Contracts & Legal Analyst Product Development

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The Position

Contracts & Legal Analyst - Product Development

A healthier future. Its what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. Thats what makes us Roche.

The Legal and Compliance Department ensures that Roche operates within the boundaries of laws regulations and ethical standards. We protect Roches interests and reputation by providing creative and business-focused legal advice drafting and reviewing contracts managing litigation and addressing compliance issues.

We also collaborate with other departments to develop and implement policies and procedures that promote ethical business behavior patient safety data privacy and transparency while maximizing the value of our intellectual property. We play a vital role in maintaining the companys integrity and freedom to operate.

The Opportunity:

As a Contract Analyst reporting into the Legal function you will play a pivotal role in accelerating Roches clinical research and product development pipeline across Canada.

Your core responsibilities will include:

• Drafting and negotiating clinical trial agreements (CTAs) confidentiality agreements and related product development contracts.

• Partnering and collaborating with external stakeholders including major academic hospitals clinical research sites and prominent research universities across Canada.

• Ensuring risk mitigation and compliance by aligning agreement terms with Roches internal policies Canadian healthcare regulations data privacy laws and ethical standards.

• Managing the contract lifecycle from initial intake and drafting through redlines negotiation approval and final execution.

• Providing legal support to internal clinical operations and study management teams to resolve contract-related bottlenecks efficiently.

• Assisting the Legal department with ad-hoc projects including the maintenance and optimization of contract templates playbooks and internal guidance documents.

Who You Are:

• You hold a formal Law Clerk training (e.g. Law Clerk/ diploma or equivalent legal education/certification).

• You posses 3 years of experience and demontrate a strong foundational interest in drafting and negotiating contracts within the Canadian legal landscape.

• You are self-motivated and capable of working independently managing multiple contract files simultaneously with strict attention to detail.

• You possess excellent communication negotiation and interpersonal skills with the ability to bridge gaps between legal requirements and clinical research goals.

• You have a collaborative mindset capable of building strong relationships with both internal business partners and external institutional representatives.

• You complement our culture and the core values that guide our daily behavior and decisions: Integrity Courage and Passion.

Preferred:

• You have prior experience negotiating clinical trial agreements or working within the pharmaceutical biotechnology or broader healthcare/research sector.

• You demonstrate familiarity with intellectual property provisions liability/indemnification clauses and Canadian health data privacy considerations.

Relocation benefits are not available for this position.

The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location of Mississauga is 89256.00 and 117148.50 of hiring range. Actual pay will be determined based on experience qualifications and other job-related factors as determined by the company.

We use artificial intelligence to screen assess or select applicants for this role.

This posting is for an existing vacancy at Hoffmann-La Roche Ltd.

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together more than 100000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities foster creativity and keep our ambitions high so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Lets build a healthier future together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Required Experience:

IC

Employment Type : Full-Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1