Associate Counsel, Discovery and Research
Description
The Associate Counsel will be a vital member of Moderna's Legal team, offering practical, business-focused legal support across discovery, research, public health initiatives, and business development. This role involves partnering with scientists, business development professionals, and public health collaborators to structure and execute agreements that drive innovation and global impact, while leveraging AI-enabled tools and data-driven insights.
What We're Looking For
Responsibilities include providing comprehensive legal support for discovery and research teams, advising on collaborations and R&D activities, drafting and negotiating contracts for internal research and external partnerships, supporting public health contracts and initiatives, assisting with legal strategy for complex collaborations and licensing transactions, guiding the development of pre-clinical and clinical assets, improving legal templates and processes with AI tools, and managing a diverse portfolio of agreements. Basic qualifications require a J.D. from an accredited law school with admission to practice, 4–7 years of relevant experience in life sciences, biotechnology, or public health legal roles, strong experience with research and collaboration contracts, ability to provide clear legal advice, excellent drafting and negotiation skills, scientific curiosity, and proficiency in managing multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.
Ideal Candidate
J.D. from an accredited law school and admission to practice in good standing.
Minimum Education
J.D. (Juris Doctor)
Hard Skills
Soft Skills
Benefits
Special Commitments
Must be a U.S. person (citizen, permanent resident, asylee, or refugee) due to U.S. export control laws; Moderna is unable to sponsor non-U.S. persons for an export control license for this role.
About the Company
Moderna, Inc.
Moderna is a biotechnology company pioneering a new class of medicines made of messenger RNA (mRNA). The company's platform builds on continuous advances in basic and applied mRNA science, delivery technology and manufacturing, and has allowed the development of therapeutics and vaccines for infectious diseases, immuno-oncology, rare diseases, cardiovascular diseases and autoimmune diseases.
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