Sr Counsil (Legal Business Partner)

Job Overview

This role serves as a trusted legal advisor and strategic partner to designated Research & Development Services (R&DS) business leaders. The role is designed to align legal advice with business objectives enabling growth while identifying mitigating and managing legal and regulatory risk. The Legal Business Partner operates close to the business with day-to-day responsibility for legal counseling contract support and issue-spotting while coordinating effectively with specialist Global Legal functions.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Business Partnering

• Develop a strong understanding of assigned R&DS business units and provide practical business-oriented legal advice that supports achievement of business goals.

• Proactively identify legal and regulatory risks and recommend solutions that are pragmatic scalable and aligned with business realities.

Legal Counseling & Issue Management

• Serve as first-line legal counsel for R&DS matters within scope including issue-spotting analysis and resolution.

• Translate complex legal concepts into clear actionable guidance for non-legal stakeholders.

Contracting & Commercial Support

• Support R&DS customer and vendor contracting activities including review negotiation and guidance on standard and non-standard agreements.

• Partner closely with Lead Contract Negotiators (LCN) and other contracting resources consistent with the R&DS contracting model.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Coordinate with Global Legal specialist teams (Privacy Compliance Regulatory IP Regional Legal) to ensure matters are owned by the appropriate subject-matter experts while maintaining overall continuity for the business.

• Foster strong working relationships with finance operations quality and other enabling functions.

Risk Management & Compliance

• Support the business in understanding and complying with applicable laws regulations and internal policies affecting R&DS activities.

• Contribute to the development and consistent application of legal guidance templates and playbooks relevant to R&DS.

• Assist with audits inspections and internal reviews as needed in coordination with relevant Legal and Compliance teams.

Outside Counsel Management

• Engage and manage outside counsel when appropriate consistent with internal guidelines.

• Oversee scope cost and quality of outside counsel support and ensure alignment with business objectives.

Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (or equivalent) and an active license to practice law in applicable jurisdiction.

• Fluent English

• Minimum of eight (8) years in-house legal department law firm and/or other relevant legal experience.

• Effective organizational planning project management communication presentation interpersonal pragmatic problem-solving and influence skills.

• Strong business acumen and the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

• Understanding of the pharmaceutical industry and/or drug development process preferred.

• Working knowledge of data protection privacy and related laws and regulations preferred.

• Ability to engage in complex problem solving hard-working and results-orientated

• Demonstrated ability to work creatively in a fast-paced environment.

• Demonstrated sound judgment/decision-making skills.

• Skilled in using MS Office Suite: MS Word MS Excel MS PowerPoint.

*Resumé/CV must be submitted in English*

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