About the Role
Serve as the primary legal advisor to the UK affiliate during the launch and commercialization of its first oncology product, providing practical, risk-based legal advice across commercial operations, market access, competition law, healthcare compliance, contracting, litigation, and external stakeholder engagement.
Responsibilities
- Serve as the primary legal advisor to the General Manager, UKI and local Leadership Team.
- Provide practical, solution-oriented legal advice to support commercial decision-making and business strategy.
- Participate as a trusted member of the UKI leadership team, proactively identifying legal risks and opportunities.
- Support the successful launch and ongoing commercialization of the Company's oncology portfolio in the UK and Ireland.
- Advise on commercial operations in the UK and Ireland, including Sales, Marketing, Medical Affairs, Market Access, Government Affairs, Regulatory Affairs and Finance.
- Provide legal support for promotional activities, field-based engagements, digital initiatives, early access and patient support programs.
- Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements with consultants, vendors, service providers and strategic partners.
- Support third-party due diligence, collaboration governance and ongoing business partner relationship management.
- Lead legal support for pricing, reimbursement, tenders, healthcare contracting and market access initiatives.
- Draft and negotiate rebate agreements, market access agreements and value-based arrangements with statutory and private healthcare stakeholders.
- Partner with Market Access and Government Affairs to assess the legal impact of evolving reimbursement policies.
- Advise on UK, Irish and European competition law issues affecting pharmaceutical commercialization, including pricing, distribution, information exchanges, collaborations, tenders and competitor interactions.
- Counsel teams on healthcare professional engagements, transfers of value, sponsorships, grants and interactions with healthcare organizations.
- Partner with Compliance to support adherence to applicable pharmaceutical industry codes and internal policies.
- Manage actual and threatened litigation involving the UKI.
- Coordinate with external counsel on commercial disputes, regulatory matters, employment-related legal issues, product-related claims and investigations.
- Develop litigation strategy in collaboration with the VP Legal, Europe and senior management.
- Manage legal holds, investigations and dispute resolution processes.
- Advise on UK and Irish legal requirements impacting commercial operations.
- Support implementation of new legislation affecting pharmaceutical companies.
- Provide legal guidance on consumer protection, unfair competition, advertising, procurement and commercial regulations.
- Coordinate with specialist external counsel on complex local law matters where appropriate.
- Partner with Global Legal, Compliance, Regulatory Affairs, Medical Affairs, Quality, Supply Chain, Finance and Human Resources.
- Support audits, compliance initiatives and implementation of legal policies, templates and best practices across Europe.
- Develop and deliver legal training to the UKI affiliate.
- Select, instruct and manage UK and Irish external counsel.
- Oversee litigation budgets and legal spend to ensure efficient delivery of high-quality legal services.
Requirements
- J.D. or equivalent law degree and admission to practice in at least one U.S. state or European jurisdiction.
- 10+ years of legal experience, including significant in-house or law firm experience supporting the life sciences industry.
- Strong knowledge of UK and Irish pharmaceutical law, commercial legal issues, competition law, healthcare compliance and promotional regulations, including relevant industry codes.
- Experience advising commercial pharmaceutical organizations, including market access, reimbursement or healthcare contracting matters.
- Demonstrated ability to advise senior business leaders in a highly regulated environment.
- Excellent negotiation, communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Ability to travel approximately 10–20% within the UK and Ireland and internationally, including periodic travel to the Company’s U.S. and European offices.
Skills
- Strategic business partnership
- Commercial judgment and pragmatic risk management
- Executive presence and influencing skills
- Healthcare, competition and regulatory expertise
- Negotiation and contracting
- Cross-functional collaboration and project leadership
- Experience supporting oncology or specialty pharmaceutical products.
- In-house legal experience supporting a UKI pharmaceutical affiliate.
- Experience supporting a first commercial launch.
- Familiarity with UK and Irish healthcare systems, market access, pricing, reimbursement and HTA frameworks, including NICE and relevant Irish reimbursement processes.
- Experience managing commercial litigation and regulatory investigations.
- Fluency in English.
Location
- UK
- Ireland
Work Type
- Hybrid
Experience Level
- 10+ years of legal experience
- Senior
Education Level
- J.D. or equivalent law degree
- Admission to practice in at least one U.S. state or European jurisdiction
About the Company
- Revolution Medicines is a late-stage clinical oncology company developing novel targeted therapies for patients with RAS-addicted cancers.
- The company’s R&D pipeline comprises RAS(ON) inhibitors designed to suppress diverse oncogenic variants of RAS proteins.
- The company’s RAS(ON) inhibitors daraxonrasib (RMC-6236), a RAS(ON) multi-selective inhibitor; elironrasib (RMC-6291), a RAS(ON) G12C-selective inhibitor; zoldonrasib (RMC-9805), a RAS(ON) G12D-selective inhibitor; and RMC-5127, a RAS(ON) G12V-selective inhibitor, are currently in clinical development.
- As a new member of the Revolution Medicines team, you will join other outstanding professionals in a tireless commitment to patients with cancers harboring mutations in the RAS signaling pathway.
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