Senior Legal, Ethics & Compliance Manager

Novo Nordisk A/S; Lisboa; Hybrid; EUR 55,000 - 87,000; Full time

Job summary

Novo Nordisk A/S in Lisbon seeks a senior Legal, Ethics and Compliance professional to shape strategy, negotiate complex agreements and guide regulatory oversight for consumer activities and partnerships.

You will lead privacy, AI, data, and RWE initiatives, advise senior stakeholders, and ensure readiness for launches while maintaining governance across Portugal and with INFARMED and APIFARMA partners.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Law.
• Admission to the Portuguese Bar Association, or eligibility and legal standing appropriate to the responsibilities of the role.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in legal, ethics and/or compliance roles, with demonstrated ability to advise stakeholders on complex business matters.
• Experience advising commercial teams and negotiating complex agreements, partnerships and innovative business models.
• Strong understanding of legal, ethics and compliance frameworks, including commercial contracting, competition law, privacy, compliance governance and the responsible use of AI and data in regulated business environments.
• Experience managing audits.
• Experience with governance committees and the review and certification of promotional or other regulated material.
• The ability to influence senior stakeholders and work across commercial and specialist functions.
• Fluent written and spoken Portuguese and English.
• Confident use of Legal & Compliance systems, and openness to using approved AI-enabled and data-driven tools responsibly.
• Experience in healthcare, pharmaceuticals, life sciences or another regulated consumer-facing sector.
• Familiarity with digital collaboration, workflow, contracting and document-management tools.

Responsibilities

• Engage early in strategy, planning and execution for your assigned business areas, and structure, negotiate and implement agreements for consumer activities, partnerships, new channels, brand initiatives and online business.
• Develop workable alternatives when an approach raises legal or compliance concerns, explaining the options, trade-offs and recommended path forward.
• Lead legal and compliance readiness for new launches and help design new business models and routes to market, resolving critical issues in time to support delivery.
• Lead privacy legal support and advise on AI, data, RWE and clinical trial activities, including vendor arrangements, data access, intellectual property, consent and agreements with research partners.
• Own selected audits, Compliance Committee responsibilities and material certification, from preparation and decision papers to remediation and timely closure of findings.
• Spot emerging risks and recurring issues, and turn them into targeted improvements, practical guidance and training.

Skills

Legal judgement

Commercial mindset

Stakeholder advisory

Audit management

AI compliance

Governance & compliance

Cross-functional collaboration

English & Portuguese fluency

Education

Master’s degree in Law

Bar admission in Portugal or eligible

Tools

Regulatory systems

Job description

Novo Nordisk A/S in Lisbon seeks a senior Legal, Ethics and Compliance professional to shape strategy, negotiate complex agreements and guide regulatory oversight for consumer activities and partnerships.

You will lead privacy, AI, data, and RWE initiatives, advise senior stakeholders, and ensure readiness for launches while maintaining governance across Portugal and with INFARMED and APIFARMA partners.