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About Norstella
Norstella is a premier and critical global life sciences data and AI solutions provider dedicated to improving patient access to life-saving therapies. Norstella supports pharmaceutical and biotech companies across the full drug development lifecycle — from pipeline to patient. Our mission is simple: to help our clients bring therapies to market faster and more efficiently, ultimately impacting patient lives.

Norstella unites market-leading brands - Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, Skipta and The Dedham Group and delivers must-have answers and insights, leveraging AI, for critical strategic, clinical, and commercial decision-making. We help our clients: 

Accelerate the drug development cycle 

Assess competition and bring the right drugs to market 
Make data driven commercial and financial decisions
Match and recruit patients for clinical trials
Identify and address barriers to therapies
 Norstella serves most pharmaceutical and biotech companies around the world, along with regulators like the FDA, and payers. By providing critical proprietary data supporting AI-driven workflows, Norstella helps clients make decisions faster and with greater confidence. Norstella's investments in AI are transforming how data is consumed and decisions are made, disrupting inefficient legacy workflows and helping the industry become more efficient, innovative, and responsive to patient needs.

Job Description:
As part of a global legal team, the Legal Counsel, based in the US and reporting to the Head of Commercial Legal, will be responsible for providing broad commercial legal support to a leading provider of drug, device, company, clinical trial and market intelligence in the pharmaceutical and medtech markets. This position requires adaptability to proactively address a diverse set of legal challenges and develop practical solutions in a fast-paced environment focused on building scalable processes.

Responsibilities:

Review, draft, and negotiate a wide range of agreements with customers, vendors, partners, agents, distributors, resellers and other third parties, including data licenses, SaaS agreements, consulting and professional services agreements, master services agreements, marketing and advertising agreements, procurement contracts and other complex commercial agreements.
Support the US and international business in achieving its aims by counseling on contract strategy, risk assessment, and commercial deal structures by delivering concise and pragmatic feedback to applicable stakeholders.
Maintain and update various agreement templates and playbooks to align with changing business policies, legal risks and regulatory and compliance requirements.
Review RFPs for customers (including government entities), identify legal issues and help prepare proposals (including licensing agreements).
Research and respond to general legal inquiries from in-house clients.
Participate in compliance initiatives through training and communications.
Participate in local and cross-regional team projects.
Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, identifying areas for development.

Requirements:

3-5 years experience, preferably some time in-house supporting a high-growth business
Strong background in commercial law, drafting and negotiating national and international agreements
Self-starter able to work independently, exercise good judgment and manage competing priorities
Excellent research and analysis skills. Able to analyze and present complex information clearly and concisely to various stakeholders
Experience working with Real World Data is an advantage
Data licensing, Technology and SaaS experience preferred
Healthcare or biopharma industry experience preferred
Legal and business-friendly judgment, skilled in building consensus across cross-functional stakeholders. Customer centricity and relationship-minded approach a must.
Excellent time management, organizational skills, and focused on execution.

Our Guiding Principles for success at Norstella: