Senior Director Corporate Counsel - Privacy/ Transactions

Join Our Team at Regeneron PharmaceuticalsRegeneron Pharmaceuticals is seeking a highly experienced transactions attorney for a pivotal role to serve as a transactional attorney and liaison to the Regeneron Data Privacy Office. This position will act as a privacy expert within the Transactions & Contracts team offering guidance to colleagues on privacy law and ensuring that privacy provisions are seamlessly integrated into our contracts. The position also involves drafting, reviewing, negotiating, and providing strategic counsel on a diverse portfolio of significant agreements across our innovative business units, overseeing the operations of Regeneron's contract lifecycle management system, including managing the group's Associate Director, Contracts and Systems Operations.Your expertise will be instrumental in advising the Transactions Team on complex privacy issues, requiring a deep understanding of life sciences, business transactions, and data privacy. We are looking for a candidate with exceptional drafting and negotiation skills, life sciences law expertise, leadership capabilities and a proven track record of progressive experience in contract law and data privacy. The ideal candidate thrives in collaborative settings, working alongside multiple stakeholders to provide comprehensive legal solutions that drive Regeneron's success.Work Location: Sleepy Hollow, NY or Cambridge, MAHybrid: 4 days per week on siteDiscover your role:Providing legal support for a particular area of business transactions, which may include research collaboration agreements, master services agreements, consulting services agreements, license agreements, data use agreements, laboratory services agreements and confidentiality agreements, among others.Maintaining subject matter expertise in data privacy laws and the Regeneron privacy policies and advising Transaction Law colleagues and clients on developments of importance.Providing ongoing one-on-one support to members of the Transaction Law team and coordinating with internal teams and external resources to negotiate and finalize data privacy language in third-party agreements.Responding to U.S. and ex-U.S. contracting questions.Managing updates to the group's data privacy contracting playbook.Creating data privacy contracting tools and training materials.Managing office hours with internal business partners.Developing and training on privacy contracting tools and requirements.Acting as liaison for the Transactions Law Group with the Data Privacy Office on data privacy policy questions and approaches.Providing strategic direction and oversight for Regeneron's contract lifecycle management system, including serving as the manager of the team's Associate Director, Contracts Systems and Operations.Providing contract law support for the Regeneron Cell Medicines team in Cambridge.This role requires:JD with excellent law school credentials.Licensed to practice law in New York or be eligible for licensure as a registered in-house counsel is preferred.At least 15 years of legal experience at a law firm and/or in-house, with biotech/pharmaceutical and/or health care experience.Solid understanding of contracts and related law. Experience with contracts involving data privacy and intellectual property.Experience in strategic leadership of contract management systems or similar role is preferred.