Legal Counsel, Employment

Legal Counsel, Employment

Company:
Norstella

Location:

Remote, United States

Date Posted:
May 23, 2026

Employment Type:

Full Time

Job : R-1980

Description

Norstella is a premier and critical global life sciences data and AI solutions platform dedicated to improving patient access to life‑saving therapies. Norstella supports pharmaceutical and biotech companies across the full drug development lifecycle — from pipeline to patient. Our mission is simple: to help our clients bring therapies to market faster and more efficiently, ultimately impacting patient lives.

Norstella unites five market‑leading brands (Citeline, Evaluate, MMIT, Panalgo, and The Dedham Group) that all have a shared vision of improving patient access to life‑saving therapy. Norstella delivers must‑have answers and insights for critical strategic, clinical, and commercial decision‑making. We help our clients:

• Accelerate the drug development cycle
• Make data‑driven commercial and financial decisions
• Match and recruit patients for clinical trials
• Assess competition and bring the right drugs to market
• Identify and address barriers to patient access
• Leverage the latest AI to turn data into insights for faster and better decision making

Norstella serves almost every pharmaceutical and biotech company in the world, along with regulators like the FDA, and payers. By providing critical proprietary data supporting AI‑driven workflows, Norstella helps clients make decisions faster and with greater confidence. Norstella’s investments in AI are transforming how data is consumed and decisions are made, disrupting inefficient legacy workflows and helping the industry become more efficient, innovative, and responsive to patient needs.

About The Position:

As part of a global legal team, the Legal Counsel, Employment will provide broad employment law support to Norstella, one of the world’s largest pharma intelligence solutions providers. This role reports to the Deputy General Counsel and supports labor and employment matters across the U.S. and international jurisdictions, working closely with Human Resources to deliver practical, business‑focused legal advice. The successful candidate will bring substantive employment law expertise, strong judgment, and the ability to manage competing priorities in a fast‑paced, global environment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Advise HR and internal stakeholders on labor and employment matters across the U.S. and international jurisdictions, including employment claims and grievances, wage and hour issues, leave of absence compliance, and day‑to‑day employment questions.
• Draft, review, and update employment‑related documents, agreements, and internal policies and procedures to ensure legal compliance and alignment with business objectives.
• Support the management of relationships with outside employment counsel, in and outside the U.S., to ensure the Company receives timely and cost‑effective advice.
• Partner with HR and Compliance Teams to lead or support internal employment investigations.
• Collaborate with HR and Compliance on internal training initiatives and the ongoing review and update of policies and procedures.
• Provide strategic advice and support to management on employment‑related issues and questions.
• Monitor changes to labor and employment laws and regulations across U.S. and international jurisdictions, and advise on their impact to the Company and its operations.
• Support the management of employment litigation matters in conjunction with external counsel where necessary.
• Participate in local and cross‑regional team projects and contribute to global legal initiatives.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, identifying areas for process development and operational efficiency.

Required Qualifications

• 4–7 years of employment law experience, with some in‑house experience preferred.
• J.D. required; active license in good standing to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• Experience supporting international employment matters, particularly in the UK.
• Strong drafting, negotiation, research, and analytical skills.
• Practical, business‑oriented judgment and ability to advise HR and business leaders clearly and concisely.
• Abili…