About Astellas: At Astellas, we are a progressive health partner, delivering value and outcomes where needed. We pursue innovative science, focusing initially on the areas of greatest potential and then developing solutions where patient need is high, often in rare or underserved disease areas and in life-threatening or life-limiting diseases and conditions. We work directly with patients, doctors, and healthcare professionals on the front line to ensure patient and clinical needs guide our development activities at every stage. Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience.
At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn't a buzzword - it's a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team, or division. We work closely with regulatory authorities and payers to find new ways to ensure access to new therapies. We deliver the latest insights and real-world evidence to inform the best decisions for patients and their caregivers, ensuring the medicines we develop continue to provide meaningful outcomes. Beyond medicines, we support our stakeholder communities to drive initiatives that improve awareness, education, access, and ultimately standards of care.
About This Job:We are looking for a new Senior Legal Manager to join our legal team! The Senior Legal Manager supports the Legal Commercial Lead Spain & Portugal, and other Affiliate Leads in Established Markets as required, by providing the full range of legal support and effective management of legal risks in the relevant Affiliate markets. As the strategic business partner to all Affiliate functions for the supported Affiliates, the Senior Legal Manager facilitates Affiliate strategic objectives and effectively manages risk while maximizing opportunities in compliance with laws and regulations in a complex and fast-evolving commercial and regulatory environment of high potential liability.
This is an important senior position in the Affiliate responsible for independently managing a broad range of stakeholders at Affiliate, Global, and Regional levels with a significant impact on business decisions and outcomes. The role comprises support of and responsibility for multiple countries as well as global and regional projects assigned to it within the Global Legal Department of the Astellas group.
Essential Knowledge & Experience:Qualified attorney with a minimum of 5-7 years post-qualified experience in a pharmaceutical company.Knowledge and understanding of key business, legal, and compliance issues within the pharma and life sciences industry, including emerging markets (where relevant).Proven ability to influence diverse senior stakeholders.Experience in working in multi-functional, cross-cultural teams.Strong ability to grasp legal issues quickly, with strong analytical problem-solving and decision-making skills.Strong negotiation and communication skills (both oral and written); ability to communicate legal issues clearly and understandably.Strong work ethic and ability to manage a large workload, multi-task, focus on critical priorities, and effectively meet client needs.Ability to produce high-quality work under deadline pressures.Team player with demonstrable ability to build relationships both internally and externally.Strong organizational skills, detail-oriented, innovative, strategic, self-motivated, and ability to motivate others.A strong commitment to integrity and professionalism and demonstrated passion for excellence. Preferred Knowledge/Experience:A combination of top-tier law firm and in-house experience is preferred.Experience working on Portuguese law aspects is a plus. Education/Qualifications:Law Degree; Master's Degree is a plus.Languages: Fluent in written and verbal business English is mandatory; good knowledge of Portuguese is a strong plus. Additional Information:Full time
Location: Madrid, Spain
We Offer:A challenging and diversified job in an international setting; opportunity and support for continuous development; inspiring work climate.
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