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, Tax