Work at ROCKET PHARMA and help cure rare diseases!

Rocket Pharma is a fully integrated, clinical-stage company advancing gene therapies with curative potential for multiple rare childhood diseases. Rocket places enormous value on people and considers team member progress and well-being to be as important as the progress of its pipeline. We are looking for hands-on team players who enjoy collaborating with colleagues. We share a passion for seeking gene therapy cures for devastating diseases and making a difference for patients. This is an opportunity to become an integral part of a small, highly productive team and to help grow an entrepreneurial, scientifically driven organization that is increasingly recognized as a leading biotechnology innovator. In addition to a competitive compensation package featuring a generous 401K match and stock options, the position includes excellent health benefits.

The Corporate Paralegal role is a dynamic position reporting to the Associate Legal Counsel supporting the Rocket Legal Function and Business Development team, involving frequent interaction and collaboration with company leadership and external partners.

• Contract administration including facilitating signatures on contracts; collaborating, optimizing, and managing contract and workflow systems.
• Serve as main point of contact for inputs and information from Contract Management System.
• Provide regular updates of key contract deadlines / auto-renewals / projected expirations.
• Drafting, review and negotiation of basic agreements from Company templates such as confidentiality agreements, service agreements and consulting agreements as well as statements of work, quotes and proposals.
• Assist with drafting minutes, agendas, routine legal resolutions, and other board documents.
• Support maintenance of library of standardized form documents, contract clauses, and templates.
• Assist the VP, IP with maintaining the Company’s IP portfolio by managing internal patent database and facilitating signatures.
• General administrative and operational assistance for Legal, Compliance and Corporate.
• Assist the legal and corporate team with ongoing public company matters, including proxy statement, annual meeting, annual and quarterly filings, and corporate compliance calendars.

• Bachelor’s degree
• At least 5 years of legal administrator, corporate paralegal, or contracts management experience in an in- house environment, preferably at a life-sciences company.
• Significant professional experience may be considered in lieu of a formal degree requirement.
• Prior significant experience with a contract management system, experience with Plexus a plus.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office suite, including Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
• Ability to work independently and prioritize tasks/projects.
• A strong sense of professionalism and discretion.
• Extremely organized and detail oriented.
• Enthusiastic and open to learning new subject matters.

A diverse workforce fosters innovation and strengthens Rocket’s business. We ensure equal opportunity without discrimination or harassment in the workplace on the basis of gender, race, color, religion, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, pregnancy, citizenship, status as a protected veteran, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable local, state, and federal laws.