Manager, Legal Operations

Roivant’s mission is to systematically reduce the time, cost, and risk of delivering new medicines to market by accelerating the development of promising drug candidates to improve the lives of patients and their families. Since its inception in 2014 Roivant has achieved the following critical milestones in support of its vision: built over 20 portfolio companies (Vants); 5 successful IPOs; $3B partnership with global pharma; pipeline of over 40 assets across various modalities and therapeutic areas; 10 successful phase 3 readouts since 2019; launched VTAMA®, (tapinarof) cream, 1%, for the topical treatment of plaque psoriasis in adults.  Building upon this track record of establishing a robust pipeline through in-licensing and acquisition of novel assets and technology platforms, Roivant is currently building new capabilities in drug discovery and expanding upon existing development disciplines to become the leading tech-enabled pharmaceutical company.

To learn more about our story and company culture, please visit us at https://roivant.com/

Position Summary:

Roivant Sciences is seeking a full-time Manager – Legal Operations to join our Legal Team. The successful candidate will be responsible for managing operations and administrative support for all of the corporate, governance, and contracting work of Roivant’s Legal Team. You must be comfortable working in a fast-paced environment and be able to handle multiple workstreams with flexible and efficient prioritization. You should be highly organized, solution driven, proactive, commercial, and work well both collaboratively and autonomously. The ideal candidate is enthusiastic and passionate about Roivant’s mission and supporting the Legal Team’s efforts to further that mission. The Manager – Legal Operations will be responsible for managing a paralegal who is currently part of the Legal Team.

Responsibilities will include supervising legal entity formation, management and maintenance in multiple jurisdictions within the US and abroad, supporting the Legal Team with various corporate governance matters, including the preparation and record-keeping of board and shareholder meetings at our parent company and subsidiaries, maintaining and organizing corporate files, providing senior paralegal support to the Legal Team in financing and corporate transactions, supporting the legal contracting processes and collaborating with colleagues across the organization to ensure Roivant’s contracts are managed in alignment with the Legal team’s goals and priorities, and supporting the Legal Team in budgeting for and processing outside counsel expense reporting and billing. Additionally, you will support the Legal Team in managing compliance with various Federal, state, and non-US regulations and requirements.  This role includes the opportunity to grow in responsibility together with the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Corporate Governance and Entity Management

• Supervise legal entity formation, management and maintenance in multiple jurisdictions within the US and abroad
• Coordinate with local counsels and corporate secretaries in various jurisdictions to ensure good standing of multiple subsidiaries
• Maintain corporate entity management system, including corporate books and records at the parent company and subsidiaries
• Assist with preparing presentation materials for board meetings and drafting board and shareholder consents/resolutions at the parent company and subsidiaries
• Review board meeting minutes at the parent company and subsidiaries
• Support the Legal Team and HR Team with employee equity administration at the parent company and subsidiaries
• Act as a Legal Team contact for Roivant leadership and Board of Directors, including coordinating with stakeholders to resolve questions, gather information, and take action on deadlines, compliance forms, and other issues 
• Oversee outside counsel expense reporting and billing

Corporate Paralegal Management and Support

• Manage and supervise Legal Team Paralegal
• Manage maintenance and organization of corporate files
• Support Legal Team on corporate and financing transactions, including due diligence, corporate approvals, and related securities law filings
• Project manage ad-hoc cross-departmental projects involving HR, Tax, Accounting and Finance where the Legal Team is the project coordinator

Contracts and Operations 

• Support oversight of legal operations for the Legal Team to ensure delivery of high-quality legal services to the organization 
• Serve as a primary point of contact for the Legal Team on legal inquiries, and managing internal systems t