Head of Legal, Mid-Europe & Germany - 12 Months FTC

Mundipharma is a global (ex-US) network of independent associated companies that research, develop and manufacture innovative pharmaceutical medicines and consumer healthcare products.  We are an agile and fast-paced company seeking to increase access to health care through programmes and effective partnerships.

We are forward-looking and dedicated to bringing innovative treatments to many of the world’s most challenging conditions and diseases including:  Pain Management & Supportive Care, Consumer Health, Anti-Infectives, Biosimilars, CNS, Diabetes, Oncology, Ophthalmology, Respiratory and transplantation immunity.

We make a difference to patient lives by delivering value to healthcare professionals in 120+ countries across Africa, Asia Pacific, Canada, Europe, Latin America, and the Middle East.

Our guiding principles, centred around Integrity and Patient-Centricity, are at the heart of everything we do.  We encourage our people to think differently and our inclusive culture of continuous learning and collaboration make Mundipharma a great place to work.

For more information visit www.mundipharma.com

The Head of Legal, Mid-Europe & Germany is responsible for providing legal advice and support to the Mundipharma Entities (IACs) in Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Switzerland, Holland, Belgium, Luxembourg & Germany. The Head of Legal is a member of and advisor to the Mid-European and German leadership Teams and is responsible for providing legal support to all functions within the relevant companies to mitigate key legal risks.

Specific Duties & Responsibilities

The Head of Legal is:

• Responsible for managing and advising on all legal matters of importance to the companies in the clusters.
• Required to undertake an active and holistic role in the Mid-European and German Leadership Teams.

Primary tasks

Advice

• Provide advice within commercial-, fair competition-, data privacy-, employment-, company-, IP-, marketing- and regulatory law advice, and adjacent legal areas as required 

Banking operations (Nordics)

• Collaborate with Finance to authorise bank operations, such as payments and money transfers

Business Development

• Participate in the evaluation of new business development opportunities by assisting in due diligence, negotiation and contract/term-sheet­ creation/review

Communication

• Interact with external legal advisors, patent/trademark teams and communicate important legal developments
• Support and advice on general communication activities within the clusters

Compliance

• Standing member of country compliance committees
• Support compliance in implementation of compliance initiatives

Contracts

• Drafting and advising on negotiation of a range of commercial contracts
• Coordinating intra-associate agreements

Data Protection

• Ensure efficient and compliant handling of personal data & adherence to the European Data Protection compliance programme

Legal Governance

• Manage Corporate documentation, general meetings, shareholder resolutions, and other relevant company law related matters
• Advice IAC directors on local company law obligations and requirements

Litigation & disputes

• Manage disputes/complaints from vendors, competitors, authorities and advice on customer complaints

Projects

• Support in implementation of global legal projects as required

Promotional Codes

• Review promotional materials/activities
• Handle complaints

SOPs

• Create and maintain SOPs within relevant legal topics

Training

• Conduct relevant legal training sessions for relevant employees

Other mandatory tasks/behaviours:

GDP and GVP responsibility

• Comply with GDP (Good Pharmacovigilance Practice and Good Distribution Practicea) and GVP principles and fulfil the obligations within the quality management system and relevant procedures. This includes reporting of all deviations and changes affecting GxP areas.
• Report on all drug safety risks, product quality issues and suspicion of falsified medicines according to the relevant SOPs.

Legal responsibility

• Comply with all company legal and compliance, SOPs, policies and relevant procedures.

Skills, Capabilities & Experience  

• Master’s degree of law
• Admitted to the Bar in a Mid-European country (at least 6 years PQE)
• Prior knowledge of the pharma industry
• Pragmatic, solutions-focused, confident and credible
• A track-record demonstrating commitment and achievement
• Personable and able to build good working relationships with colleagues at all levels
• Strong influencing skills: the individual should have a collaborative working style, be diplomatic and an effective communicator
• A capable trainer
• A self-starter, with the drive to achieve goals and a willingness to be accountable.

The successful candidate will be asked to come once or twice per month in our Cambridge office.