Senior Corporate Counsel – Contracts

The newly created Senior Corporate Counsel role will lead the contracts function at Freenome.

In addition, you will support the organization on a variety of critical corporate matters, including privacy, compliance, and o thers as we grow.

How you’ll contribute:

Collaborate with members of the business and commercial team, clinical research, medical affairs, supply chain to advance key initiatives to further the company’s mission
Review, draft, negotiate, and manage a wide variety of contracts, including commercial, licensing, clinical trial, supply, advisory, confidentiality, IT, vendor agreements, and other strategic partnership agreements Negotiate with universities, research institutions, pharma, biotechnology companies, and suppliers as the need arises Advise various internal stakeholders on contracts that involve complex business and legal issues including IP Take the lead on various special projects as the need arises.

What you’ll bring: 
Undergraduate degree in the life sciences, Juris Doctor from an accredited university, and admittance to the California Bar At least seven to ten years of legal experience (large law firm or in-house) within the life sciences field Familiarity with HIPAA and HITECH laws Demonstrated experience drafting, negotiating, and executing complex clinical, transactional, and other complex industry contracts Strong understanding of contracting within life science companies, including supply, R&D, licensing, and commercial partnership agreements Ability to work in a fast pace environment and manage a variety of complex matters and projects simultaneously Outstanding business judgment and strategic thinking  The ability to generate creative pragmatic solutions and anticipate the impact of decisions Outstanding written and verbal communication skills.

Ownership of work product and deliver the highest quality results A personal passion for advancing scientific innovation 
About Freenome

Freenome is on a mission to empower everyone with the tools they need to detect, treat, and ultimately prevent cancer.

We have pioneered the most comprehensive multiomics platform for early cancer detection through a routine blood draw.

By combining deep expertise in molecular biology with advanced computational biology and machine learning techniques to recognize disease-associated patterns among billions of circulating, cell-free biomarkers, we are developing simple and accurate blood tests for early cancer detection and integrating the actionable insights into health systems to operationalize a machine learning feedback loop between care and science. 

Our recent $270 Million Series C brings our financing to over $500 million from investors, including; Bain Capital, Perceptive Advisors, RA Capital, Polaris Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, funds and accounts advised by T.

Rowe Price Associates, Inc., GV (formerly Google Ventures), Roche Venture Fund, Kaiser Permanente Ventures, American Cancer Society’s BrightEdge Ventures, Data Collective Venture Capital, Novartis and Verily Life Sciences. 

Our Science

Freenome is building technology to advance the understanding of cancer through multiple analytes derived from blood.

These signals include cell-free DNA, methylation of cell-free DNA, cell-free RNA, circulating proteins, and immune profiling derived from thousands of prospective samples.

By developing novel statistical learning methods and applying them to integrate various -omics datasets, Freenome is a leader in modeling specific biological mechanisms to capture disease-dependent signatures, including gene expression, immune response, tumor burden, the tissue of origin, and 3D chromatin structure. 

By building comprehensive discovery datasets and modeling critical biological systems, Freenome is learning what biological changes are present within the blood between a variety of different disease states, including cancer, autoimmune disorders, infections, drug response, and aging.

The synthesis of Freenome’s datasets, cross-functional technical expertise, and audacious mission to discover biological truth, we seek to improve the lives of millions through early detection and early treatment of disease.

Our Culture

Freenomers are technical, creative, visionary, grounded, empathetic, and passionate.

We build teams around divergent expertise, allowing us to solve problems and ascertain opportunities in unique ways.

Freenomers are some of the most talented experts in their fields, joining together to advance healthcare, one breakthrough at a time. 

We value empathy, integrity, and trust in one another, and we respect the diverse perspectives of our colleagues and those we serve.

We assume positive intent and give each other the benefit of the doubt with the firm belief that we are a team working toward the same objectives.

We believe in empowering and supporting each other in a collaborative and dynamic environment. 

What does a successful person look like at Freenome?

Those who thrive at Freenome prioritize, manage, and execute their own goals with ownership and alignment with those of the company.

They embrace our values of empathy, integrity, striving for greatness, servant leadership, trust, and holding themselves and their team accountable to these values.

They crave collaboration with brilliant minds from disparate fields of study and believe that hiring and mentorship are fundamental to our success.

Above all, they welcome and provide constructive feedback and criticism, trusting in others’ good intentions, and being secure in knowing that embracing mistakes is the best way to learn and grow.

For those who pursue challenges, understudied problems, and want the opportunity to see their work impact the lives of millions of people affected by cancer every year, there’s no better place to be than Freenome.

Freenome is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity.

Freenome does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non-disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status, or any other basis covered by appropriate law.

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