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# Legal & Business Operations Director (US) at PhaseV

- **Company:** PhaseV
- **Location:** One Broadway 11th Floor Cambridge MA 02142, United States
- **Posted:** 2026-07-23
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-11
- **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/phasev/jobs/4330154009

## Job description

Opportunity Overview

PhaseV is transforming clinical development through advanced AI and ML. With rapidly growing demand from top pharma, biotech companies, and CROs, we're seeking a commercially minded leader with a strong legal foundation to help scale our business across various partnerships. This role sits at the intersection of legal, commercial operations, and cross-functional execution. Reporting to the VP of Finance & Operations, you will partner closely with the Business Development, R&D, Finance, and other cross-functional teams to help accelerate commercial execution while ensuring appropriate legal and operational rigor. Based in the U.S. you will work closely and support our existing legal team in the US and Israel, coordinating across offices to triage legal matters, negotiate commercial agreements, and work external legal resources as appropriate.

Beyond legal, you will lead strategic operational initiatives that improve how the company executes, scales, and partners with customers. This role is ideal for someone who wants to build upon their legal foundation and apply it to our fast-paced, growing startup.

## Key Responsibilities

Legal Management

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- Serve as the legal partner for the U.S. commercial organization.
- Draft, review, and negotiate commercial agreements, including NDAs, MSAs, SaaS agreements, data licensing agreements, consulting agreements, and vendor contracts.
- Triage legal requests and determine when escalation to specialized counsel is appropriate.
- Coordinate outside counsel when specialized expertise is required.
- Develop scalable contract templates, playbooks, and approval processes.
- Partner closely with the Legal Director (Israel) to ensure consistent legal support globally.

Business Operations & Strategic Projects

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- Lead cross-functional initiatives that improve how the company operates and scales.
- Partner with finance, legal, operations, BD, and other teams on company-wide process improvements.
- Identify operational bottlenecks and drive improvements across the org.
- Support strategic partnerships, corporate initiatives, and executive projects.
- Evaluate and implement systems, tools, and workflows that improve organizational efficiency.
- Drive operational improvements that reduce friction across teams.
- Build strong relationships with commercial stakeholders, acting as a trusted business advisor rather than a downstream legal reviewer.
- Assist with financing, strategic transactions, and other corporate initiatives.

## Key Success Factors

- enjoys solving ambiguous business problems
- exercises sound judgment with limited direction
- balances legal rigor with business pragmatism
- is equally comfortable negotiating contracts and improving internal processes
- builds trust across technical, commercial, and executive teams

## Qualifications & Required Skills

- 5+ years of legal experience, incl.
- law firm experience
- In-house commercial legal experience (preferably at least 1 at a Series A or later company)
- Experience with at least one of the following: high-growth technology, SaaS, AI and/or pharma/ life sciences.
- Familiarity with at least one: privacy, data licensing, AI, IP, and clinical research agreements.
- J.D. and admission to practice in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
- Experience negotiating commercial agreements.
- Strong business judgment and practical risk assessment.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally.

Additional Information

- Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of this position.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States. PhaseV is not able to sponsor or take over sponsorship for employment visas at this time.
- PhaseV is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, or gender identity), national origin, age, disability, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
- PhaseV maintains a drug-free workplace and complies with ADA regulations as applicable.
- Competitive package including base salary, performance bonus, and additional earning potential for exceeding target, plus equity participation, comprehensive benefits, 401(k) match, and a flexible hybrid culture.
- Reports to VP of Business Development.

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## About PhaseV

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: PhaseV provides an enterprise AI/ML platform that optimizes every stage of clinical drug development, helping biopharma sponsors and CROs design smarter, faster, and more cost-effective trials.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series A)
- **Headquarters**: Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States (with offices in Tel Aviv, Israel; London, UK; and the Netherlands)
- **Founded**: 2023
- **Founders**: Raviv Pryluk, PhD (CEO, Co-Founder); Elad Berkman, MSc (CTO, Co-Founder); Dan Goldstaub, PhD (Scientific Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary Industry**: Biotechnology Research / Healthcare AI
- **Target Customers**: Biopharma sponsors and Contract Research Organizations (CROs) – B2B, Enterprise
- **Mission**: To revolutionize clinical development by using causal machine learning and AI to accelerate decisions, de-risk trials, and bring life-saving treatments to patients faster and more efficiently.

