Associate General Counsel, Commercial in Little Chalfont

The Associate General Counsel, Commercial is responsible for acting as the global legal focal point for Cytiva's most significant customer-facing commercial activity, including Global Strategic Accounts, and enabling growth through balanced risk calibration and scalable contracting frameworks that are agnostic of business unit and corporate structure.

Responsibilities:

• Act as the global Legal focal point for customer-facing commercial activity, with particular accountability for Global Strategic Accounts (GSAs) and complex, cross-OpCo contracting matters.
• Enable growth through balanced risk calibration, providing pragmatic, data-driven legal guidance that supports Cytiva's most significant commercial opportunities while protecting the enterprise.
• Own and evolve the Legal operating model for GSAs, including escalation paths, coordination of Legal resources, and clarity of roles and hand-offs across Legal, Commercial, CCAP, and Operations.
• Lead customer-experience and 'ease of doing business' initiatives at key contracting touchpoints, using Voice of the Customer to prioritise and shape high-impact improvements.
• Partner closely with Commercial Excellence, Commercial Finance, Commercial Operations, and Business General Counsels to deliver consistent, scalable, and customer-centric contracting outcomes.
• Apply DBS thinking and tools to commercial legal processes, defining standard conditions, deploying best practices, and driving continuous improvement across repeatable contracting flows.
• Leverage and champion AI to help streamline processes and promote agile lawyering.
• Serve as a senior thought partner to the VP & General Counsel, Commercial & Operations, contributing to strategic planning, risk prioritisation, and cross-Cytiva alignment.
• Report to the VP & General Counsel, Commercial & Operations and be part of the Cytiva Legal & Compliance Team located in either Marlborough, MA or Amersham, UK; role is on-site.
• Have one direct report and engage in Danaher Enterprise-wide initiatives aimed at continuously improving Cytiva’s commercial contracting capabilities.

Qualifications:

• Qualified lawyer with significant post-qualification experience advising on complex commercial contracting in a global, matrixed organisation.
• Demonstrated experience supporting large, strategic customers and high-value, multi-stakeholder commercial transactions.
• Strong judgement and credibility in risk assessment and risk calibration, with a proven ability to enable growth.
• Track record of operating effectively across multiple businesses / operating companies, influencing without direct authority.
• Experience leading or shaping process improvement and operating model change in a legal or professional services environment.
• Strong and inclusive team player who listens to learn others’ perspectives, and helps thoughtfully lead teams through ambiguity or conflicting points of view.
• Ability to translate customer and commercial needs into clear legal frameworks, standards, and ways of working.
• Senior-level stakeholder management skills, with confidence engaging executives and cross-functional leaders.
• Ability to travel internationally as required to support strategic customers, stakeholders, and key initiatives.

Compensation & Benefits:

• Annual salary range: $205,000 – $250,000.
• Eligible for bonus/incentive pay.
• Comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.

The role will support strategic customers and stakeholders across the globe, and will be an on-site role located in either Marlborough, MA or Amersham, UK.