Senior Legal Counsel

West Yorkshire Permanent £85,000 - £110,000 per year View Job Description
We are looking for a highly skilled Senior Legal Counsel with experience in the pharmaceutical industry to support the legal function of an evolving business.
  • Exciting opportunity to develop as Senior Legal Counsel
  • Great package available from reputable business in Pharma and Life Sciences

About Our Client

Our client is a multinational pharmaceutical company specialising in generic and branded drugs. They have been around for 120 years and have a global network of approximately 37,000 employees across 58 markets.

The business are evolving so are looking for an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join a small but mighty team.

Job Description

You will be:

  • Acting as legal lead on areas of responsibilities and legal partner to the commercial business providing legal input into strategy, risk assessment and commercialisation.
  • Partnering with the Business Innovation team to successfully launch innovative products and biosimilars.
  • Liaising with other teams to ensure compliance.
  • Supporting the business on complex negotiating and contracting across the supply chain and customers.
  • Partnering across the UK & Ireland business units to provide ad-hoc and strategic commercially viable and pragmatic legal advice.
  • Training and guiding junior team members on projects and contracts and managing relationships with external counsels.
  • The legal lead for Data, Digitisation & Privacy.

The Successful Applicant

A successful Senior Legal Counsel will:

  • Be 4-7 years PQE with experience within Healthcare / Pharmaceuticals, and in particular new product launches.
  • Have experience of operating in an in-house function with proven commercial acumen and business partnering experience.
  • Be very commercial and ambitious.



What's on Offer

COMPETITIVE salary plus benefits

Hybrid working (2 days in office in W. Yorkshire per week)

Contact
Lucy Martin
Quote job ref
JN-082024-6518721
Phone number
+447812680116

Job summary

Job function
Legal
Subsector
Healthcare / Pharmaceutical
Sector
Healthcare / Pharmaceutical
Location
West Yorkshire
Contract type
Permanent
Consultant name
Lucy Martin
Consultant phone
+447812680116
Job reference
JN-082024-6518721