Avez-vous déjà été confronté(e) à des procédures administratives juridiques ? Avez-vous déjà géré divers documents juridiques et contrats commerciaux ?

Si ce profil vous correspond et que vous êtes animé(e) par le sens du devoir, rejoignez l’équipe juridique et de conformité de SOPHiA GENETICS en tant qu’assistant(e) juridique / parajuriste, et aidez-nous à améliorer le pronostic des patients atteints de cancer et de maladies rares à travers le monde.

Do you have exposure to legal administrative processes? Have you managed a variety of legal documents and commercial contracts?

If this sounds like you and you are driven by purpose, Join the SOPHiA GENETICS Legal & Compliance team as a Legal Assistant / Paralegal, and enable us to make a positive impact on the outcomes for cancer and rare disease patients worldwide.

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This role could suit either someone with previous in-house experience, or a paralegal / clerk within practice looking to make their first move to industry. This is a hybrid (3 Days PW) opportunity connected to our corporate office in Bidart, France. The role is on a temporary contract for 3 months, to cover a period of sickness across our team.

As a local team, we speak French with each other in the office. As an international organisation, English is our primary business language, so you should be comfortable also communicating in English. For best chances of success, you should include your CV in English.  

Our Mission

We believe there is a smarter, more data-driven way to make decisions in healthcare and our cloud-native AI powered SOPHiA DDM Platform makes that vision a reality on a daily basis. You will have direct input to our mission to democratize data-driven medicine for the ultimate benefit of cancer and rare disease patients across the globe.

 Your Mission

Reporting to the VP, Legal Affairs you will provide a broad range of legal administrative support, ranging from commercial contract lifecycle management, support on internal queries and involvement in corporate administrative processes.

•  Overseeing the contract lifecycle process, including planning, collaboration, negotiation, execution and coordinate the signing process for contracts and other legal documents

• Ensure proper filing of legal documents - Execute administrative and operational processes for the legal team and Keep the legal management database up to date (corporate, contracts, IP)
• Maintain and file corporate records, including resolutions, proxies, board of director changes, annual reports, etc
• Assist with the preparation of appropriate draft documents, including agendas, corporate resolutions and meeting minutes for board of director and committee meetings

Requirements

To be best set for success we see you bringing

•  2-5 Years experience within a Legal Administrative role – Both practice and in-house experience is valid
• Direct exposure to the negotiation and management of commercial contracts is needed.
• Capable of working autonomously across a broad range of matters, and comfortable prioritising with competing deadlines
• Full fluency (written & spoken) in English is required.
• As a public organisation facing ongoing commercial growth, you will bring a success-orientated and solutions-focused mindset that embraces team collaborations, change, growth and inclusion.

As an international organisation, English is our primary business language and as part of your recruitment journey, you should expect to meet English-only speakers. For best chances of success, you should include your CV in English. Unfortunately, non-English CVs have a high likelihood of being rejected at application stage.

Benefits

You will be joining an organisation with the patient at the heart of every decision and action, driven by purpose as we pursue exponential growth.  

Business recognition and accolades include:   

• World's most innovative companies (Top 10)  

• World's smartest companies (Top 50)   

• 100 Best Places to Work in Boston   

• Top 10 European Tech Startup   

• Top 10 European biotechs startup to watch  

• Top 25 East-Coast Biotech to watch  

Our benefits package is comprehensive but varies internationally in-line with local standards and laws. You can discuss a full breakdown with us, but as a brief overview:  

• Forfait-Jour working types  

• Health benefits for you and your family covered by 80% employer contributions  

• Life Insurance and pensions contribution  

• SWILE meal vouchers and home office allowances  

• 25 Days Vacation  

• Additional voluntary benefits including sports allowance, language courses, bank partnerships and transportation.  
• A forward thinking organisation team embracing AI & Automation

Our DNA  

Like the strands of DNA itself, SOPHiA GENETICS and the team are deeply interconnected and reliant on each other to deliver. There are common threads across the team. Things that bind us together. Those things are Relentless Curious; Resilient & Nimble and Fearlessly Adventurous    

Our Virtues  

At SOPHiA GENETICS we established our 7 Virtues to clarify how our principles show up each day through action.  We Decide; We Do; We Collaborate; We Innovate; We Empower; We Adapt and We Learn.  

The process   

We use the power of AI to help our partners make decisions. If you’re utilising AI in your search and application process, why not use some of these prompts, or read our AI guide.  

•  ‘What impact can I expect to have on the world by working at SOPHiA GENETICS?’  
• ‘I have an interview with SOPHiA GENETICS. What should I know before I meet with them?’  
• ‘I am a *job title* - What can SOPHiA GENETICS offer my career?’  

Apply now with your CV and any supporting information.   

For a fair, consistent and transparent process, we request all candidates should complete an application through our career page or an external job posting. Whilst we aim to respond to message and enquiries about vacancies, we cannot accept applications through email or messages on another platform (i.e. LinkedIn; Xing) alone. We are aware of some third-party organisations republishing both current and expired job postings without our consent, in the interest of collecting personal information. If you have any concerns about the legitimacy of this job posting, or any other vacancy, you can compare it to open postings directly on our careers page (https://careers.sophiagenetics.com/jobs/search).   

Suitably qualified candidates will be invited through an interview and screening process where you will speak with members of our Talent Acquisition Team, the hiring leader alongside key colleagues and stakeholders from across the business.   

If you need additional support or accommodations for accessibility, please contact our TA team for assistance on [email protected]

We appreciate the value external partners can bring, but we operate a direct-hiring model, and we are not looking to utilise agency support at this time. All hiring is controlled by Talent Acquisition; potential partners should liaise through TA and not our hiring teams please.   

Starting Date: ASAP   

Location: Bidart, FR (Hybrid) - Relocation welcome 

Contract: Temporary - 3 Months