Senior Legal Counsel mfd Germany
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For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors:
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At Gilead were creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years weve tackled diseases such as HIV viral hepatitis COVID19 and cancer working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the worlds biggest health challenges and our mission requires collaboration determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
Every member of Gileads team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of lifechanging scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions and were looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.
We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible together.
Job Description
Senior Legal Counsel (m/f/d) Germany
At Gilead we are creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years we have tackled diseases such as HIV viral hepatitis COVID19 and cancer working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the worlds biggest health challenges and our mission requires collaboration determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
We empower our leaders to step up share ideas listen learn and lead. We are welcoming bright diverse and imaginative minds; we are nurturing them to foster an environment of inclusion and growth where innovation is encouraged. We expect our people leaders to model that environment and to focus on creating inclusion developing talent and enabling teams.
Every member of Gileads team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of lifechanging scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions and we are looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact. Join Gilead and help create possible together.
Job Description
We have an exciting opportunity for a Senior Legal Counsel (m/f/d) to further strengthen the German Legal Department and to advise Gilead Germany on a broad range of legal matters. As a Senior Legal Counsel you will assume an important role within the German Legal Department reporting to the Head of Legal and Business Conduct Germany. You will be responsible for advising and managing the legal topics of a business franchise and other departments providing guidance direction and possible solutions to all franchise related activities. The Senior Legal Counsel will also liaise with colleagues in the international and global legal function. The Senior Legal Counsel will be based in Martinsried near Munich (Germany).
Specific Role
The Senior Legal Counsel will advise one of the affiliates business franchises and other departments on all legal topics across all potential legal areas including but not limited to contract law pharmaceutical law advertising in the health care sector unfair competition compliance and business conduct data privacy law clinical research contracts and litigation.
The Senior Legal Counsel
- acts as strong and true business partner to the Head of Legal the General Manager the local senior management team and internal clients (Commercial Medical Regulatory Distribution etc. having indepth understanding of the company products and the market environment and corresponding business processes to identify any opportunity to drive business forward and raise the knowledge of the business
- independently develops templates for the business franchise and drafts tailored contracts where necessary
- is responsible for analyzing and determining legal risks associated with Gileads business
- ensures alignment with Global and International strategy when structuring and negotiating contracts or providing advice to internal clients
- advises on and approves promotional and nonpromotional materials and internal / external events organized or supported by Gilead
- trains employees on legal topics e.g. trainings on pharmaceutical law anticorruption business conduct compliance codices competition & antitrust law and dawn raids
Typical Education & Experience & Personal competencies / behaviours
- Fully qualified lawyer (German State Examination 1st/2nd).
- Substantial industry or law firm experience.
- Experience in Life Science Industry.
- Fluent in English and in German.
- Experience in drafting negotiating and implementing a wide range of commercial agreements including those related to distributor and logistics management access to medicines initiatives collaborations coalitions service provision and other significant agreements.
- Exercising judgement and determining and taking appropriate action where precedent may not exist.
- Excellent interpersonal and influencing skills an inquisitive mind and the ability to work effectively in a global matrixed organisation with multiple functions
- Personal and professional maturity and have a strong work ethic and personal integrity.
- Collaborative and culturally experienced team player that leads by example.
- Proactive approach to workstreams and can do and problemsolving attitude.
- Strong business judgment with proven ability to identify and address customer needs.
Being Here Matters
At Gilead we are committed and passionate about improving the lives of the patients who use our products. Our values integrity inclusion teamwork accountability and excellence are evident in everything we do. We are a closeknit team where you can see the tangible results of your contributions where every individual matters and everyone has a chance to enhance their skills through ongoing development.
We want all our employees to embrace and leverage each others talents and diverse perspectives foster a sense of belonging achieve their full career potential and contribute to the teams success.
As an equal opportunity employer Gilead Sciences is committed to a diverse workforce. Employment decisions regarding recruitment and selection will be made without discrimination based on race colour religion national origin gender age sexual orientation physical or mental disability genetic information or characteristic gender identity and expression veteran status or other nonjob related characteristics or other prohibited grounds specified in applicable federal state and local laws.
We are looking forward to learn about you!
Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)
It is the policy of Gilead Sciences Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively Gilead or the Company) to recruit select and employ the most qualified persons available for positions throughout the Company. Except if otherwise provided by applicable law all employment actions relating to issues such as compensation benefits transfers layoffs returns from layoffs companysponsored training education assistance social and recreational programs are administered on a nondiscriminatory basis (i.e. without regard to protected characteristics or prohibited grounds which may include an individuals gender race color national origin ancestry religion creed physical or mental disability marital status sexual orientation medical condition veteran status and age unless such protection is prohibited by federal state municipal provincial local or other applicable laws). Gilead also prohibits discrimination based on any other characteristics protected by applicable laws.
For Current Gilead Employees and Contractors:
Please log onto your Internal Career Site to apply for this job.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
Employment Type
Full-Time
