You will:

• Review, negotiate and manage the process of executing Technology Transfer Agreements with pharmaceutical and biotech industry partners and other academic medical centers including Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs); Subcontracts for Multicenter clinical trials; Confidentiality Agreements (CDAs); Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs) and others.
• Communicate with internal and external business and legal counterparts.
• Collaborate with protocol operations, budget and compliance functions as well as research staff, Principal Investigators and external sponsors to understand key issues.
• Collaborate with colleagues in OTD to ensure the institutions intellectual property interests are protected.
• Collaborate with other members of the MSK Office of General Counsel regarding legal issues that impact the institution.
• Review complex agreements to ensure that the terms comply with applicable laws & regulations, MSK policies, and pre-existing MSK obligations.
• Draft, negotiate, and execute other complex agreements.
• Work independently on special contract-related or other legal projects involving and initiatives assigned by Chief IP Counsel.
• Assist the other legal and contracting staff that works on clinical trial-related agreements.

You are:

• A strong communicator, adept at building partnerships and working collaboratively across teams to meet shared objectives.
• Capable of maneuvering through complex policy, process, and people-related organizational dynamics.
• Adept at planning and prioritizing work to meet commitments aligned with organizational goals.
• Highly analytical and possess excellent problem-solving abilities.
• In possession of business acumen to ensure the institutions short and long term goals are met.

You Have:

• A Juris Doctorate (JD) and a minimum of 4 years of related experience.
• New York State Bar Admission, or the ability to be licensed within a year.
• Direct experience with technology transfer agreements and an understanding of pharmaceutical and biotech sponsored clinical trials and industrial sponsor relationships is required.

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