Manager Legal Compliance

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Manager Legal Compliance

Job Location: Bangalore

About Syngene: Syngene () is an innovation-led contract research development and manufacturing organization offering integrated scientific services from early discovery to commercial supply.

At Syngene safety is at the heart of everything we do personally and professionally. Syngene has placed safety at par with business performance with shared responsibility and accountability including following safety guidelines procedures and SOPs in letter and spirit

Mandatory expectation for all roles as per Syngene safety guidelines
Overall adherence to safe practices and procedures of oneself and the teams aligned
Contributing to development of procedures practices and systems that ensure safe operations and compliance with the companys integrity & quality standards
Driving a corporate culture that promotes environment health and safety (EHS) mindset and operational discipline at the workplace at all times.
Ensuring safety of self teams and lab/plant by adhering to safety protocols and following environment health and safety (EHS) requirements at all times in the workplace.

Core Purpose of the Role: Support the organisations legal and regulatory integrity by operationalising compliance privacy and ethics frameworks.

Role Accountabilities:

Compliance Framework Implementation & Monitoring
Support implementation and day-to-day operation of Syngenes global legal and regulatory compliance framework. Ensure full compliance with all applicable laws regulations and guidelines.
Track applicability of key laws stay continuously updated on regulatory developments and proactively assess their impact on the organisation co-ordinate with different stakeholders to ensure compliance.
Manage the digital compliance tool to ensure accurate compliance filings and submissions and reduce manual dependency and compliance risk. Maintain and monitor compliance dashboards trackers reports SOPs internal policies and MIS for real-time monitoring.
Conduct compliance risk assessments periodic reviews monitoring and audits of Syngenes global operations; identify gaps and recommend corrective actions.
Design and deliver compliance training programs for employees including users leadership teams and new joiners and foster a strong culture of compliance through awareness and governance discipline.
Ensure accuracy of compliance submissions by respective stakeholders.
Support internal audits inspections and regulatory inquiries from a legal standpoint.

Data Privacy & Protection Compliance
Support implementation of data protection laws applicable to the organisation (e.g. DPDP Act GDPR other global privacy regimes where relevant).
Assist with privacy notices and consent frameworks Data processing agreements (DPAs) and privacy clauses in commercial contracts vendor and thirdparty privacy due diligence
Maintain records of processing activities data flow maps and privacy documentation
Assist in data breach assessment incident response coordination and documentation

Third Party & Contractual Risk Support
Review and support negotiation of compliancerelated contractual clauses including data protection confidentiality antibribery and sanctions ethics and audit rights
Support thirdparty onboarding from a compliance and privacy perspective
Assist in monitoring ongoing compliance obligations of vendors service providers and partners

Stakeholder engagement & Advisory Support
Act as a first legal point of contact for routine compliance and privacy queries from business teams
Deliver training sessions on legal and compliance-related topics

Policy & Process Management
Draft review and update internal policies to ensure alignment with regulatory requirements risks appetite and business objectives.
Present policy and compliance updates to senior management.

Syngene Values

All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values

Excellence
Integrity
Professionalism

Specific requirements for this role
Education: LLB
Experience: Experienced incompliance regulatory privacy corporate advisory work.
Skills and Capabilities:
Working knowledge of corporate and regulatory compliance data protection and privacy concepts ethics and whistleblowing frameworks.
Ability to interpret statutes policies and contractual clauses
Strong documentation and tracking discipline
Ability to constructively engage with non-legal teams
Clear written and verbal communication

Equal Opportunity Employer:
It is the policy of Syngene to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age color national origin citizenship status physical or mental disability race religion creed gender sex sexual orientation gender identity and/or expression genetic information marital status status with regard to public assistance veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable legislation or local addition Syngene will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities.