Legal Manager
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Posted on:
30+ days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Your role:
Provide strategic and operational legal support to business areas ensuring compliance with applicable laws and internal policies mitigating legal/reputational risk and enabling compliant growth. The role covers broad legal matters with a strong focus on regulatory public procurement/tenders competition/antitrust commercial contracting (public and private) and compliance. Manage external counsel and specialized consultants; no direct team.
You will be responsible for:
- Act as a strategic business partner to cross-functional stakeholders (Commercial Market Access Medical Finance Supply Compliance).
- Advise on pharma regulatory topics and interactions with health authorities ensuring compliant decision-making.
- Support tenders and government contracting including bid review contracting and administrative proceedings.
- Provide guidance on competition/antitrust risks (pricing/discounts distribution arrangements commercial policies information exchange).
- Review and negotiate commercial contracts (public/private) with distributors vendors service providers and strategic partners.
- Support distribution models and commercial policy implementation ensuring alignment with legal/compliance requirements.
- Develop clear pragmatic legal opinions and business-facing guidance.
- Coordinate corporate governance documentation aligned with company governance.
- Represent Legal in Brand Teams and key governance forums; support industry association engagement when requested in coordination with relevant functions.
- Partner with Compliance on policies trainings and investigations as needed.
- Ensure adherence to the Code of Conduct and internal policies/procedures.
Core capabilities
- Strong business partnering and stakeholder management; influence without authority
- Excellent contracting and negotiation skills
- Solid knowledge of regulated industries; ability to translate law into practical guidance
- Working knowledge of competition/antitrust and public procurement risks
- High standards for ethics judgment confidentiality and compliance culture
- Strong written/oral communication and organization; ability to manage multiple priorities
Qualifications :
Requirements:
- Law degree (LL.B. or equivalent)
- Consolidated legal experience in corporate settings; ideally regulated industries
- Fluent English (written and spoken)
- Postgraduate/specialization in Corporate/Business/Contract Law
- Spanish (plus)
- Experience in pharmaceutical/healthcare industry
Additional Information :
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity driving innovation transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.
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Employment Type :
Full-time
About Company
AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first for patients, communities, and our world. We aim to address complex health issues and enhance people's lives through our core therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuro ... View more
