The Role
Job Description Summary
At Novartis, we are reimagining medicine to improve and extend people’s lives. As Legal Head for Emerging Markets, you will be a strategic legal partner to the Country President and leadership team. You will provide proactive, business-focused legal counsel and drive the implementation of Novartis legal strategy in the following countries: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Mongolia, Moldova.
Job Description
Role Responsibilities Include:
- Acts as a member of the Leadership Team of Emerging Markets.
- Acts as a trusted business partner to senior leadership, providing legal guidance on complex and sensitive matters.
- Ensures timely and effective legal advice to all the activities in Emerging Markets.
- Leads legal operations in Emerging Markets, ensuring compliance with local and global regulations.
- Contributes to and influences Emerging Markets business strategy and decision-making processes.
- Anticipates and counsels regarding major legal and reputational risks to the business.
- Manages external lawyers.
Key Requirements for the Role
- University degree in Law and legal accreditation preferably in Kazakhstan.
- Minimum 5 years legal experience.
- Experience in pharmaceutical business is a strong advantage.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and leadership skills.
- Persuasive negotiator
- Strong business acumen, learning agility, open-minded, able to work with different cultures and leadership styles.
- Fluency in English (written and spoken).
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 workload.
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, TaxNovartis Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Novartis and has not been reviewed or approved by Novartis.
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Healthcare Strength — Pay and benefits are described as a strong overall package, supported by medical, dental, and vision insurance alongside FSAs/HSAs and disability and life coverage. Mental-health support is reinforced through an employee assistance program with psychological support and a network of mental health first aiders.
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Retirement Support — Retirement support is positioned as a standout element, with an automatic company contribution plus dollar-for-dollar matching in the 401(k). Additional retirement funding is described through an age-based defined contribution program and access to an employee share purchase plan discount.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-related benefits are framed as robust, including a global minimum of paid parental leave for new parents following birth or adoption. Added supports include domestic partner coverage, dependent-care resources, and benefits such as adoption assistance and child/elder care options.
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The Company
What We Do
Novartis is an innovative medicines company. Every day, working to reimagine medicine to improve and extend people’s lives so that patients, healthcare professionals and societies are empowered in the face of serious disease. Our medicines reach more than 250 million people worldwide.