## Products & Services
- **[Trial Optimizer](https://www.phasevtrials.com/)**: AI-powered tool that designs adaptive and Bayesian clinical trials, runs millions of simulations within minutes, and enables real-time data-driven decisions to reduce costs by up to 50%, lower enrollment by 40%, shorten timelines by 40%, and boost probability of success by 30%+.
- **[ClinOps Optimizer](https://www.phasevtrials.com/)**: Causal-ML driven site selection and real-time dashboards for trial and site performance analytics.
- **[Lifecycle Management / Portfolio Optimizer](https://www.phasevtrials.com/)**: Combines causal evidence, development complexity, and market value to inform indication selection, asset viability, and portfolio decisions.
- **[Response Optimizer](https://www.phasevtrials.com/)**: Identifies optimal subgroups and biomarkers by detecting heterogeneity in complex biological signals and multi-variable clinical data.
- **Early-Derived Endpoint Identification**: Predicts and validates early-derived endpoints to accelerate decision-making, with proven case studies in neurology and immunology.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding of **$65M** (Seed $15M led by EXOR N.V. and Viola Ventures in Oct 2023; Series A $50M led by Insight Partners and Accel in June 2025)
- **Annual Revenue**: Estimated **$32M** (per LinkedIn)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Insight Partners, Accel, EXOR N.V., Viola Ventures
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount grew **90.6% year-over-year** to 52 employees (as of mid-2026)
  - **45+** biopharma and CRO customers
  - **10M+** patient-level records in data lake
  - **50+** disease predictive models
  - **10+** scientific publications
  - **6,598** LinkedIn followers (+114.7% yearly)

## Competitive Advantages
- **Causal ML & GenAI Core**: Unlike traditional AI, PhaseV uses causal inference to understand why treatments work, enabling more accurate predictions and adaptive trial designs.
- **Expansive Data Lake**: 10M+ patient-level records combined with real-world data (RWD) to train models and validate endpoints.
- **Multidisciplinary Team**: Combines veterans in machine learning, statistics, software engineering with clinical and pharma experts who have deep practical experience in optimization.
- **Proven Results**: Real-world collaborations showing 30%+ higher probability of success, 40% lower costs, 40% shorter timelines, and 40% reduced enrollment.

## Strategic Focus
- **Platform Adoption**: Scaling the enterprise platform across more biopharma sponsors and CROs globally.
- **Partnerships**: Deepening relationships with strategic accounts and expanding alliance management.
- **Indication Expansion**: Applying causal ML across various therapeutic areas beyond neurology and immunology.
- **Talent Growth**: Rapidly hiring across data science, engineering, business development, and clinical roles in both Boston and Tel Aviv.

## Why Work Here
- **Meaningful Impact**: Directly contribute to bringing life-saving treatments to patients faster by optimizing clinical trials.
- **Cutting-Edge Technology**: Work with advanced AI/ML, causal inference, and GenAI tools to solve complex healthcare challenges.
- **Collaborative Culture**: Join a diverse, multidisciplinary team of experts from healthcare, technology, and life sciences.
- **Growth Trajectory**: 90%+ headcount growth, recent $50M Series A, and strong commercial momentum offer significant career advancement opportunities.
- **Locations**: Hybrid/office presence in Boston, MA and Tel Aviv, Israel with some remote flexibility. Offices also in London and Netherlands.
- **Perks**: Not explicitly listed, but the careers page emphasizes meaningful impact, collaborative culture, and cutting-edge technology as key draws. [phasevtrials.com/careers](https://www.phasevtrials.com/careers)

## Sources
1. [phasevtrials.com](https://www.phasevtrials.com/) – Product descriptions, company overview, results
2. [phasevtrials.com/about](https://www.phasevtrials.com/about) – Founders, mission, team overview
3. [phasevtrials.com/careers](https://www.phasevtrials.com/careers) – Careers page, why join, open roles
4. [linkedin.com/company/phasevtrials](https://www.linkedin.com/company/phasevtrials) – Employee count, revenue, funding, headcount growth, locations, departments
5. [cbinsights.com/company/phasev](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/phasev) – Founded year, stage, description, former name

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