Manager, Legal Operations & Compliance

Company Overview

Innoviva Specialty Therapeutics, Inc., a subsidiary of Innoviva, Inc., is a biopharmaceutical company focused on developing innovative solutions for patients and healthcare providers in the fields of Critical Care and Infectious Diseases.

Our mission to deliver innovative, life‑saving medicines for serious unmet medical conditions drives us every day and contributes to building a sustainable business for the long term. It also inspires our entrepreneurial culture which fosters innovation, collaboration, and a relentless commitment to the people we serve. Patients are at the center of everything we do because everyday matters. Every employee is encouraged to take initiative, explore new ideas, and turn challenges into opportunities that can potentially transform lives, especially those suffering from serious and difficult‑to‑treat illnesses.

Our products marketed in the U.S. include:

• GIAPREZA® (angiotensin II) is a vasoconstrictor to increase blood pressure in adults with septic or other distributive shock.
• XACDURO® (sulbactam for injection; durlobactam for injection) is a new treatment designed specifically to treat hospital‑acquired bacterial pneumonia (HABP) and ventilator‑associated bacterial pneumonia (VABP) caused by susceptible strains of bacteria called Acinetobacter baumannii‑calcoaceticus complex in adults.
• XERAVA® (eravacycline) is a broad‑spectrum antibiotic used to treat patients with complicated intra‑abdominal infections (cIAI).
• ZEVTERA® (ceftobiprole) is an approved advanced‑generation cephalosporin antibiotic and the only FDA‑approved cephalosporin specifically designed to treat adult patients with Staphylococcus aureus bloodstream infections (bacteremia) including those with right‑sided infective endocarditis. In addition, Zevtera is approved in adult patients with acute bacterial skin and skin structure infections (ABSSSI), and adult and pediatric patients (3 months to less than 18 years old) with community‑acquired bacterial pneumonia (CABP).
• Nuzolvence® (zoliflodacin) for oral suspension is a first‑in‑class, single‑dose oral antibiotic for the treatment of uncomplicated urogenital gonorrhea in adults and adolescents 12 years of age and older weighing at least 35 kg.

The Manager, Legal Operations & Compliance will serve as a critical business partner to the Legal, Compliance, Finance, Procurement, and cross‑functional teams, supporting the efficient operation of Innoviva's legal and compliance functions. This role will oversee contract lifecycle management, legal operations, compliance administration, entity management, and process optimization while driving scalability, governance, and operational excellence across the organization. The ideal candidate will bring experience in legal operations, contract management systems, procurement workflows, and compliance processes within a highly regulated life sciences environment.

The role will closely collaborate with members of the Legal and Compliance teams to effectively coordinate projects, maintain records and systems, and manage streamline and improve internal processes.

• Serve as the primary point of contact for legal contract intake, review coordination, and workflow management.
• Manage the end-to‑end contract lifecycle, including intake, tracking, approvals, execution, renewals, amendments, and expirations.
• Own and administer legal contract management tools, databases, trackers, and document repositories.
• Maintain and continuously improve contract templates, clause libraries, standard operating procedures, and legal playbooks.
• Draft and review routine agreements utilizing approved templates, including NDAs, CDAs, Consulting Agreements, MSAs, and Statements of Work.
• Provide regular reporting on contract metrics, upcoming renewals, obligations, and business risks.
• Partner closely with Finance, Procurement, and IT to support contract‑to‑procure workflows and operational efficiency.
• Act as the Legal business lead for Coupa
• Licensing
  • Manage state pharmacy licensing requirements, including securing and updating state licenses as needed.
  • Manage Legal entity registrations
• Legal Entity…