Senior Counsel, Contract

About the role

Inventiva is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company headquartered in France, focused on the development of lanifibranor in a Phase 3 trial, NATiV3, in MASH. The Senior Counsel position serves as the primary legal advisor for clinical contracting matters and provides legal support across Inventiva’s clinical development, medical affairs and research and development activities with a focus on the US market. This role leads the legal drafting, review and negotiation of complex clinical agreements, including CRO and clinical trial site agreements in partnership with Clinical Operations. As Inventiva grows and its programs advance, the scope of the role may expand to support additional contracting needs. Join Inventiva at a pivotal moment as we prepare for the next phase of growth. This is a unique opportunity to serve as a key legal partner across clinical development, medical affairs, and research and development—leading the drafting, review, and negotiation of complex clinical agreements while supporting the advancement of our programs, with a focus on the U.S. market.

Responsibilities

• Lead the legal drafting, review and negotiation of agreements supporting clinical development activities, including but not limited to Clinical Research Organization (CRO) agreements, Clinical Trial Agreements (CTAs) and site agreements, MSAs, SOWs, and vendor agreements
• Serve as the primary Legal partner to the clinical organization on US related contracting matters and provide practical legal advice that supports clinical program objectives while appropriately managing risks
• Partner closely with Clinical Operations throughout contract development and negotiation, with Legal leading legal terms and Clinical Operations contributing to and leading, as appropriate, non-legal and operational components
• Collaborate with the clinical organization to ensure scopes of work, deliverables, milestones, timelines, budgets, payment schedules, resourcing, performance expectations and other operational requirements are accurately reflected in agreements
• Lead legal negotiations with CROs, clinical sites, academic medical centers, laboratories, vendors, consultants and other third parties
• Advise on contractual matters, including intellectual property, indemnification, limitation of liability, confidentiality, publication rights, data ownership and use, compliance, insurance, termination, warranties, privacy and other material provisions
• Partner with clinical organization on amendments, change orders, scope changes, vendor performance matters and contractual issues arising throughout clinical study execution
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure appropriate business and functional requirements are incorporated into agreements
• Identify opportunities to streamline contracting processes, improve consistency and reduce contract cycle times
• Coordinate with outside counsel and other subject matter experts on specialized legal matters, as appropriate
• Support additional corporate contracting matters, as needed

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Legal, Business Administration, Life Sciences or a related field
• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school
• 8+ years of relevant legal experience with significant experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology,