General Counsel, Lightship
United States
$230-300k
Travel – approximately 20%
Decentralized clinical trials
Job no longer available
Decentralized clinical trials
21-100 employees
Job no longer available
$230-300k
Travel – approximately 20%
21-100 employees
Company mission
To redefine clinical trials, providing hope for all.
Role
Who you are
- This individual is a licensed attorney who possesses a strong background and history of collaborating with other departments for legal advisory services and drafting of legal documents
- This individual has significant experience in working as an in-house counsel in a pharmaceutical, clinical research, or related organization
- Given Lightship’s distributed model and the remote nature of this position the General Counsel possesses a willingness and desire to work independently without significant oversight
- Licensed to practice law in the United States
- Graduated from an accredited law school
- At least 10 years of experience as an attorney
- Experience in pharmaceutical company, clinical research organization, or related industry as in-house counsel
- Requisite combination of education, training, and experience
- Led a corporate legal function
- Worked in a regulated industry
- Managed complex transactions and litigation
- Skilled in all legal practice areas to identify risk, with particular emphasis on contracts, employment, corporate governance, and corporate transactions
- For the safety of our patients and each other, all positions at Lightship that require travel, in-person participation, or are patient-facing, do require vaccination against COVID-19
What the job involves
- The General Counsel leads all legal work for Lightship
- Leading the development of best practice in the areas of corporate compliance
- Preparing documents for Board of Directors meetings and ensuring compliance with corporate law and internal governance
- Engaging in risk mitigation practices to avoid disputes and litigation
- Reviewing current practices in high-risk areas that could result in controversy
- Handling all aspects of litigation, arbitration, and government investigations to minimize financial, customer, and reputational impact to Lightship
- Developing standard form agreements and fallback positions for use in key negotiations
- Empowering Lightship executives to utilize standard forms without legal review
- Ensuring that signed agreements and forms are accessible for use and review
- Assisting with due diligence and including protective provisions in closing documents to protect Lightship’s interests
- Drafting closing documents, covenants, indemnities, and other provisions according to best practice
- Utilizing the most skilled and efficient outside legal advisors
- Reviewing outside counsel work to ensure high quality and accurate advice, suitable for the stages of Lightship’s growth
- Auditing legal bills and expenses for reasonableness and accuracy
- Handling all complex commercial transactions based on legal knowledge and risk / benefit
- Negotiating terms and conditions protective of Lightship’s assets
- Developing standard practice and training junior members of the team
- Working in collaboration with other Lightship stakeholders to understand priorities
- An opportunity to help re-envision how clinical research is executed with inclusivity, increased diversity and accessible at the core
- The chance to work with a patient-centered, clinically-oriented, collaborative team to support in the delivery of enterprise grade virtual-first clinical research solutions at scale
- An unmatched opportunity to grow as part of an established startup with industry veterans, high-caliber investors, and a massive market opportunity
Our take
Clinical trials have historically been limited by factors like attendance and testing times. Turnaround can be slow, overheads can get costly, and those who don’t have the ability or time to meet appointments go unrepresented in medical developments. Lightship is hoping to redefine clinical trials with its end-to-end collaborative solution that offers at-home participation, making trials more accessible, and their results more representative.
With FDA regulations fairly recently updated to account for at-home trial participation, Lightship's arrival has been welcomed by the industry. The task of producing sound and accurate results outside of the lab is a tough one, so the company's efforts will certainly be valuable to this new clinical trial landscape.
The company is well-funded and has strategically partnered with eClinical platform Castor to accelerate its capabilities. With an increasing focus on making trial participants more diverse, and people now acclimatised to virtual engagement, its solution is promising and has the potential to yield vital clinical results.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
26% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Feb 2024
$135.6m
LATE VC
Oct 2021
$40m
LATE VC
Total funding: $195.6m
Company benefits
- Healthcare: Top healthcare for you and your family
- Paid time off: Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
- Holidays: Paid holidays and bereavemenr
- Investing in you: 401(k) matching
- Work from home: A home office stipend
- Parental leave: Generous paid parental leave
- Disability: Short and long-term disability
- Life insurance: Life insurance and more!
Company HQ
El Segundo, CA
Leadership
David MacMurchy
(CEO)David has been the CEO of Lightship since 2020. Prior to this, they were the Executive VP of Europe, Asia Pacific and Africa at PRA Health Sciences, a Partner, Consumer products, Retail and Life Science Leader and Head of Life Sciences at EY, and a Director of EMEA and VP at IMS Health.
Michael Shipton
(CCO)Previously the CCO of Profound Research and Science 37. They were also an Executive Management Leader at Life Sciens and Technology and also spent 4 years at Syneos Health in various VP roles.
Darcy Forman
(COO)Previously founded Centricity Clinical where they served as the Presiedent for 5 years. Prior to that, they spent over 4 years at Science 37 as a VP of Clinical Operations, Senand Chief Delivery Officer.
Alongside Lightship, they are the Founder and CEO of ExecRx and Executive Director at i-Cubed. They have also spent 16 years at Duke University, currently serving as a Distinguished Professor. Previously, they spent over 10 years at Duke Clinical Research Institute, in various roles including Head of Pediatrics.
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