At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.
The PositionLegal Counsel
A healthier future. It’s what drives us to innovate. To continuously advance science and ensure everyone has access to the healthcare they need today and for generations to come. Creating a world where we all have more time with the people we love. That’s what makes us Roche.
Interested in making a difference?
Roche is a company that believes it is urgent to deliver medical solutions right now while we re-imagining the future of health care. With a proud 125 history of cutting edge science bringing solutions to patients, Roche continues to push for new ways to help patients lead healthier, fuller lives. We are brave in decision and action and believe that good business means a better world.
Join a dynamic and engaged team that makes a difference to patients and the health care system. Legal counsel works in close partnership with business colleagues on a wide range of issues including clinical research and development, manufacturing, digital technology and commercialization. As a dynamic site that has both local and global functions, there are plenty of opportunity to explore a wide range of evolving topics. Particular focus on providing pragmatic advice in areas of health technology assessment, commercialization activities and ongoing digital, privacy and A.I. related initiatives.
The successful candidate will have experience in core life science industry topics, a demonstrated ability to partner and solve with different stakeholders and an interest in learning across a broad range of topics.
The Opportunity
Interactions with multiple businesses (including Pharma, Pharma Technical (PT), PD, IT, Procurement and to a lesser extent Diagnostics, Diabetes Care) for the purposes of providing legal advice and coaching across a diverse range of issues. Counsel business on appropriate risk management and mitigation strategies, as well as opportunity acceleration. Coordinate with global and counterpart affiliate colleagues to facilitate the same.
Coordination with Compliance Team to provide coordinated legal and compliance guardrails for commercial operations, driving accelerated opportunity realization aligned with business strategy and management of enterprise risk tolerances.
Coordination with Contracts Management Group to ensure appropriate level of timely legal input, drafting of additional precedents and communications and interaction with commercial units.
Litigation management
Coordination with Privacy functions and related advice
General case-specific legal initiatives
Who you are
You hold a Master’s Degree (Juris Doctorate / LLB) and a minimum of 4-8 years experience in a specific Discipline : Licensed to practice as a solicitor / barrister in a jurisdiction in Canada.
You have experience working in Life Science, ideally in a matrix organization as well as strong demonstrated success in building and cultivating collaborative and productive relationships with senior stakeholders.
You are collaborative with both legal & compliance colleagues as well as business partners; solutions orientation with sound ability to balance risk and opportunity.
You are open-minded and inclusive, generously sharing ideas and knowledge, while being receptive to ideas and feedback from others.
You demonstrate familiarity with one or more of health, regulatory, privacy and contract law are preferred.
Preferred:
Bilingual in English and French.
No relocation benefits as available for this job posting
Who we areA healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life-changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.
Let’s build a healthier future, together.
Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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What We Do
Roche is a global pioneer in pharmaceuticals and diagnostics focused on advancing science to improve people’s lives. The combined strengths of pharmaceuticals and diagnostics under one roof have made Roche the leader in personalised healthcare – a strategy that aims to fit the right treatment to each patient in the best way possible.
Roche is the world’s largest biotech company, with truly differentiated medicines in oncology, immunology, infectious diseases, ophthalmology and diseases of the central nervous system. Roche is also the world leader in in vitro diagnostics and tissue-based cancer diagnostics, and a frontrunner in diabetes management.
Founded in 1896, Roche continues to search for better ways to prevent, diagnose and treat diseases and make a sustainable contribution to society. The company also aims to improve patient access to medical innovations by working with all relevant stakeholders. Thirty medicines developed by Roche are included in the World Health Organization Model Lists of Essential Medicines, among them life-saving antibiotics, antimalarials and cancer medicines. Roche has been recognised as the Group Leader in sustainability within the Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology & Life Sciences Industry ten years in a row by the Dow Jones Sustainability Indices (DJSI).
