Company Overview

Tango Therapeutics is a biotechnology company dedicated to discovering novel drug targets and delivering the next generation of precision medicine for the treatment of cancer.

Using an approach that starts and ends with patients, Tango leverages the genetic principle of synthetic lethality to discover and develop therapies that take aim at critical targets in cancer.

This includes expanding the universe of precision oncology targets into novel areas such as tumor suppressor gene loss and their contribution to the ability of cancer cells to evade immune cell killing.

The Tango labs and offices are located at 201 Brookline Avenue, in the Fenway area of Boston, Massachusetts

Summary

Reporting to the General Counsel, the Director, Corporate Counsel will provide legal advice and support on a broad range of corporate legal matters across the organization. Specifically, you will advise and provide legal advice and support on securities law matters such as Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and S-8, Proxy Statements, and Section 16 reports, annual meeting planning, and corporate governance matters. You will partner with internal teams to draft and review a variety of external and internal communications and materials, including press releases, investor, and shareholder presentations.  The role will also include drafting and negotiating contracts, licenses, R&D agreements and various other complex contracting matters. You will collaborate with the finance and human resources to advise on compensation and stock administration. This role offers a broad range of responsibilities and significant growth opportunities in an exciting and growing company.

Your Role:

• Advise on corporate finance and securities law matters, including preparing SEC filings such as Forms 10-K, 10-Q, 8-K and S-8, Proxy Statements, and Section 16 reports.
• Assist with the preparation and planning for the annual meeting of shareholders.
• Work with internal teams to draft and review earnings releases, press releases, and shareholder and investor communications, particularly for compliance with applicable securities laws.
• Monitor and analyze regulatory developments and best practices in the securities and corporate governance arenas and drive change and education within the company.
• Advise on equity, executive compensation, and stock administration matters.
• Support capital markets transactions including debt offerings, credit agreements, and other treasury‐related matters.
• Provide advice and counsel on general corporate and corporate governance matters.
• Drafting, reviewing, editing, and negotiating the company’s wide array of contracts, and providing general pre-clinical and clinical trial transaction support across the organization
• Assessing contracts to determine risk levels and advising on the same and risk mitigation strategies.
• Collaborating with respect to, and working on, the enhancement, updating, and creation of certain “playbooks” setting forth company guidelines and procedures to scale the legal function as the company grow
• Continually looking to improve the contracting process to ensure efficiency, accuracy, compliance, and a positive experience with the contracting process for all
• Assist with the preparation and planning for the annual meeting of shareholders.

What You Bring:

• At least 5 years of experience at a law firm and/or pharmaceutical company
• Strong substantive experience with SEC reporting (’33 and ’34 Act) and securities laws, preferably from a combination of top tier law firm and public company in-house work
• Knowledge of the operations of a pharmaceutical company
• Deep knowledge of corporate law, corporate governance standards and trends.
• Capital markets experience.
• Familiarity with equity compensation plans and executive compensation.
• Familiarity in drafting and negotiating contracts in the pharmaceutical space.
• Experience as a people manager
• Bar admission in good standing in Massachusetts Minimum of a bachelor’s degree.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.