Legal Contracts Specialist

Work at ROCKET PHARMA and help cure rare diseases!

Rocket Pharma is a fully integrated, clinical-stage company advancing gene therapies with curative potential for multiple rare childhood diseases. Rocket places enormous value on people and considers team member progress and well-being to be as important as the progress of its pipeline. We are looking for hands-on team players who enjoy collaborating with colleagues. We share a passion for seeking gene therapy cures for devastating diseases and making a difference for patients. This is an opportunity to become an integral part of a small, highly productive team and to help grow an entrepreneurial, scientifically driven organization that is increasingly recognized as a leading biotechnology innovator. In addition to a competitive compensation package featuring a generous 401K match and stock options, the position includes excellent health benefits.

The Legal Contracts Specialist role is a dynamic position reporting to the Legal Contracts Manager supporting the Rocket Legal Function and Business Development team, involving frequent interaction and collaboration with company leadership and external partners.

• Contract Administration.
• Maintain functionality of Contracts Management System.
• Serve as a point of contact for input and information from Contract Management System.
• Provide regular updates of key contract deadlines / auto-renewals / projected expirations.
• Communicate with internal and external stakeholders on the status of the contracts.
• Monitor contracts and move forward with close-out, extension or renewal according to what’s best for the company.
• Solve any contract-related problems that may arise with other parties and internally with the company itself.
• Support maintenance of library of standardized form documents, contract clauses, and templates.
• Drafting, review and negotiation of basic agreements from Company templates such as confidentiality agreements, service agreements.
• General administrative and operational assistance for Legal, Compliance and Corporate Secretary functions, and any other tasks as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree
• At least 4 years of legal administrator, corporate paralegal, or contracts management experience in an in- house environment, preferably at a life-sciences company.
• Significant professional experience may be considered in lieu of a formal degree requirement.
• Prior significant experience with a contract management system, experience with Plexus a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks/projects.
• A strong sense of professionalism and discretion.
• Extremely organized and detail oriented.
• Enthusiastic and open to learning new subject matters.

A diverse workforce fosters innovation and strengthens Rocket’s business. We ensure equal opportunity without discrimination or harassment in the workplace on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, citizenship, status as a protected veteran, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, and federal laws.