Senior Associate/Manager, Contract Management (Pharma)

Key Responsibilities

Client Delivery & Legal Leadership

- Draft, review, and negotiate complex pharmaceutical manufacturing and manufacturing-related agreements, including supply agreements, logistics services agreements, development and technology transfer agreements, contract manufacturing agreements, CDAs, MSAs, and SOWs.

- Act as a senior escalation point for high-risk or complex contractual matters.

- Provide structured contract analysis and risk assessments, including support in dispute-related matters where required.

- Ensure alignment with client policies, regulatory frameworks, and industry best practices.

Operational & Process Transformation

- Lead initiatives to refine legal review triggers and reduce unnecessary legal involvement in low-risk agreements, enabling efficient allocation of legal resources.

- Analyse contracting data (including AI-supported clause analytics) to identify negotiation patterns, optimize templates, and reduce escalation cycles.

- Drive standardization of clauses and fallback positions to improve consistency and negotiation efficiency.

- Enhance and maintain contract reporting dashboards, including volume tracking, complexity indicators, ageing analysis, and region-level performance metrics.

- Proactively identify structural improvements to reduce time-to-contract and improve overall contract lifecycle management.

AI & Innovation Enablement

- Champion adoption of AI-enabled contracting tools, including clause analytics and negotiated outcomes analysis.

- Partner with internal technology, CRU, and R&D teams to develop AI-enabled solutions that deliver measurable client value.

- Translate AI insights into practical guidance, improved templates, and scalable contracting strategies.

- Promote data-driven decision-making across stakeholders.

Strategic Stakeholder Engagement

- Build and maintain strong working relationships with Legal, Procurement, R&D, Tech Ops, QA, Insurance, and Privacy stakeholders.

- Position Factor as a trusted advisor and central contracting partner.

- Lead proactive communication during resourcing changes, process transitions, and structural improvements to ensure delivery continuity.

- Support business reviews and contribute data-backed insights to client leadership discussions.

Resourcing & Team Leadership

- Support resourcing strategy, onboarding, training, and transition of work across regions where required.

- Coach and develop junior legal professionals; provide subject-matter guidance on pharmaceutical manufacturing agreements.

- Develop and maintain guidance materials, knowledge articles, and internal trackers to strengthen team expertise and reduce repetitive legal queries.

- Contribute to onsite training and best-practice sessions for internal and client stakeholders.

Required Qualifications

- Legally eligible to work in Poland.

- Qualification as a lawyer (or equivalent professional experience).

- 8+ years of legal experience, ideally in pharmaceutical manufacturing, procurement, logistics, and supply chain agreements.

- Demonstrated expertise in pharmaceutical manufacturing agreements (DS/DP development, tech transfer, supply, device development, logistics).

- Strong understanding of international supply chain contracting, IP considerations in pharma manufacturing, and risk allocation frameworks.

- Experience collaborating directly with Legal, Procurement, and business stakeholders in a global environment.

- Proven ability to lead process improvement and operational transformation initiatives.

- Experience leveraging data and AI tools to improve contracting outcomes.

- Strong commercial awareness and understanding of financial and performance metrics.

- Excellent drafting, negotiation, stakeholder management, and communication skills.

- Ability to operate autonomously, prioritize effectively, and deliver under pressure.

- Proficiency in Microsoft Office and contract lifecycle management systems (e.g., Icertis).