Head of Legal Affairs (Vice President)
Senti Biosciences
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South San Francisco, CA, USA
Posted on Jul 16, 2024
The Head of Legal Affairs will report to the CEO and play a key role in overseeing a broad range of legal and business matters. The ideal candidate will be looking to build on existing strengths, in one or more of these areas, to quickly develop a broad range of legal and business expertise to support a growing cancer cell therapy company.
Responsibilities
- Manage the preparation and filing of periodic and annual reports and other securities-law matters, including Securities and Exchange Commission filings on Form 10-K, Form 10-Q, Form 8-K, and proxy materials.
- Assist in the preparation and review of earnings releases, annual meetings and other relevant public announcements in collaboration with key stakeholders, including finance and investor relations functions.
- Manage general corporate governance matters, including coordinating, preparing, and distributing board/committee materials, setting meeting agendas, taking minutes, maintaining corporate records, and leading other governance related matters.
- Provide general legal and business advice to the company’s management team and the board of directors.
- Provide legal advice and support in connection with stock plans, executive compensation, subsidiary management, investor relations, shareholder outreach and other corporate matters
- Develop, recommend, implement corporate policies and compliance programs.
- Manage legal work streams in connection with financing, strategic partnerships, and BD activities, including drafting term sheets and definitive agreements and managing due diligence.
- Provide oversight of the company’s patent portfolio and IP strategy; provide counseling to management on IP related legal matters.
- Manage company’s contract review and approval processes and systems.
- Manage assignments and prioritize workload in line with the company’s objectives and departmental needs.
- Advise on the interpretation of legal documents in a manner that provides accurate guidance and practical advice while properly managing risk to the organization.
- Work across all company departments to meet business objectives.
- Manage outside counsel.
- Other special projects and duties as assigned to support the company.
Qualifications
- Active membership in good standing in at least one state bar required, CA preferred
- J.D. from a respected law school and sterling academic credentials.
- Minimum of 12 years legal experience in securities, corporate governance, corporate transactions, intellectual property and legal operations with exposure to biopharmaceutical industry and healthcare regulatory law.
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment while remaining proactive, resourceful, flexible and efficient, and maintaining high quality and ethical standards.
- Excellent analytical and contract interpretation skills, and an ability to communicate complex issues in a simple way.
- Experience with complex contract drafting and negotiations required.
- Experience managing legal work for a public company required.
- Familiarity with a wide variety of transaction types (e.g., public company, private company, stock purchase, asset purchase, cross-border, etc.).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Ability to provide timely, practical, and actionable legal advice.
- Exceptional organizational and analytical skills, independent judgment, a desire to learn, and an ability to take on and prioritize a wide variety of complex matters.
- High emotional intelligence, capable of collaboratively influencing decision making through respectful exchange of competing ideas and perspectives.
- Self-driven to identify and solve complex and challenging problems.
Salary and Benefits
- Compensation for this role includes base salary, annual target bonus and equity.
- The base salary range for this role is $290,000-$340,000. Starting pay is determined by multiple job-related factors including a candidate’s skills, education and experience level, benchmark, and internal parity.
- Significant growth opportunity as the company expands.
- Empathetic, supportive, and collaborative colleagues and work environments
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