General Legal Counsel

About the Company

Through the work that we do, the team at Deciphex helps pharma to accelerate the process of essential drug development and helps cancer patients get timely and accurate diagnosis.

Founded in Dublin in 2017, Deciphex has scaled rapidly to a team of over 90 people and counting who are providing software solutions to address the pathology gap in research pathology and clinical areas. We have offices in Dublin, Exeter and Chicago and are expanding our team throughout the world.

We are software developers, clinical specialists, artificial intelligence engineers, operations professionals and so much more, all working as one team to support our customers and patients.

We are looking for highly motivated & individuals who are excited to take on challenges and value making a difference in their day-to-day work to join our team!

Read more about Deciphex here and more about our incredible team on our Careers Page here

We are looking for a General Legal Counsel to join our rapidly growing team. You must be based in Ireland, the UK or USA.

About this Role (Responsibilities):

• Providing strategic advice to key business stakeholders that supports efficient and effective solutions and articulates legal and commercial risks to inform decision making.
• Drive commercial SaaS agreement negotiations with the world’s leading pharma, biotech, research organizations.
• Draft, review, and negotiate various commercial agreements, including global services, partnership, marketing, and other go to market agreements.
• Create and/or update standard commercial agreements, privacy policies, terms of use, employment agreements, and other commercial agreements.
• Standardize and expand RFP / RFI processes across the global organization.
• Managing external legal support where required.
• Coordinate with other internal functions to ensure internal business alignment and compliance with laws, rules, and regulations.
• Foster an environment of continuous learning and enablement.

About You (Skills and Experience):

• You have 8+ years of experience, including several years of in-house experience, preferably in a high-growth environment.
• Qualified to practice law in the EU and the US.
• Knowledge of law in North America and the Middle East is desirable.
• Experience overseeing a broad range of legal subject matter, including but not limited to corporate governance, commercial law, medical law, & data privacy laws (including HIPPA and GDPR ) and security issues in a commercial negotiation context.
• Experience drafting, redlining, and negotiating complex commercial agreements with a solution-oriented approach.
• Possess a deep understanding of privacy and other regulations impacting the business, including HIPPA and GDPR.
• You will have shown leadership skills in previous positions and are keen to develop these skills further.
• You bring a sense of urgency to the work that you do and are able to execute on tasks by using your initiative.
• You enjoy innovating and bringing new ideas to the table.
• You like to have autonomy in your role and the independence to manage your own time and workload.
• You are highly collaborative and enjoy working with lots of different teams and people.
• You have great written and oral English language skills.

What are the benefits of working with Deciphex?

• A true sense of meaning in your work by contributing to better patient outcomes.
• The opportunity to work alongside a world-class high performing team in a hyper-growth startup environment with.
• A chance to work on exciting and challenging unique projects.
• Regular performance feedback and significant career growth opportunities.
• A flexible/ hybrid working model - most of our team work remotely and attend the office from time to time as required giving employees the autonomy to manage their own work life balance.
• Competitive salary with performance based annual increments.
• Competitive annual leave with an additional paid Christmas holiday.
• A highly collaborative and supportive multi cultural team.

Deciphex is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to the principle of equality. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, religious beliefs, political views, gender identity, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, family or marital status (including pregnancy), disability, membership of the travelling community or any other classification protected by applicable law.