Job Description Summary
-To provide effective legal counsel to assigned business functions or teams within a country / BF/BU or Corporate function, acting as a legal advisor and business partner, negotiating contracts, managing litigation and providing counselling on substantive area legal issues. To act independently in complex legal matters and transactions; for example Licensing and Divestment.Job Description
Major accountabilities:
- Act as a business partner in all activities relating to the contractual negotiations and company’s statutory obligations by substantiating recommendations and providing legal advice and assistance to the senior legal counsels/Head Legal.
- Draft basic transactions and contracts independently.
- Advise on, and assists management decision-making regarding, contract and other risks relating to business activities and provides potential solutions therefor.
- Manage disputes and litigation and/or investigations.
- Manage relationships and monitors the work of outside counsel and legal experts.
- Manage and support activities regarding compliance issues, such as anti-trust and regulatory.
- Partner and liaise with external local counsels.
- Participate in the development, recommendation and implementation of legal policies, procedures and guidelines.
- 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:
- Case assessment quality combined with budgeting for own cases -Quality of reporting and communication -Impact on and perception of the overall status of the Practice (pulse check)
Minimum Requirements:
Work Experience:
- Functional Breadth.
- Accountability.
- Ambiguity.
- Industry/ Business Exposure.
- Project Management.
- Operations Management and Execution.
Skills:
- Business Networking.
- Business Partners.
- Calls Handling.
- Contract Management.
- Curiosity.
- Decision Making Skills.
- Finance.
- Law (Legal System).
- Litigation (Law).
- Microsoft Office.
- Proactivity.
- Quality Control.
Languages :
- English.
Skills Desired
Business Networking, Business Partners, Calls Handling, Contract Management, Curiosity, Decision Making Skills, Finance, Law (Legal System), Litigation Law, Microsoft Office, Proactivity, Quality ControlSkills Required
- Experience in legal counsel and compliance issues management
- Ability to manage disputes and litigation
- Proficient in contract negotiations and drafting
- Experience managing outside counsel
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.
Sandoz Insights
What We Do
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.
