Hybrid Paralegal

at NMDP

• Job title: Paralegal
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Junior, Mid level
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Minneapolis, United States

About the role

• Paralegal supporting legal and compliance services across NMDP for operational, regulatory, and transactional matters. Collaborating with attorneys and administrating document management and governance processes.

Responsibilities

• Provides support on a wide range of legal matters relevant to NMDP.
• Manages intake of requests for Legal & Compliance Department support.
• Manages Legal & Compliance Department files and intranet site.
• Assists in the review and drafting of contracts, including non-disclosure agreements, and other legal documentation.
• Coordinates cross-functionally to support Legal & Compliance Department initiatives.
• Provides administrative support to attorneys, including scheduling, correspondence, and reporting.
• Organizes and maintains governance documentation and corporate filings for multiple legal entities.
• Assists with entity formation, annual reports, and other corporate maintenance tasks.
• Tracks and assists with multi-state regulatory filings and licensing renewals.
• Assists with board governance, including by preparing and managing board correspondence and meeting documentation.
• Assists Compliance Department with management of internal processes, including conflict of interest management and OFAC screenings.
• Assists with review, analysis, development, and implementation of NMDP policies and procedures having legal compliance components.
• Assembles and organizes information for policy and procedure documents.
• Provides administrative assistance in support of government contracting and reporting, as needed.
• Supports orderly maintenance of NMDP’s intellectual property portfolio.
• Manages and creates documentation necessary for the resolution of customs matters.
• Assists with the management and reporting of confidentiality-related matters.
• Provides legal support for clinical research, trials, and studies.
• Supports enterprise document and data retention efforts.
• Identifies areas for process improvement and develops solutions to address same.
• May assist with internal investigations and litigation, including management of legal hold notices, discovery, and responses to subpoenas.
• May assist with corporate transactions.
• May manage activities with outside counsel.
• Participates in special projects and initiatives as needed.

Requirements

• Considerable knowledge of legal research materials, methods, techniques, principles, and practices; considerable knowledge of principles of business/corporate law and contract law.
• Participate in the proactive identification of legal risks in the context of NMDP’s business objectives.
• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with NMDP personnel, representatives of customer, vendor, and partner organizations, regulators and governmental agencies.
• Demonstrate exceptional verbal and written communication skills.
• Manage and address multiple tasks on a thorough and timely basis.
• Demonstrate initiative and a demonstrated ability to work independently (a “self-starter”).
• Maintain confidentiality of information.
• Commit to infrequent travel.
• Bachelor’s degree; a degree/certificate of completion from an approved paralegal program or post-secondary institution preferred. On evaluation, a 2-year degree plus 3 or more years experience in a paralegal position may be substituted for the Bachelor’s degree requirement.
• 2 or more years experience as a paralegal in a business environment involving contracts, healthcare/life sciences/technology, or customer relationship responsibilities.

Benefits

• NMDP offers regular, full-time employees medical, dental, vision, life and disability, accident/critical illness/hospital, well-being, legal, identity theft and pet benefits.
• Retirement, paid time off/holidays, leave and incentive plans are also offered to eligible employees. Please reference this link for more information: NMDP Benefit Information