Associate Director, Legal Affairs, EMEA - Permanent 100% (m/f)

For one of our client, we are looking for an Associate Director, Legal Affairs EMEA with minimum 10 years of relevant experience.

Associate Director, Legal Affairs, EMEA - Permanent 100% (m/f)

Life Sciences industry.

Description

• Support senior EMEA management team on a wide-range of legal and business matters related to Sales & Marketing, Commercial Operations, HR, Medical Affairs, Finance, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Pharmacovigilance, Quality, Market Access, Finance, R&D and Clinical Operations.

• Draft and negotiate life-sciences industry contracts. Oversee safety, health environment, and quality assurance side of the business and coordinate work systems to ensure that company services meet the highest quality standards.

• Support corporate governance/secretarial matters entities in geographic areas assigned.

• Management of external legal counsel, including dispute/litigation support, in cooperation with external legal counsel while controlling external legal costs.

• Support geographical expansion activities , to support revenue growth objectives and patient access to company's products.

• Assist Head of Legal with development and implementation of digital tools, including software.

• Collaboration with EMEA Compliance in developing healthcare compliance templates and processes to support corporate best practices objectives.

• Provide legal advice on general compliance matters to ensure alignment of the company's operational activities and a common understanding of legal requirements and practices.

• Manage corporate administration for EMEA subsidiaries in close coordination with selected law firms and third party service provider.

Profile

• Law degree from recognized university in Europe. Qualification to practice law in at least one European jurisdiction.

• Additional studies in second European country (a plus).

• At least 10 years of law practice in a law firm and/or in-house in an internationally focused law firm/company

• Experience in independently and successfully managing the legal aspects of complex international projects

• Strong experience in the Life Sciences industry (minimum 3 years)

• Excellent command of the English language, including strong drafting skills

• Fluency in second language, for example, German, French, Italian or Spanish

• Readiness to travel on an EMEA basis to support business teams

• Hands-on and solution-oriented, as well as pragmatic and discreet

• Business-approach

• Self-starter with the ability to work independently

• Good personal and communications skills and judgment

• Flexibility, organizational skills

• Team player

Job Offer

To discuss.