Associate General Counsel, Corporate Law

Who is USP?

The U.S. Pharmacopeial Convention (USP) is an independent scientific organization that collaborates with the world’s leading health and science experts to develop rigorous quality standards for medicines, dietary supplements, and food ingredients. At USP, we believe that scientific excellence is driven by a commitment to fairness, integrity, and global collaboration. This belief is embedded in our core value of Passion for Quality and is demonstrated through the contributions of more than 1,300 professionals across twenty global locations, working to strengthen the supply of safe, high-quality medicines worldwide.

At USP, we value inclusive scientific collaboration and recognize that attracting diverse expertise strengthens our ability to develop trusted public health standards. We foster an organizational culture that supports equitable access to mentorship, professional development, and leadership opportunities. Our partnerships, standards, and research reflect our belief that ensuring broad participation in scientific leadership results in stronger, more impactful outcomes for global health.

USP is proud to be an equal employment opportunity employer (EEOE) and is committed to ensuring fair, merit-based selection processes that enable the best scientific minds—regardless of background—to contribute to advancing public health solutions worldwide. We provide reasonable accommodations to individuals with disabilities and uphold policies that create an inclusive and collaborative work environment.

Brief Job Overview

This is a key position within Global Legal Affairs that provides counsel on a wide variety of complex legal matters relating to USP’s corporate operations, including questions and issues related to nonprofit tax law, employment law, corporate formation, and intellectual property law. The incumbent should have the judgment, maturity and skill to act with broad discretion in performing the responsibilities of the role.

This role is ideal for an experienced in-house corporate law practitioner who is comfortable with direct client contact. The incumbent must be able to successfully navigate complex legal issues to resolve questions and controversies quickly and efficiently, in a practical and pragmatic fashion for a forward-thinking, agile and global-focused organization. The incumbent will be responsible for performing legal work associated with projects throughout their entire life cycle, from inception to completion.

How will YOU create impact here at USP?

As part of our mission to advance scientific rigor and public health standards, you will play a vital role in increasing global access to high-quality medicines through public standards and related programs. USP prioritizes scientific integrity, regulatory excellence, and evidence-based decision-making to ensure health systems worldwide can rely on strong, tested, and globally relevant quality standards.

Additionally, USP’s People and Culture division, in partnership with the Equity Office, invests in leadership and workforce development to equip all employees with the skills to create high-performing, inclusive teams. This includes training in equitable management practices and tools to promote engaged, collaborative, and results-driven work environments.

The Associate General Counsel, Corporate Law has the following responsibilities:

• Provides legal and policy support to USP on a wide variety of complex legal matters.

• Provides guidance and models leadership qualities to the other members of the legal department in the United States and in India.

• Assesses, balances and mitigates legal, reputational and strategic risk to the organization with the successful attainment of USP’s business goals and strategies.

• Protects USP’s nonprofit tax status, and counsels on issues related to permanent establishment and corporate formation in global markets.

• Strategizes and advises on issues related to intellectual property law, including copyright, patent and trademark law. Prosecutes violations of USP’s intellectual property rights; devises strategies to protect the integrity of USP’s intellectual property portfolio.

• Advises USP’s…