Senior Counsel I, Corporate Legal (IT Transactions)

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Job Description
 

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (Gilead) is a biopharmaceutical company that has pursued and achieved breakthroughs in medicine for more than three decades, with the goal of creating a healthier world for all people. The company is committed to advancing innovative medicines to prevent and treat life-threatening diseases, including HIV, viral hepatitis, and cancer. Gilead operates in more than 35 countries worldwide, with headquarters in Foster City, California. 

Senior Counsel I, Corporate Legal

Our Corporate Contracts Team consists of smart, collegial, and team-oriented attorneys and non-attorney legal professionals that provide day-to-day contracting and transactional support to Gilead’s procurement organization and business units, including research, development, manufacturing, commercial, facilities, IT and G&A. The team works closely with colleagues in IP, procurement, IT security, privacy, and other legal and functional groups to deliver high-quality contracting and transactional support to Gilead’s many business teams, and, in turn, help those business teams execute on Gilead’s mission to address unmet medical needs and improve life by advancing the care of patients with life-threatening diseases.

The Corporate Contracts Team seeks an experienced attorney in technology transactions to help support Gilead’s information technology group and other Gilead groups entering complex technology transactions.  Located at the Gilead company headquarters in Foster City, California (hybrid), this senior level role works closely with a world-class and innovative contracts team, a collaborative legal department, and an organization of top-notch procurement professionals.  The Senior Counsel primarily supports Gilead’s information technology (IT) department and may also assist with other contract matters related to the procurement of indirect goods and services, as needed.

Responsibilities:

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Drafts, reviews, and negotiates the following agreements:
• SaaS and other hosted services agreements;
• Software license agreements;
• Managed services agreements; Master service agreements; Consulting agreements; Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements; and other commercial transactional agreements, including but not limited to non-standard, higher risk contracts involving artificial intelligence (AI), security assessments, patient safety information, and complex data licensing matters.
• Assists client group on various legal projects, including:
• Advising on data security, privacy, and AI issues;
• Identifying risk and experience in generating risk/risk mitigation memos to clients;
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