Korro Bio

Korro Bio

Corporate Governance and Contracts Manager/Paralegal (Contractor)

60 First St, Cambridge, MA 02141 · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 42 days ago
ComplianceAccessibilityProject ManagementExcelContract ManagementCorporate LawCommunicationProblem SolvingPublic SpeakingOrganizational SkillsMicrosoft Office

About the role

  • We are seeking a highly organized and motivated Corporate Governance and Contracts Manager/Paralegal (Contractor) to join our Legal team, focusing on corporate governance and contracts administration.
  • This role provides hands-on experience in corporate legal operations within a dynamic biotech environment.
  • This position offers an excellent opportunity for an individual who wants to grow their experience in corporate law, contract management, and regulatory compliance in the fast-paced biotech industry.

Responsibilities

  • Support contract review processes by organizing documents, creating summaries, and maintaining version control.
  • Coordinate contract execution processes, including e-signature collection of appropriate signatories and final document distribution.
  • Proofread, edit, and fact-check contract documents for completion, consistency, and accuracy.
  • Maintain contract repositories and ensure proper filing and accessibility of executed agreements.
  • Corporate Governance Support:
  • Korro is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing a new class of genetic medicines for both rare and highly prevalent diseases using its proprietary RNA editing platform.
  • Korro is generating a portfolio of differentiated programs that are designed to harness the body's natural RNA editing process to effect a precise yet transient single base edit.
  • Support maintenance of corporate records, including board resolutions, committee charters, and governance policies.
  • Support preparation of governance-related reports and summaries for leadership.
  • Support strategic transactions, including due diligence, data room administration, document preparation, and post-closing administration.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in law, business administration, finance, life sciences, or related field.
  • At least 5 years of experience as a corporate governance, contracts, or corporate paralegal/manager in a law firm or in-house legal department.
  • Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
  • Experience and willingness to leverage AI optimization tools (Claude) to facilitate workflows.
  • High level of discretion and ability to handle confidential information.

Nice to have

  • Paralegal certificate or coursework preferred.
  • Experience as a corporate governance, contracts, or corporate paralegal/manager in a law firm or in-house legal department at a biotech or life sciences company preferred.

Skills

  • Assist with contract intake, tracking, and database management using contract lifecycle management (CLM) systems.
  • Review and revise contracts for products and services.
  • Help prepare standard contract templates and addendums for routine agreements.
  • Evaluate opportunities for streamlining current contract lifecycle management processes.
  • Assist with reporting renewals and terminations of executed contracts.
  • Create, run, and distribute contract information reports.
  • Escalate deviations to Contracts Counsel.

Compensation

  • Benefits: Korro offers competitive compensation, including equity-based compensation, and a comprehensive benefits package that includes medical, dental, vision, 401(k) retirement plan, life insurance, a dependent care flexible spending acc

Benefits

  • We are building a company with extraordinary people with an audacious vision to create transformative genetic medicines for prevalent diseases.
  • Join us as we redefine what's possible in genetic medicine and work to make a lasting impact on human health.
  • Assist with shareholder communications and equity administration tasks.
  • Help develop, streamline, implement and maintain processes and policies across the organization, including those related to securities reporting, compliance, equity administration, and contracts.

Company info

  • We are collaborative and united by a common mission.
  • Our values - Rewrite the future, On the Cutting Edge, Better Together, Dynamically Different, Kindness and Integrity form the fabric of the organization.

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