Specialist Group Governance Legal

(FCRS = BR012) SANDOZ DO BRASIL IND FARMACEUTICA LTDA; Madrid; On-site; EUR 55,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sandoz is seeking a Specialist Group Governance Legal professional to maintain core entity data, support governance reporting, and drive automation across the global subsidiary network. You will ensure data accuracy, compliance status, and provide insights to leadership.

You will collaborate with country organizations and global teams, develop governance templates, and promote responsible use of AI in data quality and reporting. Fluency in English is required; other languages are a plus.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in law or equivalent is required.
• 3+ years of governance, data or legal-entity experience.
• Experience producing governance reports, dashboards or MI.
• Strong digital aptitude and knowledge of data analytics and automation.

Responsibilities

• Maintain accuracy of core legal entity data including directors and ownership.
• Generate recurring and ad hoc governance reports for entities and compliance.
• Develop and maintain corporate structure charts and dashboards.
• Monitor regulatory changes affecting corporate entities and governance.
• Drive digitalization and automation of governance processes and data management.

Skills

Governance reporting

Data governance

AI tools

English proficiency

Education

Law degree

Tools

Governance dashboards

Document management systems

Workflow tools

Job description

Job Description Summary

We are hiring!

Job Description

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.

As a newly independent company we are focused on growth. We see growth as the engine powering everything we want to achieve for patients. It will allow us to innovate & pioneer greater access to high-quality medicines, but we can only do this by bringing the best and the brightest minds together.

As a Specialist Group Governance Legal, you'll play a key role in supporting the management, accuracy and integrity of legal entity and corporate governance data across the global Sandoz subsidiary portfolio. You'll be responsible for maintaining core entity information, developing governance reporting and insights, managing corporate records, and supporting compliance and assurance activities. Additionally, you'll help drive the digitalization and automation of governance processes, leveraging data, approved AI solutions and digital tools to improve data quality, reporting and operational efficiency across the organization.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Own the maintenance, accuracy and timely updating of core legal entity data, including information on directors, officers, statutory bodies, ownership structures and other key corporate attributes.
• Act as a central contact for entity data and records queries, working with country organizations and regional and global functions to obtain, validate and reconcile information.
• Generate recurring and ad hoc reports on legal entities, directors, governing bodies, ownership, compliance status and changes across the subsidiary portfolio.
• Develop and maintain corporate structure charts, dashboards, governance statistics and other management information, highlighting relevant changes to support analysis and interpretation in collaboration with the team.
• Monitor and analyse global legal regulatory changes affecting corporate entities and governance.
• Upload, organize and maintain legal and corporate documents in centralized databases, including electronic statutory books, ensuring governance documentation and records remain complete, accurately classified, accessible and current.
• Monitor and support global annual compliance obligations, including active follow-up on completion status and outstanding matters, preparation of related compliance reporting and regular data integrity reviews.
• Implement and maintain controls to ensure the accuracy and reliability of corporate data, coordinating follow-up and remediation with relevant stakeholders where necessary.
• Drive the digitalization and automation of recurring governance, data, document and reporting processes, including identifying use cases, documenting requirements, testing solutions and supporting implementation and adoption.
• Promote the responsible use of approved AI and digital tools to improve data quality, reporting, knowledge management and operational efficiency.
• Support selected governance operations and team activities, including knowledge-sharing, and develop practical guidance, templates and process documentation for affiliates and internal stakeholders.
• Contribute to broader corporate legal and governance projects and initiatives, and work closely with team members to support subsidiary requests and related activities.

What you need to bring to the role:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent qualification, with a qualification in law desired.
• Additional qualifications in corporate legal and governance, data management, AI, process improvement, automation or legal technology are an advantage.
• Typically 3+ years of relevant experience in the related area.
• Experience producing governance reports, dashboards, management information or corporate structure charts.
• Strong digital aptitude and practical experience improving processes through workflow tools, automation, data analytics and AI solutions.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical and organizational skills, with the ability to independently manage recurring processes, deadlines and multiple stakeholders.
• A proactive, collaborative, service-oriented and continuous-improvement mindset.
• English working proficiency, spoken and written, is required. Additional languages are an advantage.

What you'll receive:

Sandoz compensation is determined by job level, qualifications, niche skills, experience, and location within company salary ranges. Fully proficient and highly effective employees can expect a starting salary around market median, with those new to the level or with less functional depth at the lower end of the range and those with sustained superior or niche skills towards the higher end of the range. Internal equity and external market data inform our range placement. Annual salary reviews consider performance outc