Senior Manager, Corporate Counsel

CareDx, Inc. is a leading precision medicine solutions company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of clinically differentiated, high-value healthcare solutions for transplant patients and caregivers. CareDx offers products, testing services, and digital healthcare solutions along the pre- and post-transplant patient journey, and is the leading provider of genomics-based information for transplant patients.

Reporting to the Deputy General Counsel, this role will be an integral part of the legal team that supports CareDx in a wide variety of transactions in the life sciences and in vitro diagnostic industry. This includes assisting with patent and technology licensing, collaborations, strategic alliances, clinical trial agreements, commercial sales agreements, supply agreements, software (including SaaS) licensing.

Responsibilities:

• Partner with cross-functional leadership to develop contract templates and playbooks
  
• Work closely with cross-functional leadership to draft and negotiate a wide range of complex agreements and including patent and software license agreements, collaboration agreements, clinical trial agreements, investigator-initiated study agreements, research & development agreements, sales agreements, supply agreements, vendor agreements, SaaS agreements, service agreements, distribution agreements, and quality agreements.
  
• Advise internal client groups and senior management on contract interpretation, dispute resolution, IP ownership and other legal issues related to digital health and in vitro diagnostic products and services.
• Advise on corporate governance and security matters, including advising on corporate law, assisting with the preparation and review of SEC reporting and compliance, corporate structuring, subsidiary management, officer and director appointments and state filings.
• Provide transactional and operational support for M&A activities and post-acquisition integration.
  
• Advise and provide healthcare compliance (fraud waste & abuse, antikick back, Stark law, FCPA, etc.) and regulatory (CLIA, NY state licensing, FDA, pharmacy licensing, etc.) legal support.
  
• Work collaboratively with other attorneys and contract specialists on the drafting, negotiation, and execution of agreements.
  

Qualifications:

• J.D degree (ABA accredited)
  
• Admission to practice law in a U.S. jurisdiction
  
• 5-8 years of relevant experience
  
• Significant experience in the life sciences industry
  
• Experience drafting and negotiating complex transactional agreements
  
• Excellent analytical and legal drafting skills
  
• Strong interpersonal skills to interact directly with clients and colleagues at all levels and across different functions of the organization
  
• Ability to handle, prioritize and follow through on a high volume of work, setting appropriate priorities with clients and delivering results efficiently
  
• Demonstrated ability to be a self-starter, to develop and implement strategic solutions to challenging problems and effectively drive issues to closure and to participate in a highly collaborative, team-oriented environment.
  
• Passion for improving patient outcomes

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Additional Details: 

Every individual at CareDx has a direct impact on our collective mission to improve the lives of organ transplant patients worldwide. We believe in taking great care of our people, so they take even greater care of our patients. 

Our competitive Total Rewards package for US Employees includes:

• Competitive base salary and incentive compensation
• Health and welfare benefits, including a gym reimbursement program
• 401(k) savings plan match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• And more!
• Please refer to our page to view detailed benefits at https://caredx.com/company/careers

In addition, we have a Living Donor Employee Recovery Policy that allows up to 30 days of paid leave annually to a full-time employee who makes the selfless act of donating an organ or bone marrow.

With products that are making a difference in the lives of transplant patients today and a promising pipeline for the future, it’s an exciting time to be part of the CareDx team. Join us in partnering with transplant patients to transform our future together.

CareDx, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in the E-Verify program.

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