to enhance their therapeutic effectiveness against a broad range of diseases that conventional medicines are unable to address.
At Senti, we find purpose and meaning knowing that our efforts have the potential to improve the lives of patients and their families with more effective and safer treatment options. With science as our foundation and empathy as our key guiding principle, colleagues become friends, managers become mentors, and with time, cancer becomes history.
Summary:
Senti is seeking a Senior Contracts Manager, Corporate and IP Paralegal. Reporting to the SVP of Legal Affairs, the individual will be responsible for managing the company’s contracts process, all corporate paralegal and IP paralegal matters; providing management support for the administrative operations of the legal department; evaluating, implementing, and managing various processes and improvements based on best practices and business needs to enhance productivity of the legal team and to ensure delivery of high quality legal services to its corporate clients; performing other work under the supervision of attorneys, including coordinating and managing projects and matters across various legal practices for the legal team as required.
Responsibilities:
Management of Contracts and Legal Documents
Prepare, review and negotiate a broad range of contracts, including confidentiality agreements, material transfer agreements, services agreements, clinical trial agreements
Develop and maintain form agreements
Create, maintain, file legal documents, correspondence, and files in support of corporate policies or in response to regulatory or governmental requests or requirements, including board and committee minutes and materials, and SEC filings
Management of Legal Processes
Evaluate, recommend, and lead the implementation of changes to legal processes, as appropriate, that align with the corporate objectives and that are aimed at enhancing productivity and efficiency of the legal operations and legal services to client
Evaluate, recommend, and maintain key performance indicators as metrics to establish performance standards and to ensure that the established standards are met by the legal team
Management of technology solutions/systems tools
Manage appropriate contracts with vendors to maintain and support the technology solutions/systems tools used by the legal team; periodically evaluate systems used by the legal team to determine whether changes in the systems are merited based on cost, operations requirements, and improved efficiency
Serve as the systems administrator for one or more technology solutions/systems tools utilized by the legal team
Project manage implementation of new systems tools or updates as required
Serve as the legal liaison with IT (internal and consultants) to ensure continued operation of the technology solutions/systems tools
Management of Client Services
Serve as the primary legal contact for the corporate clients on matters relating generally to legal processes
Manage and maintain training programs for employees relating to legal operations, including legal on-boarding training for new-employees and periodic refresher training for all employees, to ensure that corporate clients are knowledgeable about legal requirements and processes
Handle other activities that promote or enhance legal team’s visibility and image within the company
Qualifications:
Bachelor’s degree and Paralegal Certificate, or JD
Minimum of 10+ years’ experience in contracts negotiations, corporate paralegal and IP paralegal practice
Experience at a law firm and/or in-house at publicly traded biotechnology or pharmaceutical companies a plus
Motivated and extremely detail oriented, especially when managing sensitive legal information
Ability to support and work closely with a high functioning team, but also successfully work independently without direction in a fast-pace, high volume environment
Strong organization and planning skills
Ability to work and coordinate effectively with broad cross-functional clients and teams, including R&D, Tech Ops, BD, and G&A
Flexible in adapting to changing priorities and be able to handle several tasks at one time
Excellent communication and organizational skills, and ability to meet deadlines
Proficient with computer applications and software, including MS Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook), Google Docs, Slack, Box and contracts lifecycle management systems
Review and edit written materials to ensure that prepared materials accurately and clearly present the information documented
Knowledge of operations of a legal department and legal terminology
Willingness to learn and assume new responsibilities over time
Life Science industry/setting experience a plus
Salary and Benefits:
Compensation for this role includes base salary, annual target bonus and equity
The base salary range for this role is $155,000-$170,000. Starting pay is determined by multiple job-related factors including a candidate’s skills, education and experience level, benchmark, and internal parity
Significant growth opportunity as the company expands
Empathetic, supportive and collaborative colleagues and work environments
Senti Bio is a publicly traded (Nasdaq: SNTI) gene circuit company headquartered in South San Francisco. Our mission is to create a new generation of smarter medicines that outmaneuver complex diseases using novel and unprecedented approaches.
We are committed to an inclusive and diverse Senti Bio. We believe that different perspectives lead to better ideas, and better ideas allow us to better understand the needs and interests of our diverse Senti Team. We welcome people of different backgrounds, experiences, abilities and perspectives and are an equal opportunity employer.