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The Paralegal Legal Services Associate reflects the mission, vision, and values of NM, adheres to the organization’s Code of Ethics and Corporate Compliance Program, and complies with all relevant policies, procedures, guidelines and all other regulatory and accreditation standards.

Responsibilities:

• Provide paralegal support for NM Ventures transactional matters, such as software licenses, cloud computing arrangements, collaboration and joint development agreements, supply agreements, equipment purchase and lease agreements, mobile app development agreements, offshore sourcing arrangements, and IT services agreements
• Provide paralegal assistance with the filing and prosecution of patents.
• Coordinate, implement, interact with and support system-wide project management, including special projects requiring legal and process expertise.
• Legal research – independently conduct legal, regulatory and other health care related research, and report as required to NM Ventures senior management on a wide variety of issues.
• Special designated projects – manage and handle projects assigned by NM Ventures  senior management.
• Regulatory updates – track, review and report to attorneys and others as appropriate on legal and regulatory updates impacting health care and NM operations.

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree and paralegal certificate
• Paralegal certification or 10 years of paralegal experience
• At least 5, but preferably 10+ years of paralegal experience
• Computer proficiency, including Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to work independently, be flexible and manage multiple priorities while providing support to 6 attorneys
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Must have integrity, good judgment and sensitivity to the confidential nature of matters handled.
• Previous experience in coordinating and supporting due diligence.

Preferred:

• Litigation, corporate, and healthcare experience
• Experience with patent filings and patent prosecution.

Northwestern Medicine is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate in hiring or employment on the basis of age, sex, race, color, religion, national origin, gender identity, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected status.