In-House Legal Counsel (Ireland based)

Role Type and Location

• Remote role – located & working full time in Ireland 

Eligibility to work 

• Regrettably we can’t offer Irish work Visa or sponsorship for this Irish based role

Work hours

• This position will require remote collaboration with associates on GMT, Central European Time, plus US Time Zones (PST through EST).
• On occasion, the candidate may be requested to work outside standard hours, and to attend specific locations.

Why Deciphex 

• We're a  leading digital pathology company. We build AI enabled technology that helps pathology teams work faster, collaborate better, and deliver answers quicker for patients. 
• You will join a small, trusted in house legal team at a scale up pace, working side by side with commercial, operations, and clinical colleagues across multiple countries.
• This role is for someone who enjoys being close to the commercial engine of the business. 

About this Role (Responsibilities)

We are seeking a commercially focused Legal Counsel to join our in house legal team at Deciphex,

Reporting to the Lead Commercial Counsel, you will cover multiple jurisdictions (UK/Ireland/USA. Canada)

You will be our day to day legal partner to our commercial and procurement teams, supporting our products and services including Patholytix and Diagnexia. 

• Your focus is unlocking deals and enabling revenue with speed and accuracy, while keeping clear legal guardrails in place. 
• You'll get real satisfaction from helping commercial teams move from interest to signed agreements, without compromising quality or judgement.
• You will operate across time zones and jurisdictions, including the UK, US, Canada, and Japan, partnering with subject matter experts when decisions require clinical or operational alignment.
• Draft, review and negotiate a high volume of commercial contracts (collaborating with internal and external stakeholders across jurisdictions)  including master services agreements, SaaS agreements, software license agreements, contractor services agreements, NDA’s and supplier agreements. 
• Develop, update and standardize contract precedents as necessary
• Support the structuring, drafting and ongoing maintenance of intercompany agreements between various Deciphex entities.
  
• Play a key role in the management, organisation and improvement of the company’s customer and supplier contracts, including being a key stakeholder in the roll out of a new contract management system in Q1 and Q2. 
• Provide practical, accurate and commercially focused legal advice regarding various legal issues including corporate and commercial matters, company secretarial and governance, regulatory, privacy and IP matters. 
• You will engage with external stakeholders (e.g. customer legal teams, procurement teams, lab managers, and clinical leads, to explain and negotiate contract positions in a clear, commercially grounded way. 
• Monitor and keep abreast of legal developments and legislative changes that may impact business and company goals and proactively advise on potential impacts. 

Education and Qualifications 

• A third level degree in Law or equivalent. (mandatory)
• Professionally qualified lawyer - Qualified to practice law in the UK and/or Ireland (Mandatory) 
• 2  years' PQE in the UK and/or Ireland (Essential). Your most recent experience will be  in an in-house legal team. 
• Experience working with commercial (sales) contacts of varying complexity 
• Experience in the US is desirable but not essential, although all relevant applications will be considered).

About You (Skills and Experience required)

• Strong, hands on experience drafting, negotiating and closing a high volume of commercial contracts (essential given the roles focus supporting commercial sales teams) 
• Highly ideal if you've worked in-house in a med technology, SaaS, technology or similarly regulated environment
• Practical working knowledge of AI, software, compliance, data privacy and IP, applied in a commercial, business focused way
• Comfortable working cross functionally and across time zones, influencing stakeholders at all levels through clear, confident communication
  
• Familiarity with using generative AI tools within a legal function to maximise efficiencies and productivity. 
  

Critical Success Competencies & Attributes (Assesed at Interviews)

• Trusted to operate with autonomy and sound judgement, making ethical, well reasoned decisions with minimal supervision
• Highly organised with strong attention to detail, able to prioritise, multi task and manage competing deadlines under pressure
• Thrives in a fast moving scale up environment, comfortable with ambiguity, showing initiative and solving problems without handholding
• Knows when to escalate and does so with clear options and recommendations, not just issues
• Builds rapport quickly, earns trust with internal teams, and negotiates firmly and constructively with external stakeholders

Highly Desirable

• Experience working within life sciences sectors such as biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, medical devices, diagnostics, pathology, laboratory services, oncology, academic medical centres and/or wider clinical services.
• Experience with digital health solutions and health-related software platforms, ideally including (but not limited to) Digital Pathology and other data-driven clinical tools.
• Familiarity with healthcare and life sciences services and delivery models in the UK/Republic of Ireland, including interaction with public and private sector stakeholders.
• Familiarity with applicable clinical, regulatory and industry guidelines governing life sciences, healthcare, medical devices, diagnostics and related data use.

About Us

Through the work that we do, the team at Deciphex helps pharma to accelerate the process of essential drug development and helps patients to get timely and accurate diagnosis. 

Founded in Dublin in 2017, Deciphex has scaled rapidly to a team of over 230 people and counting who are providing software solutions to address the pathology gap in research pathology and clinical areas. We have offices in Dublin, Exeter, Oxford, Toronto and Chicago and are expanding our team throughout the world. 

We are software developers, clinical specialists, AI engineers, operations professionals and so much more, all working as one team to support our customers and patients.  Our team culture is built on trust. We give our team the space they need to deliver results and the environment to ensure they can enjoy doing it.

Read more about Deciphex here and more about our incredible team on our Careers Page here 

What are the benefits of working with Deciphex? 

💼 We go beyond being AI-enabled, giving our people access to AI tools and expect their everyday use to work more efficiently
🏥 Healthcare coverage that supports long term wellbeing
🌴 Competitive annual leave - designed to genuinely enable rest and sustainability
🫀 Purpose led work - your contribution directly supports faster, more accurate patient diagnosis

🚀 Ownership of complex, commercially significant and interesting legal work,  at the intersection of law, healthcare and AI
🌍 Partnership with a high performing team - shaping the future of digital pathology in a fast growing scale up
📈 Regular, high quality performance feedback - clear accountability and progression
🤝 A highly collaborative, inclusive and multicultural team where trust, respect and shared standards matter

Deciphex is an equal opportunities employer and we are committed to the principle of equality. All qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to age, race, religious beliefs, political views, gender identity, affectional or sexual orientation, national origin, family or marital status (including pregnancy), disability, membership of the travelling community or any other classification protected by applicable law.

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