Senior Legal Counsel

Teva Pharmaceuticals; Toronto; On-site; CAD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading pharmaceutical company is seeking a Senior Legal Counsel based in Toronto, Ontario. The role involves managing legal matters, providing strategic advice, and ensuring compliance with industry regulations. The ideal candidate will have substantial experience in the healthcare sector and strong negotiation skills, supporting the business in a highly regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum 12 years of legal experience in private practice or in-house.
• Experience in pharmaceutical or healthcare sectors preferred.
• Strong understanding of healthcare regulations and compliance.

Responsibilities

• Manage legal matters, including agreement negotiation and compliance.
• Oversee non-IP litigation and manage external legal counsel.
• Provide strategic legal guidance to various business units.

Skills

Legal advice

Contract negotiation

Regulatory compliance

Strategic legal advice

Project management

Communication skills

Education

Juris Doctorate

Job description

Senior Legal Counsel

Date: May 27, 2025

Location:

Toronto, Canada, Ontario, M1B2K9

Company: Teva Pharmaceuticals

Job Id: 60680

Who we are

Together, we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible, to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries and a rich, diverse variety of nationalities and backgrounds. Working here means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic medicines, and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. Today, at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. An amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with.

The opportunity

Senior Legal Counsel

Toronto, Ontario (open to Montreal candidates)

Reporting to the Country’s Executive Counsel, the Senior Legal Counsel is a multifaceted role at Teva Canada Limited, ensuring adherence to legal standards, internal policies, and ethical practices across the organization. The ideal candidate will be a solution-oriented legal leader with experience in the healthcare sector, particularly in the pharmaceutical industry. This role supports the business in navigating complex challenges and delivering strategic, practical legal advice in a highly regulated environment.

How you’ll spend your day

Legal Business Partner Support:

• Manage and oversee a diverse portfolio of legal matters impacting the Canadian organization, including but not limited to purchase and/or divestment of assets, alliance management, agreement negotiation and drafting, advising on local laws, legal counselling, litigation matters, regulations, and company policies.

• Act as a strong and reliable business partner interfacing with cross-functional units and attending various business meetings to provide legal input.

• Oversee external legal counsel, manage legal spend, and connect issues and opportunities across the business to drive the company's success.

• Support the Executive Counsel as needed and provide legal advice and support to the Company's various business units in the Canadian business.

• All other Business Partner duties as required.

Non-IP Litigation and Regulatory Compliance:

• Manage important non-IP litigation including but not limited to HR and employee matters, mediations, employment and labour standard issues.

• Participate in business meetings and provide training on issues related to rebate and customer contracting, formulary placement, and payer agreements.

• Review and update all organization policies and procedures annually.

• Support audits of customer utilization and compliance with rebate agreements.

• Ensure that the company follows all applicable laws, rules, and regulations; monitor compliance and make recommendations regarding changes to policies or operations.

• Provide guidance on Access to Information requests and related regulatory obligations.

• All other duties as assigned.

Contracting and Negotiation:

• Lead and support the drafting, review, and negotiation of a wide range of commercial agreements.

• Provide strategic legal advice on contract structure, risk mitigation, and compliance with applicable laws and internal policies.

Your experience and qualifications

• Education Required: Juris Doctorate

• Experience Required: Minimum of 12+ years of experience in private practice and/or in-house setting experience in a related industry

• Experience Preferred: Work experience in a firm or legal experience in a pharmaceutical/ Healthcare/ Life sciences matrix-based organization is a preferred

• Experience managing and resolving complex/sensitive problems

• The ability to work effectively on unclear, ambiguous, or contradictory problems

• The ability to strongly influence or convince others outside a direct span of control of a particular position to obtain concurrence or buy-in

• Exceptional knowledge of laws and regulations applicable to prescription

• Experience reviewing advertising and promotional materials of pharmaceutical products

• Diverse scope of legal experiences (e.g. litigation, M&A, regulatory / administrative law, IP, etc.), as well as strong contract drafting and negotiation skills

• Be able to multi-task and work under pressure

• Exceptional written and oral communication skills; solid project management skills

• Proven judgment and ability to counsel senior management and influence executives

• Ability to work independently as well as within a cross functional dynamic team environment

• Travel Requirements: 10-15% of the time

Already Working @TEVA?

If you are a current Teva employee, please apply using the internal career site available on "Employee Central". By doing so, your application will be treated with priority. You will also be able to see opportunities that are open exclusively to Teva employees. Use the following link to search and apply:Internal Career Site (https://performancemanager.successfactors.eu/sf/careers/jobsearch?bplte_company=1080030P)

The internal career site is available from your home network as well. If you have trouble accessing your EC account, please contact your local HR/IT partner.

Teva’s Equal Employment Opportunity Commitment

Teva Pharmaceuticals is committed to equal opportunity in employment. It is Teva's global policy that equal employment opportunity be provided without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, disability, pregnancy, medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, ancestry, veteran status, national or ethnic origin or any other legally recognized status entitled to protection under applicable laws. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace for all. If you are contacted for a job opportunity, please advise us of any accommodations needed to support you throughout the recruitment and selection process. All accommodation information provided will be treated as confidential and used only for the purpose of providing an accessible candidate experience.

EOE including disability/veteran