Lead Counsel Central Europe
Job Location:
Hoofddorp - Netherlands
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Job Summary
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The Lead CounselCentral Europeserves as Takedas senior legal partner fortheCentral EuropeCluster overseeing legal support acrosstheNetherlandsSwitzerlandand Austria.The Lead Counseloperatesin highly varied legal regulatory and commercial environmentsleadsexecution of legal strategy within the marketsand partners withCluster leadershipto support decision-makingbyinfluencingleadership discussions.
The role provides clearbusinessalignedlegaladvicethat enables confidentdecisionmakingacrossthethreecountrieswith differing healthcare systems compliance expectations and levels of market maturity.
This positionis responsible forensuring consistent legal standards across theClusterwhile tailoring advice to local needsbalancing complexity risk and business priorities.The Lead Counsel leads legal decision-making on complex legal and risk matters withappropriate escalationof highimpact issues and contributes to the implementation of innovative legal service delivery solutions (digital simplification efficiency) in alignment with Europe and IBU Legal.
The Lead Counselfosters strong collaboration acrosscountriesdrivesand implementscohesive ways of working that strengthen Takedas legal capability and regional execution. The role requires the ability to navigatecrossborderissuesanticipateregulatory and policy developments andenable decisionsforcommercial access and operational priorities with practicalsolutionsfocusedadvice.
As a key contributor to theEuropean Marketslegal leadership structure the Lead CounselCentral Europeplays acentral role in buildingstrong partnershipswith Cluster and local leadership andthe businessas well asa unified legal approach across markets while maintaining deep understanding of local dynamicsensuring Takeda can operate confidently compliantly and effectively across this strategically important region.
How you will contribute:
- Provides commercially grounded strategic legal guidance that enables sound decision-making across diverse markets and strengthens business impact across the region.
- Serves as the strategic legal partner to the Clusters leadership providing risk based decision-enabling guidance with a strong enterprise mindset.
- Builds strong and trusted partnerships with business stakeholders and cross-functional teams enabling effective collaboration aligned solution-oriented legal support as well as driving effective decision-making.
- Navigates diverse legal systems cultures and healthcare environments with a global mindset fostering effective collaboration across the Netherlands Austria Switzerland and the European Markets.
- Delivers high quality outcomes with ownership urgency and a disciplined focus on the priorities that matter most across the cluster and markets.
- Proactively identifies assesses and manages legal and regulatory risks across jurisdictions enabling compliant growth and responsible innovation.
- Adapts to evolving regional dynamics simplifies complexity for local business teams and leverages digital tools to enhance efficiency and alignment across markets.
- Communicates with simplicity as well as clearly and concisely across diverse cultures to ensure shared understanding and support confident decision-making.
- Supports continuous improvement initiatives contributes to change efforts with resilience and fosters a collaborative growth-oriented culture across the regional legal organization
Skills:
- Masters degree in lawand active legal license withina Europeanjurisdiction preferably the NetherlandsAustriaor Switzerland.
- Advanced professionalexperiencein pharmaceutical lawasin-housecounsel orina highly regarded law firmor both.
- Extensive post-qualification legal experience (typically8 years) advising on complex legal issues including access regulatory compliancelitigationand corporate matters within the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industries.
- Experiencemanagingexternallegal counsel.
- Growth-oriented culture across the regional legal organization.
Additionalrequirements:
- Languagesrequired:at least Dutch or German ideally both.
- Location: Candidate must bebasedin one of the counties of the Central Europe Clusteri.e.the NetherlandsAustriaor Switzerland.
- Role requiresregulartravel across the Central Europe cluster to support business engagement and effective legal partnering.
Base Salary Range:
116400.00 - 160050.00For information about our benefits please click here.
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