Senior Corporate Paralegal; REMOTE Eastern Time Zone

When joining Perkin Elmer, you select an experienced and trusted leader in scientific solutions, with the support of a global service network and distribution centers, providing the right solution, at the right time, to meet critical customer needs. With over an 80+ year legacy of advancing science and a mission of innovating for a healthier world, our dedicated team collaborates closely with commercial, government, academic and healthcare customers to deliver our broad portfolio of analytical solutions, and One Source services.

Job Title Senior Corporate Paralegal (REMOTE Eastern Time Zone)
Location(s) US Remote - CT, US Remote - DE, US Remote - MA, US Remote - MD, US Remote - NH, US Remote - NJ, US Remote - NY, US Remote - OH, US Remote - PA, US Remote - RI, US Remote - SC, US Remote - VA, US Remote - VT

Perkin Elmer is a global analytical services and solutions provider with offerings including the leading One Source Field and Laboratory Services business, serving the biopharma, food, environmental, safety and applied end markets to accelerate scientific outcomes. Since 1937, Perkin Elmer has served as a trusted partner in laboratory analysis and management, and today complements its service offerings with a broad portfolio of atomic spectroscopy, molecular spectroscopy and chromatography instruments, consumables and reagents.

With more than 5,000 team members, the Company serves customers in more than 35 countries. Additional information is available at

We are seeking an experienced, highly detail-oriented Senior Corporate Paralegal to join our Legal team. This role combines sophisticated corporate paralegal work with ownership of the Legal function’s day-to-day operations. The ideal candidate has a strong background in corporate governance, entity management, equity documentation and transactional support, and will serve as the team’s go-to expert for how legal work gets received, routed, tracked and completed.

Working with limited supervision and under the direction of Perkin Elmer attorneys, the Senior Corporate Paralegal will manage parent-company and subsidiary entity matters, prepare board and stockholder materials, support equity and corporate transactions, and run core legal operations processes, including intake mailboxes, work assignment, calendars and invoice processing.

• Serve as the subject-matter expert for the Legal function’s day-to-day operations, keeping processes, tools and records accurate, efficient and well documented.

• Manage the NDA mailbox: review incoming requests, prepare NDAs from approved templates where appropriate, route non-standard requests to attorneys, and track requests through to execution.
• Manage the Legal department calendar, including key filing and compliance deadlines, board and committee meeting dates, and attorney scheduling as needed.

• Process outside counsel and vendor invoices, including review against engagement terms, coding, approval routing and tracking; support legal budgeting and spend reporting.

• Help maintain the legal contracts database, ensuring executed agreements are captured, indexed and retrievable, and respond to requests for contract information and data.

• Identify and recommend improvements to legal intake, workflow and reporting processes.

• Act as a trusted partner on equity matters, preparing, processing and maintaining equity award documentation, grant and approval records, and related agreements.

• Maintain accurate equity records and ledgers, and coordinate with Finance, HR, Payroll and external administrators or counsel to ensure equity transactions are documented and processed correctly and on time.

• Prepare board…