Legal & Compliance Head

Job Summary

Job Description Summary

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path unique opportunities will present themselves both professionally and personally. Join us the future is ours to shape!

The Head Legal & Compliance will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Job Description

Major accountabilities:

• Adopt a pro-active business focused approach by:
  • Serving as single point of contact for all Legal & Compliance tasks in a country for commercial and non-commercial sites incl. coordinating data privacy antitrust etc. topics with Global Leads and Teams
  • Providing Legal & Compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy local legal trends legislation changes (marketing tender sales launches customer-facing activities regulatory)
  • Managing matters and litigation (Legislative matters antibribery unfair competition and anti-trust P&O liabilities etc.)
  • Negotiating drafting and management of commercial agreements (focusing on sell side)
  • Managing local Corporate topics in alignment with global team
  • Legal & Compliance reporting monitoring & training incl. transparency reporting dawn-raid training
  • Support of P3 CoI RAM ERM audits TPRM contract management etc.
• As a member of the Country Leadership Team pro-actively contribute to strategy and business discussions decisions and outcomes.
• Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
• Support investigations conducted by Authorities Corporate Security and Speak-Up on legal and compliance issues.
• Build a highly skilled legal and compliance function. Support knowledge sharing and talent exchange beyond the country and cluster.
• Build and review country outside counsel panels manage outside counsel to budget.

What youll bring to the role:

• Bachelor degree in Law
• 10 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment and/or with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare & technology clients with 5 years of experience in managerial roles.
• Fluency in English essential; Knowledge of at least one other language preferred.
• Experience in managing Legal & Compliance teams work and projects
• Ability to analyse complex legal and compliance issues.
• Strong verbal & written communication skills; together with a high ability to influence and negotiate.
• Proven ability to deal positively when working within tight time pressures & demanding clients.
• Financial/business acumen and business partnering skills
• Demonstrate professional & culturally sensitive work ethics
• Change agility and resilience

Why Sandoz

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz a leader in this sector provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100 countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities production sites new acquisitions and partnerships we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost high-quality medicines sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues who in return for applying their skills experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful flexible-hybrid careers where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

Join us!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

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Skills Desired

Business Development Business Partners Career Development Computer Cluster Data Privacy Finance Internet Law (Legal System) Legal Advice Litigation Law Negotiation Skills Private Equity Tax

Key Skills

• Abinitio
• Apprentice
• Dermatology
• Cost Estimation
• Data Networking
• Liaison

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