Senior Director, Contracts, Alliances and Intellectual Property

$283,000 - $288,000/Yr

California Life - South San Francisco, CA

Full-time - Senior

South San Francisco, CA

Insurance Carriers and Related Activities

About the position

Calico (Calico Life Sciences LLC) is an Alphabet-founded research and development company whose mission is to harness advanced technologies and model systems to increase our understanding of the biology that controls human aging. Calico will use that knowledge to devise interventions that enable people to lead longer and healthier lives. Calico's highly innovative technology labs, its commitment to curiosity-driven discovery science, and, with academic and industry partners, its vibrant drug-development pipeline, together create an inspiring and exciting place to catalyze and enable medical breakthroughs. Calico is seeking an exceptional and experienced individual to lead our contracts and alliances group which provides business, contractual and intellectual property support for Calico's external collaborations and internal research activities. This role will be responsible for working closely with Calico scientists and external academic and industry collaborators, to lead and negotiate a wide variety of agreements in support of Calico's research and development programs, with assistance as needed from Calico's legal and IP counsel. Agreements include, but are not limited to, sponsored research agreements, licenses, CDAs, material transfer agreements, master services agreements, consulting agreements, software agreements and related amendments. Additionally, this role would also support a number of active research collaborations. Within the Business Development group, this individual will expect to collaborate closely with several internal groups, including Senior Leadership, Alliance Management, Finance, and project teams, in support of Calico's corporate goals. This person will report directly to the Chief Business Officer.

Responsibilities

• Lead and negotiate a wide variety of agreements in support of Calico's research and development programs.
• Work closely with Calico scientists and external academic and industry collaborators.
• Provide business, contractual, and intellectual property support for external collaborations and internal research activities.
• Collaborate with internal groups including Senior Leadership, Alliance Management, Finance, and project teams.
• Support active research collaborations.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required, Ph.D. or JD is preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in contracts negotiation/management or business development roles.
• Extensive industry or academic/institutional experience with a focus on research agreements.
• Prior experience negotiating a wide variety of agreements in a research-focused healthcare company.
• Experience managing an intellectual property portfolio in collaboration with IP counsel.
• Exceptional communication, independent decision-making, and analytical skills.
• Proven ability to build internal and external relationships with scientific stakeholders.
• Prior experience leading a group of contracts professionals is preferred.
• Must be willing to work onsite at least four days per week.

Benefits

• Base salary range of $283,000 - $288,000.
• Eligible for two annual cash bonuses.