Paralegal, Contracts (Full-Time Onsite, 3-Day Hybrid, Or Remote Options)

Company Description

Guardant Health is a leading precision oncology company focused on helping conquer cancer globally through use of its proprietary tests, vast data sets and advanced analytics. The Guardant Health oncology platform leverages capabilities to drive commercial adoption, improve patient clinical outcomes and lower healthcare costs across all stages of the cancer care continuum. Guardant Health has commercially launched Guardant360®, Guardant360 CDx, Guardant360 TissueNext™, Guardant360 Response™, and GuardantOMNI® tests for advanced stage cancer patients, and Guardant Reveal™ for early-stage cancer patients. The Guardant Health screening portfolio, including the Shield™ test, aims to address the needs of individuals eligible for cancer screening.

(Open to having an individual be Full-Time Onsite, 3-day Hybrid, or Remote Options)

The Paralegal, Contracts will support the legal contracts team in a fast-paced, high-growth healthcare technology environment. This position shall manage the company’s contracts with business partners and vendors. This position drafts and negotiates a variety of contracts and supports the development of resources, including templates, negotiation guides, and training materials.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• File, manage, and track executed agreements within Guardant’s contract management system (CMS) repository
• Draft and redline agreements, including non-disclosure agreements, consulting agreements, SaaS agreements, master services agreements, laboratory services agreements, statements of work, change orders, amendments, and purchase orders
• Establish positive and productive relationships with contract requestor(s), internal stakeholders, and senior leadership involved in contract process
• Provide a high-quality service level to all internal and external customers ensuring accuracy, efficiency, and interpretations of contract language, as needed
• Identify and implement for the legal team efficiencies, scalability, and consistency through the use of technology
• Assist the legal team on a variety of tasks, projects, processes, and initiatives, as requested
• Manage incoming contract requests, reviewing and processing of all agreements
• Prepare summary reports and dashboards as requested
• Partner with members of the Commercial Legal team to facilitate efficient and productive workflow and respond to legal and business needs of the organization
• Support and maintain utilization of the CMS; work with external vendor on implementation of process improvements
• Provide training on contracts process, including new hire, ad-hoc training, lunch & learns

Qualifications

• Strong project management skills
• Paralegal certification preferred
• Excellent organizational skills required
• Bachelor’s degree, Associate’s degree or certificate program in paralegal studies or equivalent relevant work experience required
• Must have thorough working knowledge of computer software, including word processing, email and database programs
• Ability to meet multiple deadlines, with a high degree of accuracy and efficiency
• Ability to work as part of a team
• Demonstrate ability to interact in a collaborative manner and at a professional level with clients at all levels throughout the organization
• Experience with in-house corporate legal department a plus
• Detail oriented yet can see broader picture for department and organization
• Proficient with tools and processes that support work conducted by functional area
• Must be able to work independently and use judgment, within defined practices and policies, regarding contractual matters
• Understands key business drivers and uses this understanding to accomplish work
• Must have the ability to read, analyze and interpret legal documents and to effectively present information to business partners and management
• Must have expertise with legal contracts and documents
• Has strong understanding of processes, procedures and systems used to accomplish the work and recognizes downstream impact on other functional areas
• A minimum of 1 year of experience, preferably working directly with contract law.
• Demonstrated ability to work and communicate effectively
• Strong communications, problem-solving, analytical thinking skills
• Demonstrate a positive attitude, the ability to work with others, be self-motivated requiring limited supervision and a desire to learn

Additional Information

Hybrid Work Model: At Guardant Health, we have defined days for in-person/onsite collaboration and work-from-home days for individual-focused time. All U.S. employees who live within 50 miles of a Guardant facility will be required to be onsite on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays. We have found aligning our scheduled in-office days allows our teams to do the best work and creates the focused thinking time our innovative work requires. At Guardant, our work model has created flexibility for better work-life balance while keeping teams connected to advance our science for our patients.

The US base salary range for this full-time position is $49,840 to $77,600. The range does not include benefits, and if applicable, bonus, commission, or equity. The range displayed reflects the minimum and maximum target for new hire salaries across all US locations for the posted role with the exception of any locations specifically referenced below (if any).

For positions based in Palo Alto, CA or Redwood City, CA, the base salary range for this full-time position is $71,200 to $97,000. The range does not include benefits, and if applicable, bonus, commission, or equity.

Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including, but not limited to, job-related skills, experience, and relevant education or training. If you are selected to move forward, the recruiting team will provide details specific to the factors above.

Employee may be required to lift routine office supplies and use office equipment. Majority of the work is performed in a desk/office environment; however, there may be exposure to high noise levels, fumes, and biohazard material in the laboratory environment. Ability to sit for extended periods of time.

Guardant Health is committed to providing reasonable accommodations in our hiring processes for candidates with disabilities, long-term conditions, mental health conditions, or sincerely held religious beliefs. If you need support, please reach out to [email protected]

Guardant Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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