Senior Corporate Counsel, Manufacturing and Site Operations Law Group

$198,500 - $368,600/Yr

Genentech - South San Francisco, CA

Full-time - Senior

Onsite - South San Francisco, CA

Chemical Manufacturing

About the position

The Senior Corporate Counsel in the Manufacturing and Site Operations Law Group (MSOLG) at Genentech is a senior-level role responsible for providing legal advice to Genentech and Roche U.S. Pharma-affiliated sites and manufacturing operations. This position requires a minimum of three days per week onsite at the South San Francisco campus and involves advising on complex Environmental Health & Safety (EHS) compliance, regulatory matters, and supporting various site organizations and business units.

Responsibilities

• Providing legal advice to Genentech and Roche U.S. Pharma affiliated Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) departments, manufacturing operations, facilities & engineering, real estate/planning, research, and other site organizations and business units.
• Advising and representing the Company on complex EHS compliance and enforcement matters, including those arising under federal, California, and other state and local EHS laws and regulations.
• Analyzing issues, developing strategy, and managing complex site remediation related matters and activities, including state and federal Superfund sites.
• Coordinating environmental due diligence activities and providing legal support for site acquisition & development, divestitures, and other real property-related matters.
• Partnering with Company transactional attorneys and diverse internal stakeholders to prepare and negotiate EHS and related provisions of transactional documents.
• Providing legal counsel and strategic advice in support of land use matters, including coordinating and handling the legal support for construction matters.
• Advising on regulatory and compliance matters arising under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act related to manufacturing practices (cGMP) and quality system requirements.
• Managing outside counsel retained to support legal matters.

Requirements

• 7+ years of EHS or manufacturing related legal experience, ideally in a pharma/biotech corporate setting and/or representing such clients/matters in a law firm and/or relevant government agency.
• A U.S. law degree (J.D.) and current 'good standing' admission to at least one U.S. state bar, or be eligible to apply to California's Registered In-House Counsel program.
• Significant experience providing EHS regulatory compliance advice to industrial clients, preferably to the pharmaceutical or biotech industries.
• Prior experience providing manufacturing support in pharmaceutical or biotech industries, such as regulatory counseling on FDA/cGMP related matters is a plus, but not required.
• Excellent and effective oral and written communications skills, particularly for negotiation.
• Team player with demonstrated history of collaborative problem solving.
• Ability to influence without authority and present complex information to senior leaders/clients.
• Strategic thinker with an enterprise-wide and growth-oriented mindset.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in international trade legal counseling and compliance.
• Demonstrated experience in managing outside counsel.

Benefits

• Discretionary annual bonus based on individual and Company performance.