[Hiring] Corporate Counsel @Praxis Precision Medicines, Inc.

Role Description

This position may be performed remotely, but requires the flexibility and willingness to travel as needed.

At Praxis, we are looking for a senior contracts attorney and recognized subject matter expert to join our lean, agile Legal team at an important point in the company’s growth. As we advance our pipeline toward commercialization, our contracting needs are growing in both volume and complexity. You will serve as the principal advisor on contracting for the company and will set the strategy, standards, and operating model for the contracting function—getting important work done today while helping us build smarter, more scalable ways of working for what comes next.

You’ll join a team that moves quickly and expects Legal to help the business move with confidence. You’ll bring both a legal and business lens to your work:

• Understanding what teams are trying to accomplish
• Asking the right questions
• Focusing on the risks that truly matter
• Providing clear, practical guidance

You’ll be trusted to use good judgment, make decisions when the path isn’t perfectly defined, and help teams move forward. You will operate with wide latitude to set your own objectives and priorities, resolve novel questions where precedent and information are limited, and make binding decisions on negotiated positions within delegated authority.

You’ll thrive in this role if you like to build, not just advise. You’ll have the opportunity to shape how Praxis approaches contracting by:

• Creating practical tools
• Simplifying processes
• Challenging unnecessary complexity
• Continually looking for better ways to work

Success will mean becoming a recognized internal authority on contracting and a trusted partner across every function—someone who takes ownership, speaks candidly, follows through, and helps us move with both speed and quality while protecting Praxis, our programs, and ultimately the patients we serve. The standards you set and the positions you take will carry well beyond Legal, shaping how Clinical, Technical Operations, Commercial, Finance, and Procurement contract with third parties over a multi-year horizon.

Qualifications

• JD from an ABA-accredited law school and active membership in good standing in at least one U.S. state bar.
• 5+ years of relevant legal experience gained in-house, at a law firm, or through a combination of both. Experience in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, or another regulated life sciences environment is strongly preferred.
• Expert-level experience drafting and negotiating a broad range of commercial agreements. Experience with clinical-development contracting is highly valued.
• Demonstrated ability to assess legal risk in the context of business objectives and provide practical, decisive recommendations rather than defaulting to the most conservative answer.
• Demonstrated proficiency with AI tools and a strong interest in using emerging technology responsibly to improve legal work, decision-making, and operational efficiency.
• Demonstrated track record of building and/or maintaining a contracting function or operating model, including the design of templates, playbooks, policy, and governance adopted across an organization.

Requirements

• Serve as lead negotiator on the company’s most complex, highest-value, and most strategically significant agreements.
• Lead the drafting, review, negotiation, and execution of contracts across clinical, development, manufacturing, commercial, and corporate activities.
• Define, own, and continuously improve the end-to-end contract lifecycle.
• Apply strong business judgment to contracting decisions.
• Provide practical legal guidance to Clinical Operations and related teams.
• Partner with Compliance and other stakeholders to ensure contract templates reflect applicable legal and regulatory requirements.
• Serve as a key Legal partner in vendor selection and pre-contract risk assessment.
• Leverage AI and other legal technology to improve contracting and Legal operations.

Benefits

• 99% of the premium paid for medical, dental and vision plans.
• Company-paid life insurance, AD&D, disability benefits, and voluntary plans.
• Dollar-for-dollar match up to 6% on eligible 401(k) contributions.
• Long-term stock incentives and ESPP.
• Discretionary quarterly bonus.
• Flexible wellness benefit.
• Generous PTO, paid holidays, and company-wide shutdowns.

Company Description

Praxis Precision Medicines is a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company translating genetic insights into the development of therapies for central nervous system disorders characterized by neuronal imbalance. At Praxis we share a common vision of reshaping the human condition into a more freeing and fulfilled existence by developing high impact medicines for patients and families affected by and living with complex brain disorders.

• Core Values: Trust, Ownership, Curiosity, and Results.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion.