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Legal Counsel, Employment

Company: Norstella

Location: Remote, United States

Date Posted: Jun 2, 2026

Employment Type: Full Time

Job ID: 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.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities independently in a fast-paced, global environment.

• Ability to present complex information clearly and concisely to various stakeholders.

• Able to meet deadlines and comfortable with changing requirements and priorities; confidence in decision-making and managing ambiguity.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior in-house experience at a technology, life sciences, healthcare, data, or information services company.

• Experience with HIPAA, data privacy, or healthcare-related employment matters.

• Experience supporting UK, EU, APAC, or other non-U.S. employment matters.

• Experience managing outside counsel relationships and overseeing legal spend.

• Experience supporting M&A employment due diligence and post-acquisition integration.

• Occasional travel may be required.

The expected base salary for this position ranges from $135,000 to $150,000. It is not typical for offers to be made at or near the top of the range. Salary offers are based on a wide range of factors including relevant skills, training, experience, education, and, where applicable, licensure or certifications obtained. Market and organizational factors are also considered. In addition to base salary and a competitive benefits package, successful candidates are eligible to receive a discretionary bonus.

Our guiding principles for success at Norstella:

• Bold, Passionate, Mission-First We have a lofty mission to Smooth Access to Life Saving Therapies, and we will get there by being bold and passionate about the mission and our clients. Our clients and the mission in what we are trying to accomplish must be in the forefront of our minds in everything we do.

• Integrity, Truth, Reality We make promises that we can keep, and goals that push us to new heights. Our integrity offers us the opportunity to learn and improve by being honest about what works and what doesn't. By being true to the data and producing realistic metrics, we are able to create plans and resources to achieve our goals.

• Kindness, Empathy, Grace We will empathize with everyone's situation, provide positive and constructive feedback with kindness, and accept opportunities for improvement with grace and gratitude. We use this principle across the organization to collaborate and build lines of open communication.

• Resilience, Mettle, Perseverance We will persevere – even in difficult and challenging situations. Our ability to recover from missteps and failures in a positive way will help us to be successful in our mission.

• Humility, Gratitude, Learning We will be true learners by showing humility and gratitude in our work. We recognize that the smartest person in the room is the one who is always listening, learning, and willing to shift their thinking.

Norstella is an equal opportunities employer and does not discriminate on the grounds of gender, sexual orientation, marital or civil partner status, pregnancy or maternity, gender reassignment, race, color, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, disability or age. Our ethos is to respect and value people's differences, to help everyone achieve more at work as well as in their personal lives so that they feel proud of the part they play in our success. We believe that all decisions about people at work should be based on the individual's abilities, skills, performance and behavior and our business requirements. Norstella operates a zero-tolerance policy to any form of discrimination, abuse or harassment.

All legitimate roles with Norstella will be posted on Norstella's job board which is located at norstella.com/careers. If a role is not posted on this job board, a candidate should assume the role is not a legitimate role with Norstella. Norstella is not responsible for an application that may be submitted by or through a third-party and candidates should proceed with extreme caution if a third-party approaches them about an open role with Norstella. Norstella will never ask for anything of value or any type of payment during or as part of any recruitment, interview, or pre-hire onboarding process. If you are aware of or have reason to believe a job posting purportedly for a role with Norstella is fraudulent or otherwise not authorized by Norstella, please contact the Company using the following email address: [email protected]

Norstella is an equal opportunity employer. All job applicants will receive equal treatment regardless of race, creed, color, religion, alienage or national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, physical or mental disability or handicap, medical condition, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), marital or domestic partner status, military or veteran status, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, genetic information, reproductive health decision making, or any other protected characteristic as established by federal, state, or local law.