Senior Corporate Counsel – Licensing, Business Contracts

• Lead the drafting, review, negotiation, amendment, renewal, and termination of licensing and other commercial agreements
• Advise on complex and cross-border licensing arrangements involving plant variety rights, patents, trademarks, proprietary plant material, know-how, royalties, territory, exclusivity, quality requirements, production, distribution, and enforcement rights
• Translate business objectives into clear, practical, and enforceable contractual terms while identifying legal and commercial risks
• Support business teams throughout the contract lifecycle from term sheets and approvals through execution, implementation, amendment, renewal, and exit
• Manage contractual disputes, defaults, and performance issues
• Serve as a trusted legal partner to senior leaders and business teams on commercial transactions and day-to-day business matters
• Advise on contract interpretation, authority and approval requirements, competition and antitrust, data protection, compliance, and related legal issues
• Participate in strategic projects, new market initiatives, acquisitions, collaborations, and business-model development
• Coordinate with local counsel and manage outside counsel
• Lead, supervise, and develop lawyers, contract professionals, paralegals, and administrative team members
• Set priorities, allocate work, monitor workload and performance, and provide coaching and professional development
• Establish service standards, workflows, escalation protocols, and report workload, priorities, risks, and performance to the Vice President, Legal & Intellectual Property
• Develop and improve contract templates, clause libraries, negotiation playbooks, approval matrices, policies, and guidance materials
• Promote contract management processes and systems covering intake, review, approval, signature, storage, obligation tracking, renewal, and reporting
• Identify recurring contractual and operational risks and implement scalable process improvements
• Support training on contracting practices, delegated authority, licensing requirements, and intellectual property protection
• Maintain records and contribute to reporting on contract activity, obligations, risk areas, and departmental performance

• Juris Doctor or equivalent law degree from an accredited institution
• Active membership in good standing with an applicable bar or law society
• At least eight years of relevant legal experience, including substantial responsibility for commercial contracting and licensing matters
• For candidates with in-house experience, experience working for a global organization is required
• Minimum of 3 years of demonstrated experience leading, supervising, or developing legal and contract professionals
• Ability to manage competing priorities across a busy global portfolio
• Strong drafting and negotiation skills
• Experience handling complex, high-value, and cross-border agreements
• Experience advising a global agricultural, life sciences, food, biotechnology, consumer-products, or intellectual-property-driven business preferred
• Experience with intellectual property licensing, particularly plant variety rights, patents, trademarks, proprietary materials, or technology, highly desirable
• Professional fluency in written and spoken English required
• Professional proficiency in Spanish strongly preferred, including ability to review and negotiate agreements and communicate effectively with Spanish-speaking stakeholders

• 100% remote work from any location within Chile
• Willingness to travel up to 20% of the time