VP Legal, US Commercialization

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Our people are compassionate, candid, and purposeful, and our business is innovative and rooted in science. We believe that being proudly authentic and determined to be our best is essential to fulfilling our purpose. Yes, our work is incredibly serious and impactful, but we have big ambitions, bring a ton of care to pursuing them, and have a lot of fun while doing so.

Does this inspire you and feel like a fit? Then we would love to have you join us!

The role

Reporting to the Vice President, Legal, Global Commercialization & Disputes, the Vice President, Legal, U.S. Commercialization is a senior legal leader responsible for providing strategic, proactive legal support and leadership across Genmab's U.S. commercial organization, including brand support for Epkinly, Tivdak, and the planned U.S. launches of Rina-S and petosemtamab.

This role sits on the U.S. Leadership Team and serves as a strategic legal partner to U.S. Commercial, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Patient Support, Government Affairs and Business Operations leadership. The role will lead, develop, and empower a team of three attorneys supporting the U.S. market while personally modeling proactive, strategic, and collaborative leadership. The role will also liaise with a team of country lawyers supporting markets outside of the U.S. and build strong cross-functional relationships across Legal, IP, and Compliance.

Work arrangement: This role offers flexibility to work away from the office for 20%–40% of a typical schedule. Employees may use this work schedule in increments of single days or multiple consecutive days, provided it does not exceed 40% within a 60-day period, and is approved by the hiring manager.

Responsibilities

In this position, you will:

Strategic Launch Support

• Provide leadership to legal team supporting U.S. launch preparations for Epkinly, Rina-S and petosemtamab, and provide strategic advice on key commercial activities such as marketing plans, interactions with HCPs, patient support programs, market access, pricing, and contracting.
• Support US Sales and Marketing, Market Access, Medical Affairs and Regulatory colleagues to help ensure effective, appropriate scientific engagement, communication of data, and health economic information exchange pre- and post-approval.
• Coordinate with Legal colleagues outside the U.S. to provide consistent, aligned advice to Global Commercial and Global Medical teams on brand plans.
• Work closely with attorneys supporting markets outside of the U.S. to ensure launch learnings are pulled through to markets launching at a later date.

Legal Support for Marketed Products

• Provide ongoing counsel to U.S. Commercial, U.S. Medical Affairs, and Market Access organizations to maximize the potential of Epkinly and Tivdak, both of which are subject to a commercial collaboration agreement with other pharmaceutical companies, while managing legal risk. Working with corporate legal colleagues, support the relationship between Genmab and its collaboration partners as it relates to U.S. market activities for collaboration assets.
• Identify legal risks and pragmatic options to support the evolution of U.S. channel distribution strategy, including contracting with wholesalers, distributors, specialty pharmacies, and group purchasing organizations.
• Provide coordinated counsel to the U.S. Market Access and Government Affairs teams to support initiatives that foster a favorable federal and state policy environment and patient access to Genmab's products, including in connection with evolving U.S. government pricing model proposals.
• Provide legal advice on patient engagement and patient support services.
• Working with the US Commercialization legal team, provide legal advice and support for engaging in scientific exchange about Genmab's products with healthcare providers, payors, and other healthcare system stakeholders.

Leadership and Team Management

• Supervise three Legal Directors on the U.S. Market Legal team.
• Build strong relationships with team members across the CLO department, and especially with those supporting U.S. compliance and U.S. employment law issues, working closely together to ensure clarity of roles and accountabilities, and to provide consistent, aligned advice to business stakeholders.
• Personally model and drive collaboration and engagement across the team and broader department. Recalibrate risk appetite to support smart risk-taking, and embed efficient processes and ways of working, including simplifying, prioritizing, leveraging technology, and eliminating low-value work.

External Counsel, Litigation, and Budget Management

• Support the VP, Legal, Global Commercialization & Disputes in managing new and existing U.S. litigation effectively and cost-effectively.
• Select and supervise outside counsel and manage external legal costs to ensure spend remains within approved budget.

Requirements

To succeed in this position, you will bring:

• A Juris Doctor and admission to the bar in good standing in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 15+ years of legal experience, with extensive in-house experience at multinational pharmaceutical or biotechnology companies, with exposure in oncology or specialty biopharma strongly preferred.
• Substantial experience as in-house counsel within the life sciences or pharmaceutical industry, including substantial experience supporting U.S. commercial organizations.
• Experience providing legal support for U.S. product launches, including engagement with Commercial, Medical Affairs, and Market Access functions.
• Experience advising on promotional review, scientific exchange, and healthcare compliance matters in a regulated pharmaceutical or biotech environment.
• Experience drafting and negotiating complex contracts, including trade and distribution arrangements, and government contracts, including an understanding of the federal healthcare programs and the US pricing laws.
• Experience managing complex, multi-party collaboration or alliance relationships, including cross-company legal coordination.
• Proven track record of building, leading, and developing a high-performing legal team, including experience recruiting and mentoring talent.
• Demonstrated ability to model proactive, strategic leadership behaviors and to drive process improvement and organizational effectiveness within a legal function.
• Ability to operate as a strategic business partner, providing practical, risk-based legal advice to senior business stakeholders.
• Experience managing litigation, including coordination with outside counsel and management of litigation budgets, is strongly preferred.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders across Legal, Regulatory Affairs, Medical, Compliance, IP, and the business.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and negotiation skills.

For US based candidates, the proposed salary band for this position is as follows:

$299,680.00---$449,520.00

The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience, and location. Also, certain positions are eligible for additional forms of compensation, such as discretionary bonuses and long-term incentives.

When you join Genmab, you’re joining a culture that supports your physical, financial, social, and emotional wellness. Within the first year, regular full-time U.S. employees are eligible for:

• 401(k) Plan: 100% match on the first 6% of contributions
• Health Benefits: Two medical plan options (including HDHP with HSA), dental, and vision insurance
• Voluntary Plans: Critical illness, accident, and hospital indemnity insurance
• Time Off: Paid vacation, sick leave, holidays, and 12 weeks of discretionary paid parental leave
• Support Resources: Access to child and adult backup care, family support programs, financial wellness tools, and emotional well-being support
• Additional Perks: Commuter benefits, tuition reimbursement, and a Lifestyle Spending Account for wellness and personal expenses

Further details on eligibility for compensation and benefits based on role will be provided during the recruitment process.

About Genmab

Genmab is an international biotechnology company with a core purpose to improve the lives of patients through innovative and differentiated antibody therapeutics. For 25 years, its hard-working, innovative and collaborative team has invented next-generation antibody technology platforms and harnessed translational, quantitative and data sciences, resulting in a proprietary pipeline including bispecific T-cell engagers, antibody-drug conjugates, next-generation immune checkpoint modulators and effector function-enhanced antibodies. By 2030, Genmab’s vision is to transform the lives of people with cancer and other serious diseases with Knock-Your-Socks-Off (KYSO®) antibody medicines.

Established in 1999, Genmab is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark with international presence across North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit Genmab.com and follow us on LinkedIn and X.

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