Legal Associate Director (Temporary)

Mission

• Reporting to the General Counsel, the Legal Manager is a business partner to the internal clients. He/she works collaborative with peers and other stakeholders in the organization and is accountable for advising on strategic and relevant, routine commercial transactions in Spain and across geographies. His/her tasks include drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts and providing legal advice regarding the related commercial transactions

Tasks and Responsibilities

• Draft, review, and negotiate a variety of legal documents, including agreements, and policies.
• Analyze and advise on different kind of regulations.
• Collaborate with others in the global general counsel team to ensure consistency and alignment with the company's legal strategy and standards.
• Serve as advisor to assigned internal business partners such as procurement, manufacturing operations, R&D, clinical operations, providing legal guidance on projects and business opportunities and implementing key risk management strategies.
• Work closely and manage relationships with legal service providers as directed, to ensure that the best services are provided to the company at reasonable cost.
• Collaborates with colleagues on projects for standardization and efficiency.

Education

• Bachelors in law or equivalent degree in Law.
• Post-graduate studies (MBA, LLM) is a plus.

Experience

• In-house or law-firm total minimum experience of five (5) years. Such minimum experience is required to advise operations and business units in local and international settings.
• Experience in pharmaceutical sector is a plus.
• International experience is preferrable.

Specific Knowledge

• Knowledge and hands-on experience in areas such as antitrust, contracting, including contracts with healthcare professionals, clinical studies, licensing and commercial transactions.
• Fluency in English (oral and written) is required.
• Good document drafting and proofreading skills.
• Strong negotiation skills
• Good communication

Values and competencies

• Care: We listen & empathize. We value diverse perspectives & backgrounds. We help each other to succeed.
• Courage: We challenge the status quo. We take full ownership. We learn from our successes & failures.
• Innovation: We put the patient and customer at the center. We create novel solutions. We empower entrepreneurial mindsets.
• Simplicity: We act decisively and avoid over-analysis. We are agile & keep things simple. We understand why before we act.