Job Description Summary
#LI-HybridLocation: Cairo, Egypt
Relocation Support: This role is based in Cairo, Egypt. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.
Join Novartis as a Legal Manager and become a trusted advisor at the heart of our business. This is an exciting opportunity to partner with leaders across North Africa and Middle East markets, helping shape strategic decisions while protecting and advancing our mission to reimagine medicine. You will provide practical, business-focused legal guidance, navigate complex legal and compliance matters, and contribute to a collaborative legal community that values innovation, efficiency, and continuous improvement. Every day, your expertise will help enable better outcomes for patients, colleagues, and the business.
Job Description
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic legal counsel to business teams to support commercial objectives and mitigate risk in North Africa and Middle East markets
- Conduct legal risk assessments and recommend practical, business-focused solutions.
- Draft, review, negotiate, and advise on a broad range of commercial agreements.
- Support contract disputes, investigations, and litigation matters in partnership with internal stakeholders.
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments and translate them into actionable business guidance.
- Drive initiatives that strengthen collaboration, inclusion, and culture within the legal function.
- Contribute to process improvements that enhance efficiency and organizational effectiveness.
Essential Requirements
- Qualified lawyer with active bar admission in Egypt.
- Around five years of experience providing legal support in a corporate environment.
- Strong knowledge of commercial law, contract drafting, negotiation, and legal risk management.
- Proven ability to deliver practical legal advice that supports business objectives.
- Fluency in Arabic and English, French would be a plus
- Experience working effectively within a complex, matrixed international organization.
Novartis is a proud member of the ILO Global Business and Disability Network and the Valuable 500, promoting the inclusion of people with disabilities in workplaces around the world. We also collaborate with international partners, such as Disability: IN, Purple Space, and Business Disability Forum to identify and develop best practice solutions to enable people with disabilities to participate as equal members of our organization.
Skills Desired
Adaptability, Business Acumen, Critical Thinking, Curious Mindset, Decision Making, Law, Legal Communication, Legal Issues, Legal Research, Legal Writing, Negotiation, Persuasion, Proactive Planning, Problem Solving, Relationship Building, Stakeholder Management, Strategic ThinkingSkills Required
- Qualified lawyer with active bar admission in Egypt
- Around five years of experience providing legal support in a corporate environment
- Strong knowledge of commercial law, contract drafting, negotiation, and legal risk management
- Ability to deliver practical legal advice supporting business objectives
- Fluency in Arabic and English
- Experience working effectively within a complex, matrixed international organization
- French language proficiency
Novartis 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.
Novartis Insights
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.
