Work Schedule Standard (Mon-Fri) Environmental Conditions Office Job Description Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is seeking a highly skilled and motivated individual to join our team as a Contract Specialist III. This is a unique opportunity to make an impact on a global scale and contribute to our mission of enabling our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner, and safer. As a Contract Specialist III, you will play a crucial role in supporting the Biosciences Division (BID) within Thermo Fisher Scientific. Responsibilities: Serve as a legal point of contact for BID, providing support and expertise necessary to enable business growth. Draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts, including supply and license agreements. Understand and frame legal and business issues in preparation and review of commercial agreements. Engage with other relevant functions, such as regulatory, intellectual property, licensing, business development, procurement, finance, commercial, and product management, and facilitate appropriate leadership approval. Analyze legal rights, obligations, and strategies to help the Company achieve its goals and objectives, including advising business on potential risks and mitigants. Support practice management activities, including development of new and updates to existing contractual templates, and routinely work with the business on process improvements to ensure efficient support. Train internal clients on risk management and how to best engage with the Legal team. Promote a collaborative and inclusive team environment. Collaborate with peers to ensure alignment with business strategy. Interact with all levels of company personnel and external customers. Seek advice from senior legal leaders when necessary. Requirements: A licensed attorney or paralegal with at least 3 years of experience with commercial contracts, including contract drafting and negotiations. Prior in-house and/or life sciences experience preferred. Experience working in life sciences preferred. Solution-oriented mindset with commercial experience and solid understanding of standard business processes. Excellent writing and communication skills. Outstanding interpersonal skills and the ability to cultivate strong relationships, internally and externally, as applicable. Strong analytical and organizational skills to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage constantly evolving priorities. Highly attentive individual with a customer-centric approach, sound judgment, work ethic, and professional integrity and attention for detail. Understanding of when to see advice from or raise matters with Legal Department leadership, business leaders or other partners. Thank you for your interest as you consider starting a new career journey with us. As the world leader in serving science, our colleagues develop critical solutions through innovation—and build rewarding careers. Discover their extraordinary stories and connection to our Mission to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Their work is a story of purpose. What story will you tell? Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. is the world leader in serving science, with annual revenue of more than $40 billion. Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Whether our customers are accelerating life sciences research, solving complex analytical challenges, increasing productivity in their laboratories, improving patient health through diagnostics or the development and manufacture of life-changing therapies, we are here to support them. Our global team delivers an unrivaled combination of innovative technologies, purchasing convenience and pharmaceutical services through our industry-leading brands, including Thermo Scientific, Applied Biosystems, Invitrogen, Fisher Scientific, Unity Lab Services, Patheon and PPD. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation. Thermo Fisher Scientific is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, creed, religion, color, national or ethnic origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, genetic information, veteran status, age or disability status.