Legal Counsel at GE HealthCare

Ideal for a qualified lawyer, ideally with experience in life sciences, pharma, or healthcare contracting, looking to provide expert legal support for R&D and p

Work type: hybrid

Location: Chalfont St Giles

Type: Full-time

Summary

Ideal for a qualified lawyer, ideally with experience in life sciences, pharma, or healthcare contracting, looking to provide expert legal support for R&D and pharmaceutical services contracting. **What makes it worth a look...** GE HealthCare is seeking a Legal Counsel for a full-time, hybrid role in Chalfont St Giles. This position focuses on critical R&D and pharmaceutical services contracting, supporting innovation and safeguarding the company's legal and regulatory standing. **You might be a good fit if you...** * Are a qualified lawyer (UK or equivalent jurisdiction). * Have strong experience drafting and negotiating R&D-related agreements like CTAs, MTAs, and CRO/vendor agreements. * Possess a strong understanding of IP, liability, and regulatory frameworks relevant to R&D. * Have experience with pharmaceutical services agreements, including license-type arrangements.

Job Description

# Job Description Summary

The Legal Counsel will provide expert legal support for Research & Development (R&D) contracting activities, ensuring compliance with applicable laws, mitigating risk, and enabling timely execution of agreements. This role is critical to support innovation and operational excellence within R&D while safeguarding the company’s legal and regulatory position.
In addition to core R&D contracting responsibilities, the Legal Counsel will also support pharmaceutical services contracting, including agreements that originate outside R&D (e.g., from the CTO organisation) and contain cross functional, commercial adjacent elements. These agreements may resemble license type arrangements and include significant IP, regulatory, supply chain, and operational components. These activities require collaboration beyond the traditional R&D environment and often involve commercially oriented considerations, IP restrictions, and complex operational dependencies.
The Legal Counsel will further contribute to lighthouse programs, process improvement initiatives, and the evolution of a high performing legal function.

# Job Description

## Key Responsibilities

Contracting & Advisory

• Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of R&D‑related agreements, including Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs), Investigator‑Initiated Trial Agreements (IITs), Research Collaboration Agreements (RCAs), Master Service Agreements, Material Transfer Agreements (MTAs), Data Transfer Agreements, and CRO/vendor agreements.

• Draft, review, and negotiate pharmaceutical services agreements, including radiopharmaceutical supply agreements, pharma services license‑type agreements, Work Statements, and related ancillary documentation.

• Provide legal support for CTO‑originated contracting that is adjacent to commercial operations, ensuring alignment with cross‑functional stakeholders (e.g., CTO, Regulatory, Quality, Clinical Operations, Commercial).

• Ensure alignment with company risk tolerance and strategic priorities.

• Provide clear, pragmatic guidance on risk allocation, intellectual property, liability, and regulatory compliance.

• Support contracting activities related to FAPI GOP, including agreement types already in scope such as MTAs, CTAs, and ISTs.

• Partner with R&D, CTO, sourcing, and operational teams to enable timely project delivery.

• Collaborate closely with R&D Contract Managers to support operational efficiency.

• Support development, improvement, and maintenance of contracting playbooks, templates, and guidance documents (including pharma services templates and deviations frameworks).

• Participate in cross‑functional working groups relating to pharma services process development and governance.

• Lead or support lighthouse program contracting work, ensuring visibility and impact on strategic initiatives.

• Deliver training and guidance to internal stakeholders on contracting principles, risk management, and evolving pharma services processes.

• Qualified lawyer (UK or equivalent jurisdiction).

• Experience in life sciences, pharma, or healthcare contracting; open to candidates from in-house or private practice backgrounds, provided they demonstrate adaptability and interest in transitioning to an in-house environment.

• Strong background in drafting and negotiating complex agreements.

• Excellent understanding of IP, liability, and regulatory frameworks relevant to R&D.

• Strategic thinking with attention to detail.

• Strong risk assessment and mitigation capabilities.

• Exceptional communication and influencing skills.

• Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Curiosity, adaptability, and eagerness to engage across functions.

• Collaborative mindset with a proactive approach to problem-solving.

• Timely execution of high-quality agreements.

• Reduction in legal and compliance risks.

• Positive feedback from internal stakeholders.

• Contribution to process improvements and governance initiatives.

• Effective support for pharma services contracting and CTO‑originated workstreams

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