General Counsel
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Based in the United StatesFull-TimeSenior
SalaryCompetitive salary aligned with experience and geographic location
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Job Details
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Required Skills
- Risk Management
Requirements
- Juris Doctor (JD) degree with active bar membership in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- 10+ years of legal experience, ideally in corporate, commercial, or transactional law environments.
- Strong background in structuring complex deals, managing outside counsel, and handling high-volume legal operations.
- Experience or strong familiarity with nonprofit law, including 501(c)(3) compliance and exempt organization governance.
- Demonstrated ability to operate in complex, multi-entity environments involving IP, licensing, and cross-border structures.
- Strong strategic thinking skills with the ability to anticipate legal risk and design proactive frameworks.
- Proven leadership experience managing legal teams and external counsel relationships.
- Ability to translate complex legal concepts into clear, actionable guidance for non-legal stakeholders.
- Bonus: exposure to research institutions, scientific organizations, or innovation-driven nonprofit environments.
Responsibilities
- Define and lead the enterprise-wide legal strategy across the organization and its portfolio of research entities.
- Oversee intellectual property strategy, including patent governance, licensing structures, and spinout transactions.
- Manage and develop a growing legal function, establishing clear roles, escalation paths, and operating models.
- Serve as primary advisor to executive leadership on complex legal, structural, and regulatory matters.
- Own and optimize relationships with external counsel across corporate, nonprofit, employment, IP, and international domains.
- Ensure compliance with 501(c)(3) regulations and governance standards.
- Navigate multi-jurisdictional legal and regulatory requirements, including GDPR, OFAC, and anti-bribery frameworks.
- Lead legal structuring for strategic transactions, partnerships, and entity formation.
- Build scalable legal systems, playbooks, and templates to improve organizational efficiency.
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