Associate Paralegal

Associate Paralegal – Remote (United States) 

Central or Eastern time zone preferred.

Build your future at Curia, where our work has the power to save lives. 

The Associate Paralegal will be responsible for assisting in various strategic projects and day-to-day activities to the Legal and/or M&A groups. The incumbent must be a hands-on, results-focused individual with exceptional organizational skills. The paralegal must possess unimpeachable integrity and credibility in order to maintain a high level of confidentiality regarding legal activities.

Curia is a global contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) with over 30 years of experience partnering with pharmaceutical and biotech companies to provide life-saving treatments to patients. At Curia, we are on a mission to advance our customers’ therapies from curiosity to cure and ultimately to improve patients’ lives.

We proudly offer

Generous benefit options (eligible first day of employment) 

Paid training, vacation and holidays (vacation accrual begins on first day of employment)

Career advancement opportunities 

Education reimbursement

401K program with matching contributions

Learning platform

And more! 

Responsibilities

Exhibit/recognize the importance of building effective relationships and establishing trust to build collaborative relationships

Ask appropriate business opportunity questions to make informed and aligned and decisions

Identify and work to ideal circumstances and outcomes during negotiations

Avoid using hearsay or personal opinions and negotiate based on valid information from both sides

Invest time and resources to ensure understanding of the business, its processes and objectives

Possess an awareness of the impact of own work on the company’s integrity and ethics strategy and adhere to those policies

Support a respectful diverse and inclusive workplace

Understand the organization’s system environment and tools

Understand the key legal, regulatory, ethical and reputational risks in situations facing the business

Seek out information from the business or market to deeply understand facts in order to support risk management

Identify resources and efforts around key business deliverables and timelines

Identify risks associated with projects

Take ownership of tasks seeking guidance and input from others as appropriate

Work with deadlines and manages multiple stakeholders

Identify and communicate roles to avoid confusion and drive accountability

Align work with the vision, strategy, and priorities of your site or function

Build and sustain connection with leaders and peers

Seek challenging assignments, feedback, and diverse perspectives to continue developing

Engage in open, honest communication with managers and peers

Assess performance and self- motivate to achieve results

Push to expand the scope of role; is proactive and seeks new opportunities

Continually improve systems and processes used to deliver results

Grow and support team through organizational, market, and industry changes

Qualifications 

High School diploma or GED and a minimum of 4 years of related work experience, OR

AAS Degree in a relevant field and a minimum of 2 years of related work experience, OR

BA/BS Degree or higher in a relevant field

Other Qualifications

Must pass a background check

Must pass a drug screen

May be required to pass Occupational Health Screening

Pay Range: $63,000-$78,800/yr.

Education, experience, location and tenure may be considered along with internal equity when job offers are extended.

We do not accept unsolicited assistance from any headhunters or recruitment firms for any of our job openings. All resumes or profiles submitted by search firms to any employee at Curia, in any form without a valid, signed search agreement by an authorized signatory in place for the specific position, approved by Talent Acquisition, will be deemed the sole property of Curia. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Curia because of the unsolicited referral.

All interested applicants must apply online. Please be aware of scammers. Curia will only send offer letters and requests for sensitive personal information from a curiaglobal.com email address. Curia is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability. Curia is an E-Verify employer.

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