As the senior legal counsel, you will support the commercial side of the PDx business including agreement management of NVBP negoiation and MI projects, legal entity establishment, external customer sales of products and provide legal training to relevant business. You will interpret simple internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services. Stays informed of industry trends that may influence work.
Roles and Responsibilities
- Be an active business partner to GEHC China PDx business, providing ongoing legal advice to business and working with business to identify strategic opportunities to increase growth/reduce costs in a highly regulated environment
- Drive projects, transactions, new scheme feasibility study to move forward, with flexibility and solution provider mindset
- Conclude sales, distribution, sourcing, research, and other important business agreements and provide legal advice
- Advise on bidding, marketing and promotion activities to manage legal risks
- Oversee emerging risks as well as corrective actions, and implement strategies that will protect the business and manage business risk
- Support compliance investigations and compliance projects as appropriate
- Monitor disputes and litigations and supervise external counsels with controlled budget
- Anticipate and drive solutions for unassigned legal and business issues and growth initiatives
Qualifications and Requirements
- Attorney qualification in China
- Experience of pharmaceutical business and previous exposure to pharmaceutical industry regulations
- A minimum of 10 years of business law experience at a large international law firm and/or a multinational corporation’s legal department
- Attorney qualification in other countries (U.S., U.K, etc.) is a plus
- Experience handling national volume based procurement (VBP) is a plus
- Expertise in litigation is a plus
- Demonstrated leadership capability to influence business to drive growth in a healthy and sustainable way
- Demonstrated experience identifying and resolving complex legal issues quickly and effectively
- Demonstrated experience prioritizing conflicting demands from multiple business clients in an extremely fast-paced environment
- Demonstrated experience providing legal advice in a highly regulated industry that drives business outcomes
- Ability to effectively communicate in both English and Chinese
Desired Characteristics
- Strong interpersonal, communication and strategic skills
- Strategic thinking, strong business acumen and lean approach
- Team player, think in other people’s shoe, flexibility, solution provider
- Creativity, vision, and sound judgment in developing and implementing legal solutions
- Interest in continuing to learn and grow both in legal and business areas
- Desire to solve complex client problems legally, ethically and compliantly
Inclusion and Diversity
Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.