Join Amplity, the full-service go-to partner of biopharma companies that delivers flexible + specialized medical + commercial services. No matter where a drug is in its lifecycle, we scale with ease to maximize resources + improve impact for all our clients. Through strategic partnerships + deep therapeutic expertise, Amplity transforms how breakthrough treatments reach the people who need them.
Amplity is a full-service outsourcing partner to pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, supporting clients across the drug lifecycle through medical, commercial, communications, training, recruiting, and tech-enabled intelligence services. We help life sciences companies bring the right medicines to the patients who need them, with a focus on practical execution, high-quality client service, and compliance-minded operations.
Position Summary
Amplity is seeking a Senior Paralegal & Director of Legal Operations to support the Legal and Compliance function across customer contracting, vendor contracting, corporate governance, data privacy, and legal operations. This role will work closely with the General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, business stakeholders, and external partners to manage contract workflows, maintain corporate records, support privacy and compliance initiatives, and improve legal department processes.
The ideal candidate is a highly experienced paralegal or legal operations professional with deep contracting experience, strong judgment, and a practical, business-oriented approach. Experience in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, or pharmaceutical services industry is strongly preferred.
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Support the review, negotiation, execution, and administration of customer and vendor agreements, including MSAs, SOWs, amendments, NDAs, consulting agreements, and other commercial contracts.
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Manage contract intake, workflow, approvals, signatures, records, renewals, and related contract lifecycle management processes.
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Partner with business teams to identify contracting issues, escalate legal and compliance risks, and drive contracts to timely completion.
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Maintain and improve contract templates, playbooks, clause libraries, approval matrices, and related legal operations materials.
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Support corporate governance matters, including entity management, board and committee materials, written consents, officer and director records, annual filings, registered agent coordination, and corporate recordkeeping.
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Assist with data privacy matters, including privacy contract terms, data processing agreements, vendor privacy reviews, privacy documentation, data subject request support, and coordination with business and technology teams.
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Support compliance-sensitive legal work involving pharmaceutical services, healthcare data, privacy, anti-kickback, transparency, and related regulatory considerations.
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Maintain organized legal records and matter files, including contracts, governance materials, policies, privacy documentation, and compliance-related records.
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Coordinate with outside counsel, vendors, auditors, and internal stakeholders on legal, governance, privacy, and contracting matters.
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Identify opportunities to improve legal department processes, reporting, technology use, templates, and operational efficiency.
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Support implementation and administration of legal technology tools, including contract management systems, Microsoft Suite tools, Salesforce-related workflows, and other legal operations platforms.
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Prepare status reports, dashboards, trackers, and summaries for Legal, Compliance, Finance, Sales, and senior leadership.
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Paralegal certificate, bachelor’s degree, or equivalent legal operations experience.
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10 to 15 years of relevant paralegal, contracts, legal operations, or in-house legal department experience, at least 5 years of which is in the pharmaceutical, biotechnology, life sciences, healthcare, or pharmaceutical services industry.
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Significant experience supporting customer and vendor contracting in a business-facing legal environment.
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Strong understanding of contract lifecycle processes, legal operations workflows, corporate governance support, and privacy-related contract issues.
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Experience working with and setting up contract management systems; proficient in Microsoft Office, Agentic AI, and Salesforce.
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Excellent drafting, proofreading, organizational, and project management skills.
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Sound judgment, strong attention to detail, and the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
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Ability to work independently, escalate appropriately, and communicate clearly with legal, compliance, commercial, finance, and operations stakeholders.
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Professional discretion and ability to handle confidential, sensitive, and privileged information.
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Experience with data privacy, data protection agreements, HIPAA-related contracting, GDPR, CCPA, or healthcare data workflows.
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Experience supporting board, subsidiary, or corporate governance processes.
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Experience improving legal department processes, templates, metrics, or technology adoption.
Amplity is an equal opportunity employer. We consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected status. Amplity provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals consistent with applicable law.
About Us
Amplity powers biopharma innovation through expert-led teams that deliver. Whether you knew us in the 80’s as Physician Detailing Inc., or in the 00’s as part of Publicis Health , the companies that came together in 2019 to form Amplity have delivered contract medical, commercial + communications excellence for 40+ years.
Our people-driven, tech-enabled DNA fuels everything we do. Our professionals understand the pharmaceutical industry from the inside out. With a deep grasp on product lifecycles, marketing hurdles, operational nuances + the complex needs of providers and patients, we help our clients launch products + operate smoothly with precision — across all business shapes, sizes + specialties.
We are on a mission to improve patient outcomes through executional excellence — enabling our partners in pharma to thrive in turn. At Amplity, we are allies in excellence. And we do it quicker, better, nicer than anyone else.
Our Diversity Policy
We encourage and support equal employment opportunities for all associates and applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation or veteran status. Employment decisions are evaluated on the basis of an individual's skills, knowledge, abilities, job performance and other qualifications. In addition, Amplity Health maintains policies and procedures designed to comply with applicable federal, state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which Amplity Health has facilities.
