Legal Manager

Looking for a role where legal expertise truly shapes business decisions This position offers strategic influence across pharma law commercial law compliance and clinical activities with strong exposure to senior stakeholders and real ownership of complex topics. Apply today and join our French affiliate!

Your new role

In this role you will provide end-to-end legal support across the pharmaceutical value chain with a strong focus on proactively identifying and managing legal regulatory and compliance risks. You will act as a trusted legal partner to the business contributing expert advice on complex matters while supporting cross-functional initiatives and ensuring alignment with applicable laws regulations and company policies.

Key responsibilities:

• Act as subject matter expert for legal matters including pharma law litigation commercial and competition law anti-corruption (LEA) and clinical operations.
• Provide legal guidance on commercial cooperation agreements with private entities pharmacies and pharmacy networks ensuring regulatory compliance.
• Draft review and negotiate commercial contracts such as rebate agreements distribution arrangements and promotional activities.
• Proactively identify legal and compliance risks and develop pragmatic business-oriented solutions.
• Serve as the primary legal contact for the French Clinical Development Centre (CDC) and represent LEC in the FR CDC Leadership Team.
• Support strategic decision-making by advising stakeholders monitoring legal developments and improving legal processes and best practices.

Your New Department

Our Legal & Compliance team consists of 3 lawyers and one senior compliance manager and is supervised by the Legal and Compliance Director. It is a dynamic team where collaboration and mutual support are key. We work in an environment that values openness trust and proactive problem-solving fostering a positive and inclusive culture.

Team members share knowledge celebrate successes together and maintain a strong sense of camaraderie.

Your skills & Qualifications

• Law degree (LLB or equivalent) required; advanced legal qualifications (LLM) and Bar admission preferred.
• 68 years of relevant legal experience including providing strategic legal counsel and managing complex matters preferably in pharmaceutical sector or large distribution/retail environments.
• Proven experience in drafting reviewing approving and negotiating legal documents as well as representing organisations in specialised proceedings.
• Strong legal expertise in contracts compliance and corporate/pharma-related law with a high level of attention to detail.
• Strategic and analytical mindset able to anticipate risks and deliver pragmatic business-oriented legal solutions.
• Excellent communication and negotiation skills with the ability to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• High ethical standards integrity and sound judgement in all legal and compliance matters.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment while mentoring junior colleagues and contributing to team development.

Working at Novo Nordisk

We are a proud life-science company and life is our reason to exist. Were inspired by life in all its forms and shapes ups and downs opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk life means many thingsfrom the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately life is why were all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

What we offer
There is of course more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

Deadline
Apply before 20 January 2026. (Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis).

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.

Were not your typical healthcare a modern world of quick fixes we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science make healthcare more accessible and treat prevent and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real lasting change in health.