Senior Corporate Counsel

Senior Corporate Counsel- Contract- US RemoteAbout VelseraMedicine moves too slow. At Velsera, we are changing that.Velsera was formed in 2023 through the shared vision of Seven Bridges and Pierian, with a mission to accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of life-changing insights.Velsera provides software and professional services for: AI-powered multimodal data harmonization and analytics for drug discovery and development IVD development, validation, and regulatory approval Clinical NGS interpretation, reporting, and adoption With our headquarters in Boston, MA, we are growing and expanding our teams located in different countries!Job responsibilities: Draft, review, and negotiate a broad range of complex commercial agreements across the company’s operations, including enterprise SaaS agreements, technology licensing, data sharing agreements, bioinformatics collaborations, data resale and sublicensing deals, and confidentiality agreements. Structure and negotiate strategic partnerships involving data products, platform access, and cloud-based tools in support of life sciences and precision medicine initiatives. Serve as the legal department’s primary liaison to Sales, Commercial, Program Management, Finance, GRC, Engineering, Security, and Product teams. Lead contract negotiations with pharmaceutical and biotech customers, including academic institutions and international counterparties, supporting both commercial and data product business lines. Draft and operationalize fallback terms, clause libraries, negotiation playbooks, and contract approval/escalation workflows for Sales, BD, and Alliance teams. Provide product counseling and legal review for platform features, marketing language, customer onboarding, public dataset access, data visualization tools, and certification programs. Own and evolve legal oversight of data governance models, including data mapping, platform permissions, anonymization frameworks, consent requirements, and internal audit. Develop and maintain internal processes for incident response, data security breach notifications, and cross-border data flows involving PII, PHI, or genomic data. Advise internal stakeholders on compliance with global privacy regulations, including GDPR, CCPA/CPRA, HIPAA, DPF, and other region-specific data laws. Support the development and negotiation of customer-facing Data Processing Agreements (DPAs), Business Associate Agreements (BAAs), and cross-border data transfer mechanisms. Lead or support legal response and remediation plans for security incidents involving vendor platforms, SSO integrations, user impersonation, or unauthorized access to sensitive datasets. Partner with HR team on employment law issues including severance agreements, independent contractor classification, remote work policies, and employee hiring in U.S. and international jurisdictions. Provide legal guidance on entity formation, intercompany agreements, subsidiary oversight, cross-border IP ownership, and governance documentation for U.S. and international affiliates. Serve as the legal project manager for internal and external corporate transactions including M&A, investor diligence, convertible instruments, and post-acquisition integration. Work with external counsel and internal business leads to ensure that the company’s legal obligations align with commercial goals, platform capabilities, and regulatory constraints. Translate legal risk into business-aligned recommendations that preserve flexibility while maintaining compliance. Support board-related deliverables including D&O insurance coordination, officer and director appointments, and entity recordkeeping. Monitor and interpret new and evolving laws relevant to the company’s operations, including digital health, life sciences, data use, consumer protection, export controls, and AI regulation. Help build and sustain a legal function that is scalable, cross-functional, and operationally embedded across a global business. About the companyMedicine moves too slow. At Velsera, we are changing that.Velsera was formed in 2023 through the shared vision of Seven Bridges and Pierian, with a mission to accelerate the discovery, development, and delivery of life-changing insights.Velsera provides software and professional services for:
AI-powered multimodal data harmonization and analytics for drug discovery and development
IVD development, validation, and regulatory approval
Clinical NGS interpretation, reporting, and adoption
With our headquarters in Boston, MA, we are growing and expanding our teams located in different countries!

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