Senior Counsel - Commercial Legal

- Serve as the primary legal advisor to the Commercial and Medical Affairs teams

- Provide strategic counsel across pre-launch and launch activities, balancing legal risk with business objectives

- Support commercialization readiness, including promotional strategy, market access, patient services, and distribution models

- Lead legal review of promotional and medical materials through PRC/MRC processes

- Advise on interactions with HCPs, patients, payors, specialty pharmacies, and government entities

- Support commercial and medical affairs activities, including speaker programs, advisory boards, sponsorships, grants, medical information requests, and scientific exchange

- Provide guidance on compliantly navigating regulatory landscape in business activities such as disease education, HCP engagement, advisory boards, and patient-facing materials

- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements (e.g., vendors, patient support programs, speaker programs, distribution, market access)

- Support corporate legal matters and business development initiatives as needed

- JD from an accredited law school and active membership in at least one U.S. state bar

- 10+ years of legal experience within the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or life sciences industry

- Strong knowledge of FDA advertising and promotion regulations and commercial legal requirements

- Knowledge of product launch planning and commercialization activities

- Ability to support Medical Affairs organizations and scientific exchange initiatives

- Expertise in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating complex commercial agreements

- Experience within a pre-commercial or emerging biotechnology company preferred

- Strong business judgment with a practical, solutions-oriented approach to risk management

- Ability to balance legal risk mitigation with commercial objectives

- Ability to influence and advise senior leaders in a matrixed environment

- Excellent communication skills with the ability to translate complex legal and regulatory concepts into actionable business guidance

- Strong cross-functional collaboration and relationship-building skills

- Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in a fast-paced, resource-constrained environment

- High degree of autonomy, accountability, and execution focus