Legal Counsel Healthcare Development & Franchises

Emd PM; Madrid; Presencial; EUR 70.000 - 90.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

An established industry player is seeking a seasoned Legal Counsel to join their dynamic Healthcare Development & Franchises Legal Team. In this pivotal role, you will serve as a strategic legal partner, providing expert guidance on clinical trials and oncology products. Collaborating with cross-functional teams, you will assess legal risks and deliver pragmatic advice to ensure compliance and support business objectives. This hybrid position offers the opportunity to work closely with colleagues across Europe and North America, making a significant impact on the company’s innovative pipeline. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment and are passionate about legal excellence, this is your chance to shine.

Formación

• Minimum 8 years of experience in a legal department of a pharmaceutical company.
• Ability to provide solutions-oriented legal advice across cultures.

Responsabilidades

• Provide legal guidance for company-sponsored clinical trials and oncology products.
• Interact with global teams to manage legal risks and support development activities.

Conocimientos

Legal Risk Assessment

Legal Advice

Contract Negotiation

Communication Skills

Organizational Skills

Educación

Legal Degree

Admission to Practice Law

Descripción del empleo

Your Role : As Legal Counsel, you will join our Healthcare’s Development & Franchises (D&F) Legal Team, reporting to the Head of Legal Healthcare for Therapeutic Area Oncology. In this role, you will serve as a subject matter expert and strategic legal partner to the Healthcare’s Global Development Operations organization. You will also collaborate closely with other members of the D&F Legal Team on matters relating to global development operations and the conduct of company-sponsored clinical trials. Your responsibilities will include contracting and supporting the company’s relationship with its CRO partner, and potentially drafting and negotiating other clinical trial vendor agreements.

Furthermore, you will play a crucial role in supporting Development, Medical Affairs, and Commercial activities for the company’s marketed Oncology products and its robust pipeline of clinical-stage Oncology assets. You will provide legal guidance to the cross-functional Global Program Team for your assigned asset(s), helping them manage legal risk within their development programs, including for internal and external interactions, activities and communications.

Depending on your background, you will also provide strategic and operational support for commercial assets and activities, including participating in the Medical-Legal-Regulatory review.

In all of these areas, you will be expected to interact with and provide pragmatic, solutions-oriented, risk-based legal advice to colleagues across all levels of the organization. This role will primarily involve working with business partners in Europe and North America, with flexibility to engage with colleagues in other time zones as needed. Additionally, you will participate in Legal Department projects and initiatives and carry out other related duties as assigned, including supporting other D&F and Healthcare activities as necessary.

This is a hybrid role (3 days / week on-site) and may be based in Madrid, Spain; Rome, Italy; or Warsaw, Poland.

Who You Are :

• An Experienced Lawyer with a legal degree, admission to practice law in at least one jurisdiction, and a minimum of 8 years experience in the legal department of an international pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, or clinical-stage biotech company or a Clinical Research Organization.
• Comfortable working and interacting with all levels of management, including senior management.
• Able to assess legal risk and provide pragmatic, solutions-oriented, risk-based legal advice.
• Experienced in an international environment with the ability to work in different cultures and manage global matters.
• An open, energetic self-starter who can act under pressure, handle multiple priorities, and maintain excellent organisational, collaboration, and communication skills.