Senior Counsel / Associate Director - UK, Nordics and Canada - Pharma

JR United Kingdom; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading Swiss-headquartered pharmaceutical company seeks a Senior Counsel/Associate Director to manage legal and compliance issues across the UK, Nordics, and Canada. The ideal candidate will have 5-10 years of experience in life sciences law and demonstrate commercial awareness within a fast-paced environment. This hybrid role requires strong leadership and strategic collaboration with management teams.

Qualifications

• Experienced life sciences lawyer with 5-10 years' experience in legal and compliance roles.
• Experience in commercial legal matters and healthcare compliance programs required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all legal and compliance issues for the UK, Nordics, and Canada.
• Lead commercial contracting, collaborations, market access, and compliance training.
• Handle digital and data privacy concerns.

Skills

Commercially minded

Proactive

Team player

Legal compliance

Healthcare compliance

Job description

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Senior Counsel / Associate Director - UK, Nordics and Canada - Pharma, London (City of London)

Client:

BARON CRAWFORD RECRUITMENT LIMITED

Location:

London (City of London), United Kingdom

Job Category:

Other

EU work permit required:

Yes

Job Views:

2

Posted:

16.06.2025

Expiry Date:

31.07.2025

Job Description:

Our client is an innovative and developing Swiss-headquartered commercial-stage pharmaceutical company. They are seeking a Legal and Compliance Counsel to lead for the UK, Nordics, and Canada, based in London.

Reporting to their Head of Legal for EUCAN, and working closely with the small country management teams, the role will be responsible for all legal and compliance issues for the region. Specifically, the post holder will oversee and lead all commercial contracting, collaborations, market access, ABPI matters including compliance training and monitoring, as well as digital and data privacy concerns.

You should ideally be an experienced life sciences lawyer with at least 5-10 years of experience from both private practice and ideally a similar in-house role within a pharmaceutical or biotech organization (medical technology experience may also be considered). Experience in commercial legal matters and healthcare compliance programs is required. You should be a commercially minded, proactive team player capable of operating effectively at all levels within an entrepreneurial and fast-paced organization.

The role is based in London and will operate a hybrid working model.

For more information about this exciting opportunity, please contact Rob Baron of Baron Crawford, the exclusive recruiter for this role.