Associate General Counsel - Transactions

At Pathos, we’re reimagining what’s possible in oncology drug development.

Founded by the team that built and scaled Tempus Labs, home to the world’s largest library of clinical and molecular data, Pathos is on a mission to revolutionize precision medicine in cancer. We’re using AI and machine learning not as buzzwords, but as fundamental tools to understand biology, identify precise disease drivers, and match patients to the therapies they truly need.

Our vision is bold: to create a new model for drug discovery and development, one rooted in deep data, integrated science, and rapid translation. We’re not building another pharma company, we’re building a platform to find better medicines, faster, and to get them to the right patients at the right time.

We’ve already begun assembling a portfolio of clinical-stage oncology assets, and we’re applying our technology to select the right indications, optimize clinical design, and increase the probability of success, from bench to bedside.

We believe that the current system moves too slowly, and too many patients are still waiting. That’s why we’re here. That’s why Pathos exists.

If you’re driven by purpose, excited by complexity, and eager to work alongside brilliant, kind, and mission-aligned teammates, we’d love to meet you.

We’re headquartered in New York City, with a distributed team across the U.S., and operate with the focus and agility of a startup while building with the scale and ambition of something much bigger.

Come help us build it.

About the role:

This role offers an uncommonly wide spectrum of transactional work, and will challenge you to produce both high quality but also efficient legal service across all client organizations of the company. You will own a large horizontal surface area of subject matter intended to be virtually everything with a signature on it, but will contribute across all Legal verticals. For some examples, 2024 included a licensing agreement for a brain penetrant PRMT5 inhibitor, an acquisition of a public company, a Series C, a Manhattan lease, a number of research collaborations with world-renowned institutions, a bunch of vendors for clinical trials, technology, operations, etc.

However, the role will also have substantial vertical depth from high-level structuring to critical minutiae. This individual will be expected to add value through thought partnership with the business on complex deals, but also by figuring out the solution for reverting NDAs same-day. A generalist within the realm of transactions, who can both execute in the quick turns stage of a deal, but also create structure out of giant documents. You should be someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment where your legal expertise directly enables scientific breakthroughs.

Legal is part of a centralized G&A org that maintains swiftness and efficiency as core deliverables, so process-orientation is a must. This position is remote with regular collaboration across our distributed team. The role reports to the General Counsel and offers significant growth potential as we continue to scale our organization.

Key Responsibilities:

• Structure and negotiate complex pharmaceutical licensing agreements and strategic partnerships
• Draft and negotiate high-value clinical trial vendor contracts and research collaboration agreements
• Oversee human tissue agreements and technology licensing deals
• Manage clinical trial agreements with leading oncology investigators
• Handle real estate transactions, including lease negotiations
• Streamline NDA processes and routine contract management
• Collaborate with outside counsel on complex deals while maintaining internal efficiency
• Ideate and drive M&A
• Support GC on as much other legal stuff as you can handle
• Support G&A operations as part of an integrated, efficient, and high-performing team

Who you are:

Required Qualifications:

• J.D. from a top 50 law school and active bar admission (New York preferred)
• 5-8+ years of transactional legal experience with substantial exposure to life sciences, healthcare, and technology sectors
• Demonstrated experience with complex commercial agreements, licensing deals, strategic transactions, and other life science agreements
• Experience transacting with big pharma, biotechs, clinical trial vendors research institutions, and academic medical centers
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills with attention to both strategy and detail
• Ability to manage multiple high-priority matters simultaneously while maintaining quality
• Excellent communication skills to engage stakeholders across technical and business functions
• Thrives in ambiguity but generates structure habitually

Preferred Qualifications:

• A mix of law firm and in-house legal experience, particularly in high-growth technology companies
• Understanding of regulatory frameworks in healthcare, life science, and AI
• Background Experience in M&A, investment transactions, or public company acquisitions
• Generalist legal experience, and generalist generalist experience