Job Description Summary
Lead the Legal and Compliance function for Saudi Arabia and North Africa, serving as a trusted advisor and strategic business partner to senior leadership and cross-functional teams. Provide proactive legal counsel on a broad range of business.Job Description
Major accountabilities:
Act as a legal Business Partner to the Country Head in all activities relating to the contractual negotiations and statutory obligations.
Draft complex transactions and contracts independently and provide complex and contextual legal advice and guidance (incl. training of key customers in specified legal areas).
Identify risks relating to business activities and potential solutions thereof; raise business’ awareness of legal issues and ensure early legal involvement.
Conduct robust risk assessments that substantiate recommendations, and advise on and determine appropriate actions to support the management decision processes.
Manage significant disputes and litigation and/or investigations and make decisions independently within a broad framework.
Guide, counsel and support the work of more junior Legal counsels, paralegals and support staff.
Provide expertise in one or more substantive areas (e.g. Transactions, Litigation, HR and Regulatory).
and lead legal projects and transactions (i.e.: Licensing and Divestment).
Lead, direct and develop the legal resources within one business unit or across all business units in the country (depending on whether unit or cross-unit role).
Reporting of technical complaints / adverse events / special case scenarios related to Sandoz products within 24 hours of receipt -Distribution of marketing samples (where applicable)
Key performance indicators:
Provide problem solving, business oriented legal advice; to be assessed with appropriate customer feedback.
Compliance with reporting obligations.
Setting priorities and managing a wide-ranging work load.
What you’ll bring to the role:
Bachelor's degree in law
Residency in Riyadh is required
10+ years' experience is required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment.
Experience in managing Legal & Compliance teams, work and projects
Ability to analyze complex legal and compliance issues.
Proven experience in leading interactions with government authorities, and regulatory bodies on compliance and legal matters.
Strong verbal & written communication skills; together with a high ability to influence and negotiate.
Proven ability to deal positively when working within tight time pressures & demanding clients.
Financial/business acumen and business partnering skills
Demonstrate professional & culturally sensitive work ethics
Change agility and resilience
English fluency is required, and Arabic is highly preferred
Why Sandoz?
Sandoz is the global leader in Biosimilar and Generic medicines, a segment of the healthcare industry that delivers 80% of the world’s medicines at 30% of the cost, touching the lives of more than 1 billion people across 100+ countries! While we are proud of our achievements, we have an ambition to do more, so that everyone can achieve the basic human right of access to good healthcare.
With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help even more people gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.
Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful careers, where diversity of thought is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!
Join us, help us make healthcare fairer and faster.
Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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Skills Desired
Business Development, Business Partners, Career Development, Computer Cluster, Data Privacy, Finance, Internet, Law (Legal System), Legal Advice, Litigation Law, Negotiation Skills, Private Equity, TaxSkills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Law
- Residency in Riyadh
- 10+ years of experience, ideally in healthcare or pharmaceuticals
- Experience managing Legal and Compliance teams, work, and projects
- Ability to analyze complex legal and compliance issues
- Experience leading interactions with government authorities and regulatory bodies
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to influence and negotiate
- Ability to work under tight time pressures and with demanding clients
- Financial and business acumen with business partnering skills
- Professional and culturally sensitive work ethics
- Change agility and resilience
- Fluency in English
- Arabic language skills
Sandoz Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Sandoz and has not been reviewed or approved by Sandoz.
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Healthcare Strength — Health, dental, vision, and prescription coverage are consistently described as core components across U.S. roles and materials. Feedback suggests the medical offering is broad and a standard pillar of the package.
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Retirement Support — A 401(k) plan with a company match described as generous is commonly included for U.S. roles. This savings support is positioned alongside other primary benefits as part of total rewards.
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Equity Value & Accessibility — Equity eligibility is noted for many positions and a global all‑employee share program is being introduced from 2026. These elements add upside beyond base salary and annual bonus.
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Sandoz is the global leader in generic and biosimilar medicines. Our Purpose is to pioneer access to medicines for patients globally. We are on a mission to drive innovation in the healthcare industry by freeing up resources sustainably and responsibly while continuing to address global health challenges such as antimicrobial resistance. We are present in more than 100 countries and our medicines serve some 500 million people every year. We have two main global businesses: Generics - divided between standard generics and complex generics - and Biosimilars.
