Associate Director, Senior Attorney Corporate Counsel
Xilio Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotechnology company discovering and developing tumor-activated immuno-oncology (I-O) therapies with the goal of significantly improving outcomes for people living with cancer without the systemic side effects of current I-O treatments. The company is using its proprietary platform to advance a pipeline of novel, tumor-activated clinical and preclinical I-O molecules that are designed to optimize their therapeutic index by localizing anti-tumor activity within the tumor microenvironment, including tumor-activated cytokines and antibodies (including bispecifics) and immune cell engagers (including tumor-activated cell engagers and tumor-activated effector-enhanced cell engagers). Learn more by visiting www.xiliotx.com and follow us on LinkedIn (Xilio Therapeutics, Inc.)
SUMMARY:
The Senior Attorney, Corporate Counsel is responsible for leading public company reporting, managing corporate governance of Xilio and its subsidiaries, and advising and structuring corporate and employee securities and financing transactions. The Senior Attorney, Corporate Counsel will also be given the opportunity to broaden their skills relating to areas such as licensing and other transactional activities, healthcare law and employment law.
The ideal candidate would have 2-5 years of experience at a top law firm focused on life sciences companies, and/or in-house at a biopharmaceutical company, and be capable of overseeing SEC reporting and corporate governance areas with limited oversight. Candidate would be a problem solver who takes responsibility for projects, identifies and solves issues independently, and provides practical solutions and legal analysis. Curiosity, flexibility and a good sense of humor also plusses.
This individual will report to the Chief Legal Officer. This individual will have the opportunity to work directly with, and provide advice to, senior management and the board of directors on key corporate legal issues, and drive business throughout all stages of clinical development.
Job Responsibilities:
- Ensuring compliance with and collaborating with team members to draft disclosures required by SEC and Nasdaq (e.g., 10-Ks, 10-Qs, 8-Ks, Proxy Statements and Section 16 filings)
- Supporting the Investor Relations team, including preparing forward-looking statements for presentations and press releases
- Assisting with matters related to equity incentive awards
- Assisting with corporate governance matters, including preparing board and committee resolutions and minutes
- Forming new entities and maintaining and updating all minute books and share records for all entities
- Assisting in drafting, negotiating, and interpreting commercial agreements and other corporate contracts with strategic and collaboration partners, academic institutions, CROs, vendors and other third parties
- Handling other day-to-day legal matters including employment law, healthcare law, and other operational matters, financings and corporate governance, and liaise with outside counsel on such issues as appropriate
Skills, Qualifications, and Requirements:
- Graduate of a top law school accredited by the American Bar Association; J.D.
- 2-5+ years of experience with corporate securities / public company reporting
- Experience with biopharmaceutical and/or life sciences industry.
- Major law firm or in-house counsel experience in biopharmaceutical and/or life sciences industry a plus
- Experience with biopharmaceutical licensing transactions a plus
- Ability to understand legal and business issues quickly, exercise sound judgment, and provide practical, hands-on, business-oriented legal advice and solutions
- Works well with others and interacts comfortably with associates across departments and job levels
- Ability to develop trust-based and collaborative negotiating and working relationships with internal and external partners (CROs and other service providers and current and potential future biopharma partners)
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
At Xilio Therapeutics, we foster a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, religion, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. We will make reasonable accommodations, absent undue hardship, for qualified individuals with known disabilities. If you are an individual with a disability who requires an accommodation with the hiring process or to perform any essential functions of the position for which you are applying, please reach out to careers@xiliotx.com.
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