VP, General Counsel, North America

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is a privately held, specialty pharmaceutical company that focuses on innovative products that meet the needs of underserved patients. As an industry leader in providing unique, accessible, and high-quality medications, Azurity leverages its integrated capabilities and vast partner network to continually expand its broad commercial product portfolio and robust late-stage pipeline. The company’s patient-centric products span the cardiovascular, neurology, endocrinology, gastro-intestinal, institutional, and orphan markets, and have benefited millions of patients. For more information, visit www.azurity.com.

Azurity Pharmaceuticals is proud to be an inclusive workplace and an Equal Opportunity Employer. Azurity's success is attributable to our incredibly talented, dedicated team that focuses on benefiting the lives of patients by bringing the best science and commitment to quality into everything that we do. We seek highly motivated individuals with the dedication, integrity, and creative spirit needed to thrive in our organization.

Azurity is seeking a highly qualified and experienced General Counsel to be the Company’s lead legal counsel in North America.  Reporting to the Company’s Chief Legal Officer, based in Boston, MA, this individual will play a key role in enabling and supporting Azurity’s growth and strategic initiatives in North America. 

This role will provide key legal oversight of each of Azurity’s entities in North America, working with global and regional leadership teams to formulate, guide, and implement key initiatives, while also navigating complex regulatory, legal, litigation, and commercial challenges. This role will work closely with counterpart GCs in Europe, Asia, and other regions that Azurity plans to expand to.  Supporting this role will be a small team of attorneys and legal staff.

Working closely with Azurity’s Compliance team, this role will be expected to establish company policies, procedures, and guidelines in U.S & Canada, and play a key role in championing a shared culture of excellence.

The ideal candidate will have strong experience in pharmaceuticals, serving as a key advisor to a variety of business teams, particularly the Commercial, Regulatory, Finance, Operations, and People organizations.  Experience working on a broad variety of subject matters is a must.  As a fast-growing company, the attorney will oversee a variety of global business development and strategic transactions. Strong corporate law experience and experience with complex business transactions is required.

The role will also provide support to Azurity’s HR team and address employment law matters, as necessary. As necessary, oversight of litigation matters and Azurity’s risk program will be necessary – this will be primarily overseen by Azurity’s head of litigation, who will report into this role. Nonetheless, a strong understanding of pharmaceutical IP litigation and Hatch-Waxman law is required. 

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Entity Management
  • Oversight of Azurity’s North American entities
  • Establish policies, procedures, and guidelines for compliant operations in applicable jurisdictions
  • Oversight and fiduciary obligations; establish necessary checks and balances.
  • Enable and support business initiatives of each of the North America entities
  • Work closely with counterparts in other Azurity regions to manage Azurity’s intercompany relationships
• Strategic Transaction
  • Manage all legal implications of proposed strategic transactions and ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards and identify risks with mitigation plans
  • Conduct legal due diligence to identify any legal obstacles or risks associated with the strategic transaction, such as contractual obligations, intellectual property rights, regulatory compliance, and litigation risks
• Contract Negotiation and Management
  • Lead draft, review, and negotiate a wide range contracts and agreements
  • Ensure contract terms and conditions comply with legal requirements, protect the company's interests, and promote efficient operations
• Compliance
  • Stay updated on relevant laws, regulations, and industry standards impacting the Company
  • Provide legal guidance and support on compliance matters
  • Support Compliance team to develop and implement compliance programs and training initiatives to ensure adherence to legal and regulatory ob