Dina Recchia Shaikh

About Dina Recchia Shaikh

Highly motivated, innovative, and versatile legal and business operations professional with 20+ years of experience in the pharmaceutical, medical and information technology industries.• Proven track record supporting corporate legal departments, contract lifecycle management (CLM), compliance programs, and cross-functional business operations.• Excellent communication, stakeholder engagement, & client relationship management skills with the ability to liaise effectively with internal business units, external counsel, and third-party vendors. • Successfully launched, scaled, and sold a profitable business, independently overseeing all aspects of operations including contract negotiation, vendor management, employee onboarding, and regulatory compliance. • Skilled in legal document drafting and review, redlining, contract administration, risk mitigation, policy implementation, and end-to-end agreement execution processes.• Proficient in a wide array of business and legal technology platforms including: QuickBase, Veeva Vault, Legisway, Salesforce, SharePoint, Grant Plan, FMV, Oracle, SAP, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook, CoPilot, Teams, Gmail, E-Verify, Trovix, SuccessFactors, ADP, ReQlogic, SurveyMonkey, DropBox, Visio, Snagit 10, HTML, CMC, Concur, ServiceNow, Photoshop, MS Lync, GoToMeeting, MapPoint, and QuickBooks.LEGAL SKILLS:• Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of legal agreements and contracts• Manage the end-to-end contracting lifecycle, from intake to execution and archival• Collaborate cross-functionally with legal, business, procurement, and compliance teams• Develop and deliver training on legal processes, templates, and contract standards

Experience

1. Paralegal

   Ascendis Pharma

   Jan 2025 — Present · Princeton, NJ, US

   Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a variety of legal agreements and amendments, including Master Services Agreements (MSAs), Professional Services Agreements, Consulting Agreements, Advisory Board Agreements, Statements of Work (SOWs), Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs), Grants, and Sponsorship/ Membership Agreements with minimal attorney supervision. Managed an average of 78 contracts per month. • Support attorneys with contract template development, stakeholder training, and cross-functional legal projects and initiatives.• Identify legal and compliance issues proactively; conduct analysis, recommend solutions, and deliver direct guidance to the US Legal team.• Collaborate on complex, cross-disciplinary legal matters and negotiations involving various departments and stakeholders.• Maintain strong understanding of business priorities and apply judgment to escalate critical developments to legal leadership as appropriate.• Foster productive, respectful relationships with internal stakeholders and ensure timely execution of legal responsibilities.• Lead and maintain the legal contract management process, including document execution, vendor records, and database integrity.• Support the administration of internal legal and ethics committees’ meetings by managing calendars, coordinate agendas, prepare meeting materials and minutes, and track resolutions.• Oversee legal and compliance systems related to contracts, projects, workflows, and regulatory reporting.• Drive change management activities to include policy updates, template revisions, and knowledge base maintenance.• Contribute to special projects and provide support across legal and compliance operations, including fair market value (FMV) assessments, training coordination, exclusion screening, transparency reporting, and regulatory filings.• Managed the end-to-end contract lifecycle, from initial intake and review through final signature, and system archiving.

Skills

• Budgets
• Word
• Pharmaceutical Industry
• Ultraedit
• Microsoft Office
• Html
• Mappoint
• Snagit
• Cmc
• Sharepoint
• Training
• Healthcare
• Sap
• Crm
• Microsoft Word
• Concur
• Event Planning
• Human Resources
• Powerpoint
• Microsoft Excel
• Photoshop
• Excel
• Outlook
• Visio
• Access
• Quickbooks
• Customer Service
• Gotomeeting