Counsel, Legal Contracts
Pubblicato il 31-07-2026 - Thermo Fisher Scientific in Milano
**Work Schedule** Other **Environmental Conditions** Office At Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life - enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while taking science a step beyond through research, development and delivery of life-changing therapies. With clinical trials conducted in 100+ countries and ongoing development of novel frameworks for clinical research through our PPD clinical research portfolio, our work spans laboratory, digital and decentralized clinical trial services. Your determination to deliver quality and accuracy will improve health outcomes that people and communities depend on - now and in the future. The **Counsel, Legal Contract**s** can be office-based, hybrid, or fully remote. This position provides legal advice and support in the drafting, review and negotiation of agreements with mínimal oversight. This individual serves as the primary contact, within the department and with internal and external customers, for agreements assigned to their group. **Discover Impactful Work**:
The **Counsel, Legal Contract**s** role ensures that PPD Clinical Research Services' best interests are protected at all times and that senior and executive management have the legal information vital to make informed decisions and grant approvals for business risks. **A day in the Life**: - Provides legal advice and support in the drafting, review and negotiation of agreements with PPD Clinical Research Services vendors to include clinical and corporate agreements (e.g. MSA, SaaS agreements, and other unique non-standard contracts).
- Work independently except for escalations per internal processes to the team AD.
- In addition to contracts, handles department matters and general legal concerns raised by internal customers and senior management. **Keys to Success**:
**Education**: - Law degree is required.
- Previous experience with contract negotiations in international company that provides the knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the job (comparable to 2 to 5 years).
- Advanced level of English
- Previous experience with legal contracts negotiations within the CRO industry as well as experience with people management will be considered advantage.
- Leads the implementation of process improvement opportunities and oversees junior members of the department.
- Develops and delivers appropriate legal trainings to business and legal team members
- The position provides opportunity to management exposure of 1 or 2 direct reports. **Why Join Us?**:
We hire the best, develop ourselves and each other, and recognize the power of being one team! We understand that you will want to grow both professionally and personally throughout your career, and therefore you will agevolazioni from an award-winning learning and development programme, ensuring you reach your potential. **What We Offer**:
As well as being rewarded a competitive salary, we have an extensive benefits package based around the health and well-being of our employees. We have a flexible working culture, where PPD® clinical research services truly value a work-life balance. We’ve grown sustainably year on year but continue to offer a collaborative environment, with teams of colleagues eager to share expertise and have fun together. We are a global organization but with a local feel. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one team of 100,000+ colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory with PPD, part of Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.