BE THE NEW

Senior Legal Counsel

in a biotech company focused on the discovery, design and development of innovative peptide-based medicines

We are currently looking for a Senior Legal Counsel with a keen interest and experience in the legal matters encountered by life science companies. If you are ready to embrace a wide range of responsibilities with an independent mindset, we want to meet you.

Zealand Pharma is a Danish biotech company bonding to discover, design and develop innovative peptide-based medicines, with a purpose to change lives with next-generation peptide therapeutics.

You will join our legal department, consisting of four skilled and passionate lawyers, and you will report to our Vice President and Head of Legal, Steven Turkington-Hansen.

Responsibilities

Clinical Operations

Regulatory Compliance: Ensuring clinical trials adhere to regulations from agencies like the FDA and EMA.
Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs): Drafting and negotiating agreements with research institutions and CROs, covering study conduct and data handling.
Patient Consent and Data Privacy: Ensuring informed consent forms and data handling comply with legal and ethical standards.
Investigator Agreements: Managing agreements with principal investigators regarding responsibilities and compensation.
Risk Management: Identifying and mitigating legal risks associated with clinical trials, including adverse events.

Contract Handling

Drafting and Negotiating Contracts: Creating and negotiating various contracts with CROs, vendors, and service providers to protect company interests.
Contract Management: Tracking and managing contracts to ensure compliance and meet key deadlines.
Collaboration Agreements: Drafting agreements for research partnerships, defining roles and IP rights.
Vendor Agreements: Handling agreements with vendors for essential services and products, ensuring quality and regulatory compliance.
Confidentiality Agreements (NDAs): Protecting proprietary information through NDAs before sharing with external parties.
Licensing Agreements: Negotiating licenses for technologies or compounds, clearly defining use and IP rights.

In summary, our new colleague will help ensure that clinical operations and contract handling are legally compliant, risk-managed, and efficiently executed, supporting our R&D and business goals.

Candidate profile

We imagine that you bring a master's degree in law and some years of experience from life science or other regulated industry. Furthermore, we hope that you can tick as many as the following boxes:

Proven track record in handling clinical trial agreements, regulatory compliance, and contract negotiation.
Regulatory Knowledge: In-depth understanding of FDA, EMA, ICH guidelines, and data privacy laws (e.g., GDPR, HIPAA).
Strong negotiation and drafting skills for various contracts. Excellent risk management and problem-solving abilities. Effective communication and interpersonal skills.
Detail-oriented with a high level of integrity and ability to work under pressure and manage multiple priorities.
A team player with a can-do-attitude and the ability to navigate at all levels in the organization.

This candidate will ensure legal compliance, manage risks, and support the company’s clinical operations and contractual needs effectively.

Bonding to innovate 

Our employees are fundamental to our success, and we continue to be able to attract and retain people with vast experience and talent. We have a unique culture, characterized by excellent teamwork and strong engagement across the organization.

Making bonds is at the core of everything we do. From discovering and developing the best new peptide drugs for patients, to engaging with our partners or connecting with each other.

We bond as a result of our entrepreneurial culture where our people are encouraged to pursue their ideas and turn them into reality. We are curious about each other’s knowledge and expertise.

We bond through curiosity and playfulness as a team, allowing ourselves to challenge common thinking and drive future innovation. Zealand Pharma is a place where everyone is heard and contributes to the success, we all want to experience.

The Zealand Pharma DNA builds on four values: (1) We are bold, (2) We empower people, (3) We work as one team, and (4) We can be trusted.

Let’s bond and be bold 

We offer a combined compensation package which includes a base salary, pension, bonus, and a possibility to join our employee share program. We care about our employees’ well-being and offer health insurance, use of massage, fitness, and a range of social clubs and activities

To find out more about working at Zealand, visit https://www.zealandpharma.com/careers/zealand-as-a-workplace/

Interested? Please apply no later than July 1, or as soon as possible. The applications will be reviewed as they come in.

For further information, please contact Steven Turkington-Hansen at sturkingtonhansen@zealandpharma.com.

About Zealand Pharma A/S

Zealand Pharma A/S (Nasdaq Copenhagen: ZEAL) ("Zealand") is a Danish biotechnology company on a mission to change lives with next generation peptide medicines. In our effort to reach our goals bonding is at the core of everything we do. Let it be discovering and developing the best new peptide drugs for patients, engaging with partners or connecting with each other. This has led to more than 10 drug candidates invented by Zealand having advanced into clinical development, of which two have reached the market. Zealand’s current pipeline of internal product candidates focus on specialty gastrointestinal and metabolic diseases. Additionally, the portfolio includes clinical license collaboration with Boehringer Ingelheim and pre-clinical license collaboration with Alexion Pharmaceuticals. Zealand is based in Copenhagen (Søborg), Denmark. For further information about the Company's business and activities, please visit www.zealandpharma.com or bond with us through LinkedIn.