Description:

Position Summary:
This individual will lead An In-House Firm's legal efforts as a publicly-traded company, including front-line responsibility for all corporate legal work, including board and stockholder governance, SEC reporting, compliance, strategic and operational transactions, insurance / risk management, employment / human relations matters, intellectual property work, and litigation oversight. This person will also engage effectively and independently on external- and internal-facing matters, and will interface directly with other entities/parties, and will work directly with An In-House Firm outside counsel, and with various internal functional leaders, including within business development, finance, human resources, chemistry, biology, and translational research, translational and clinical development, regulatory and manufacturing. This individual will also interact closely with and present analysis of complex issues to An In-House Firm's senior management / leadership team. This position is based in our South San Francisco headquarter offices and required to be onsite four days per week per our company policy.

What You'll Do:

Board and stockholder governance, including support of the Board of Directors and Board Committees.
SEC reporting and compliance, 1934 Exchange Act, including 1934 Exchange Act compliance, preparation and filing of annual and quarterly reports, associated compliance statements, proxy statements, current reports and Reg FD disclosures, NASDAQ listing obligations, as well as beneficial ownership reports.
Compliance matters, including management / oversight of code of ethics, insider trading, privacy, commercial compliance (including anti-inducement and fraud and abuse compliance), and other corporate policies and associated training.
Risk management, including insurance and risk mitigation efforts and enterprise risk management.
Support of business-development matters, including term sheets / deal structuring, legal due diligence, negotiating / drafting transaction documents for in-licenses, out-licenses, collaborative research, and related partnership / alliance management.
Support of finance function, including reporting and equity financings.
Support of human resources matters, including employee relations, new hires, terminations, compensation, benefits.
Support of research, translational and development activities, including operational contracts (e.g., for external contract research and clinical trials).
Oversee the company's intellectual property strategy and enforcement, including protection of new ideas, management of company's patent and trademark portfolio and web-domains, and work to ensure intellectual property is identified and protected.
Advise the company on litigation risks of possible business decisions, manage and oversee threatened and actual litigation or other legal proceedings, and advise on appropriate strategy to defend or resolve litigation.
Retain and manage outside counsel and other legal vendors.

Requirements:

15+ years practicing as an attorney, preferably with both law firm and public company legal department experience and preferably with at least 5 years of experience in the oncology or biotech industry.
Experience reviewing and assisting in the preparation of public company ‘34 Act filings, including annual reports on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K and Section 16 filings.
Experience drafting public company proxy statements for annual meetings of stockholders, including compensation tables and compensation discussion & analysis.
Experience working on strategic and operational transactional matters.
Juris Doctor degree, with strong academic credentials.
California Bar, active member, in good standing.