Assistant General Counsel, Generalist, Business Development, Commercial

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Your Role: Assistant General Counsel, Generalist, Business Development, Commercial

As the Assistant General Counsel, you will be a key member of the Elanco Legal team, acting in a corporate generalist role to service many areas of the Elanco Legal team both local and globally as well as supporting business development and commercial functions.

 In this role, you will have a unique opportunity to insource legal work in many areas previously handled by outside counsel inclusive of providing strategic guidance across a range of general corporate legal matters including business development, commercial, legal operations, project management, strategic framing, process improvement, business liaison and more.

Your Responsibilities:


* Provide legal counsel on general corporate law inclusive of business development, commercial, contract law, regulatory frameworks, legal operations and more relevant to a global business.


* Develop and implement a comprehensive strategy for systematically optimizing how the legal team works including, but not limited to the use of technology, AI, identifying and insourcing legal work from outside counsel across various practice areas (e.g., business development, commercial contracts, regulatory and compliance advice, intellectual property management), and more.


* Conduct detailed and ongoing analyses of current outside counsel engagements, spend, and work types to pinpoint optimal insourcing opportunities in partnership with Legal Operations and Support leadership.


* Ideate and execute with direction from the Legal & Compliance Lead Team the development of internal workflows, processes, and playbooks as well as reporting regarding cost savings.


* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to address legal issues in new and existing initiatives with an eye towards automation through technological advancements and opportunities to insource legal work.

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):


* Education: Juris Doctor (JD) degree from an accredited law school; admission to at least one U.S.

state bar.


* Experience: A minimum of 5 years of experi...