The Company
Profound enables community physicians to offer clinical research as a therapeutic option to their patients.
We provide all the infrastructure, non-clinical services, and administrative heavy lifting.
The physicians practice medicine, we do everything else, and patients get access to the newest therapies available.
Mission, Vision, Values
o Mission: Ensure that every patient has access to innovative treatments and improve patient lives.
o Vision: The future of medical innovation rests in the hands of physicians and their everyday care delivery decisions.
o Values:
o Compassion: Honor the patient-physician relationship above all else.
o Efficiency: Accountable for outcomes and strive for process perfection.
o Progress: Contribute to continued innovation in medicine while improving health outcomes.
o Integrity: Hold ourselves to the highest ethical, quality, and scientific standards in every activity
Profound Ethos
• Physicians are the Vanguard
• All Decisions Improve Patient Care
• Never Compromise Quality
Why this Role Exists
As the Senior Legal Manager, you will oversee the implementation and daily maintenance of our Contract Lifecycle Management (“CLM”) system, as well as review and execute various contracts central to the growth of Profound Research.
You will maintain and scale existing contracting processes, working closely with legal, business development, and operational teams to maintain Profound’s industry-leading turnaround timelines.
You will assist our Associate General Counsel with corporate governance, insurance, and other legal matters, including interacting with outside counsel and relevant government agencies.
This position requires a self- starter who thrives in a fast-paced environment, functions well in legal and cross-functional teams, has an excellent command of both oral and written communications, timely and efficiently produces detail- driven work product, is exceptionally organized and process-driven, relishes opportunity to be both a process creator and implementer, and will enjoy working on a vast array of issues on a day-to-day basis.
The role will involve the implementation of confidentiality, clinical trial, and vendor agreements with various partners key to successful execution of clinical trials.
Responsibilities
· Oversight and management of contracting processes, timing, and outcomes in partnership with appropriate legal counsel.
· Establish, measure, and report on contracting status and performance against KPIs.
· Track and report activity within Profound’s CRM.
· Collaborate with various stakeholders across Profound to gather necessary inputs to relevant contracts.
· Performs other related duties as assigned.
Requirements
· 3-5 years of experience in CLM, contracting, sales operations, and/or vendor partnerships.
· 3-5 years of experience using a CRM such as SalesForce.
· 3-5 years of experience in dealing with government agencies, e.
g.
, USPTO, USDHS, FDA, etc.
· 3-5 years of experience in corporate governance and insurance related matters.
· 3-5 years of experience in dealing with outside counsel, both company and opposing.
· 3-5 years of experience reviewing, redlining, and negotiating confidentiality and clinical trial agreements with CROs and study sponsors.
· Experience working in a clinical trial setting to include, CRO, site organization, or sponsor.
Preferred Qualifications
· Understanding of clinical trial conduct and/or patient recruitment
· Experience with project management, consulting, or general management roles or experience leading or contributing significantly to early-stage company or large-scale strategic organizations.
· Understanding of pharmaceutical purchasing processes associated with clinical operations and recruitment.
Physical Requirements
· Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer, standing and walking.
· Must be able to lift 25 pounds at times.
· Picking, pinching, typing or otherwise working, primarily with fingers rather than with whole hand or arm as in handling.
· Talking: Expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word; those activities where detailed or important spoken instructions must be conveyed to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly.
· Hearing: Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction and having the ability to receive detailed information through oral communication and making fine discriminations in sound.
· The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspection involving small defects, small parts, and/or operation of machines (including inspection); using measurement devices; and/or assembly or fabrication of parts at distances close to the eyes.