Job Description

Robert Half is pleased to partner with a client that is creating a model for the future of healthcare for all. They are a leading company in the biosimilars revolution where patients come first. Our ambition is to impact a billion lives and we do this by fostering a culture of affordable innovation, patient-centricity, and disruptive thinking. They are a multicultural global company where employees have a purpose and passion to work closely with partners and patients. They have a long-term commitment to bringing high-quality affordable biosimilars to patients all over the globe. They have proven end-to-end expertise from clone development, manufacturing, clinical development, and regulatory approvals to commercialization.

Summary

The Corporate Counsel, Commercial will provide legal advice and support to the contract needs of one or more brands and/or business units, related business functions such as Sales, Marketing, Market Access, Medical Affairs, Compliance, Regulatory and Procurement. The candidate will review and prepare contracts for the company in Canada, manage support in other jurisdictions, and collaborate with other attorneys within our International Legal team. This position will provide advice and counsel in the areas of Canadian healthcare law, including Health Canada regulations.

• Work closely with market access and commercial teams, including providing relevant legal advice, to support commercial strategies for the sale and distribution of Biosimilars products.
• Draft, negotiate, review, and revise commercial and market access agreements associated with the Canadian business, including healthcare professionals, providers, vendors, licensors, consultants and speaker agreements, master services agreements, statements of work, sales, supply, distribution, GPO, Wholesaler, distribution vendor and service agreements.
• Collaborate with other Legal and Compliance colleagues to provide legal support to the organization and supervise outside counsel as required.
• Ensure that clients are kept abreast of all relevant legal developments in their areas of business by providing training and periodic updates.
• Other tasks/assignments as required for the Canadian business.

Base salary

• $140,000/yr - $165,000/yr
• Bonus

Requirements

Background & Experience Required

• 5+ years\' minimum of relevant experience in a commercial attorney or similar position for a biotech or pharma company
• 7+ years\' experience with a life sciences company and/or a reputable, highly rated law firm, or a combination of both, with experience related to the pharmaceutical or life-sciences companies.
• Extensive experience providing legal advice to Commercial Market Access and Commercial Sales teams, including pricing and contracts groups and sales operations teams.
• Experience with contractual requirements of commercial and government payers, GPOs, pharmacy services, and trade and distribution within the Canadian healthcare industry, as well as those of a pharma sales force
• Extensive Knowledge of relevant Canadian federal and provincial laws.
• Experience providing legal advice on promotional materials is helpful but not required.

Behaviour Skills

• Ability to collaborate with cross functional teams and manage multiple stakeholders
• Self-motivated and willing to go beyond comfort zone
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and communication skills
• Strong strategic thinking skills

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