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Senior Associate, Contract Management - Fix termFactor · Wroclaw

Senior Associate, Contract Management - Fix term

WroclawHybrid

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Owns the full contract lifecycle for a Fortune 500 client, drafting and negotiating research, alliance, data and collaboration agreements, and advising business stakeholders on contractual risk. Fixed-term 15-month role based in Wroclaw.

About this role

With a legacy as a pioneer in the ALSP market, Factor leads the next evolution in legal services through AI-integrated contracting.
Factor is the market leader in Integrated Law™, combining the expertise of Traditional Law, the efficiency of New Law, and the close business integration of In-house legal to deliver complex legal work at scale.
Factor works alongside corporate legal departments to solve for the ever-increasing demands and complexity of transactional legal work. Our "do while transforming, transform while doing" approach combines specialist expertise, AI-powered solutions, and business process knowledge to deliver better performance, better business and legal outcomes, and a transformed contracting experience.
Our clients span Fortune 500 companies including global banks, major pharmaceutical companies and large technology firms.
We believe that the more diverse our team becomes — in backgrounds, skills, experiences, and perspectives — the higher our creative potential as a company. We are dedicated to growing a diverse, inclusive company where individuals of all backgrounds thrive.
We are comprised of more than 300 lawyers, legal specialists, technologists, and process consultants across Europe and North America – Join us!
The Role:
We’re looking for a Senior Contract Associate to join us in our Wroclaw office. As a member of our team, you’ll be responsible for supporting our clients business by drafting and negotiating a wide range of contracts as part of a wider general support service to the client’s contracts management and in-house legal teams.
If you believe in being a team player, can collaborate and communicate well with technical and non-technical audiences while bringing a result-driven, focused, high energy, confident, curious, quirky, and most of all fun sense of self, then this is the place for you.

This is a fix term 15 months contract.

Responsibilities

Some of the key responsibilities include:
  • Owning the full contract lifecycle, from assessing requests and selecting the appropriate agreement through drafting, negotiation, approvals, execution and record-keeping.
  • Drafting and negotiating a wide range of bespoke research agreements, including alliance and master agreements, institution-sponsored research agreements, data and research collaboration agreements, statements of work and amendments.
  • Negotiating directly with universities, academic medical centres, hospitals and other research partners on complex terms relating to intellectual property, data and sample sharing, confidentiality, liability and indemnification.
  • Advising business stakeholders on contractual risk and practical solutions, while working closely with Legal, Clinical Operations, IP, Privacy and Compliance teams.
  • Supporting research governance and third-party risk management, including compliance with internal policies, applicable regulations and fair market value assessments where relevant.
  • Monitoring contracting performance, helping to remove bottlenecks and continuously improving processes, templates and guidance.
  • Qualifications

  • You are adaptable, authentic, accountable, and values-driven. You’re a team player who exhibits personal leadership and leaves things better than you found them. We’re looking for someone who always gives their best and inspires others to do the same. This role requires excellent attention to detail and strong commercial awareness. It’s no small task!
  • In addition to the above, here are the required skills, knowledge, capabilities, and education for this role:
  • Law Degree and/or Legally Qualified
  • Legally eligible to work in the country this role is based
  • 6+ years’ demonstrable experience of independently drafting and negotiating commercial contracts within a law firm, as part of an in-house legal team or within Factor
  • Excellent attention to detail
  • Operates with substantial latitude, with minimal or no supervision
  • Strong commercial awareness, working directly with business managers
  • The legal knowledge to act as a senior advisor to the client and serve as an escalation point on issues for more junior team members
  • Very strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills
  • Very strong working knowledge of Microsoft Office suite - especially Microsoft Word
  • Coaching and mentoring more junior team members
  • Experience of client relationship management
  • Working with a recognized matter management system as part of daily routine
  • What We Offer

  • Chance to develop your career in an international, innovative company providing legal services to top brands worldwide;
  • Opportunity to join an industry-leading executive team and over 400 lawyers, contract experts, technologists, and process consultants;
  • Inclusive and nurturing work environment, where everyone's contributions are valued;
  • Comfortable working hours with respect for work-life balance;
  • Employment contract and employees’ benefits package – MultiSport card, private medical care, group insurance, wellbeing platform;
  • Remote (PL) or hybrid working model with a modern office located in the heart of Wroclaw.
  • Skills

    Client Relationship ManagementClinical Trial ContractingCommercial ContractsContract DraftingContract NegotiationData Sharing AgreementsFair Market Value AssessmentIntellectual PropertyMatter Management SystemMicrosoft OfficeMicrosoft WordResearch AgreementsRisk AssessmentThird-Party Risk Management

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