Associate General Counsel, Commercial
Bring more to life. Are you ready to accelerate your potential and make a real difference within life sciences, diagnostics and biotechnology? At Cytiva, one of Danahers 15+ operating companies, our work saves livesand were all united by a shared commitment to innovate for tangible impact. Youll thrive in a culture of belonging where you and your unique viewpoint matter. And by harnessing Danahers system of continuous improvement, you help turn ideas into impact innovating at the speed of life. Working at Cytiva means being at the forefront of providing new solutions to transform human health. Our incredible customers undertake life-saving activities ranging from fundamental biological research to developing innovative vaccines, new medicines, and cell and gene therapies. At Cytiva you will be able to continuously improve yourself and us working on challenges that truly matter with people that care for each other, our customers, and their patients. Take your next step to an altogether life-changing career. Learn about the Danaher Business System which makes everything possible. The Associate General Counsel, Commercial is responsible for acting as the global Legal focal point for Cytivas most significant customerfacing commercial activity, including Global Strategic Accounts, by enabling growth through balanced risk calibration and clear, scalable contracting frameworks that is agnostic of business unit. The role drives material business impact by improving customer experience and ease of doing business at key contracting touchpoints, while coordinating crossOpCo Legal and business engagement and escalation to support complex, highvalue commercial opportunities. This position reports to the VP & General Counsel, Commercial & Operations and is part of the Cytiva Legal & Compliance Team, located in either Marlborough, MA or Amersham, UK and will be an on-site role. This role will also have exposure to the Cytiva General Counsel and Cytiva Legal Leadership Team operating mechanisms on an as-needed basis. This role currently has one direct report. The role will also benefit from the opportunity to engage in Danaher Enterprise-wide initiatives aimed at continuously improving its commercial contracting capabilities. What you will do: Act as the global Legal focal point for customerfacing commercial activity, with particular accountability for Global Strategic Accounts (GSAs) and complex, crossOpCo contracting matters. Enable growth through balanced risk calibration, providing pragmatic, datadriven legal guidance that supports Cytivas most significant commercial opportunities while protecting the enterprise. Own and evolve the Legal operating model for GSAs, including escalation paths, coordination of Legal resources, and clarity of roles and handoffs across Legal, Commercial, CCAP, and Operations. Lead customerexperience and ease of doing business initiatives at key contracting touchpoints, using Voice of the Customer to prioritise and shape highimpact improvements. Partner closely with Commercial Excellence, Commercial Finance, Commercial Operations, and Business General Counsels to deliver consistent, scalable, and customercentric contracting outcomes. Apply DBS thinking and tools to commercial legal processes, defining standard conditions, deploying best practices, and driving continuous improvement across repeatable contracting flows. Leverage and champion AI to help streamline processes and promote agile lawyering Serve as a senior thought partner to the VP & General Counsel, Commercial & Operations, contributing to strategic planning, risk prioritisation, and crossCytiva alignment.
Who you are: Qualified lawyer with significant postqualification experience advising on complex commercial contracting in a global, matrixed organisation. Demonstrated experience supporting large, strategic customers and highvalue, multistakeholder commercial transactions. Strong judgement and credibility in risk assessment and risk calibration, with a proven ability to enable growth. Track record of operating effectively across multiple businesses / operating companies, influencing without direct authority. Experience leading or shaping process improvement and operating model change in a legal or professional services environment. Strong and inclusive team player who listens to learn others perspectives, and helps thoughtfully lead teams through ambiguity or conflicting points of view. Ability to translate customer and commercial needs into clear legal frameworks, standards, and ways of working. Seniorlevel stakeholder management skills, with confidence engaging executives and crossfunctional leaders.
Cytiva, a Danaher operating company, offers a broad array of comprehensive, competitive benefit programs that add value to our lives. Whether its a health care program or paid time off, our programs contribute to life beyond the job. Check out our benefits at Danaher Benefits Info. The annual salary range for this role is $205,000-$250,000. This is the range that we in good faith believe is the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting. This range may be modified in the future. This job is also eligible for bonus/incentive pay. We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees. Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion, consistent with the law. Join our winning team today. Together, well accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrows science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.
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