Legal, Ethics & Compliance Counsel

Do you want to be part of a high-performing, motivated and collaborative team at one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies? Would you like to become a business partner for our Business Units to enable business growth while protecting the company from major risks? Then, you are the Legal & Compliance Counsel we are looking for to join our team in Novo Nordisk (NN) Japan. If you are ready to make a difference and contribute to our mission of defeating serious chronic diseases, then read on and apply today for a life-changing career.

About the Department
Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with more than 100 years of innovation and supervision in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and capabilities that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases.

Novo Nordisk has been globally recognized as the Best Place to Work, topping the ranks for two consecutive years in 2022 and 2023. It is an exciting time to join Novo Nordisk and be part of a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, helping us achieve our aspirations to establish a global presence in the industry.

The Position
The role will be utilizing expertise in legal and compliance, enabling Novo Nordisk business in Japan to achieve growth initiatives while protecting the company from major legal, compliance, and reputational risks.  It will also support the business with intelligent risk taking through clear-cut risk analysis.

The role and responsibilities include, but are not limited to the following:

• As a business partner, empower business leaders at Novo Nordisk Japan to take informed risks to achieve growth while safeguarding the company against significant legal, compliance, and reputational threats. It involves providing comprehensive legal and compliance support, including consultation, material review, and training, across various lines of business. The position also focuses on problem-solving by leveraging expertise in relevant laws and industry regulations, often requiring coordination with local and global stakeholders.
• Advise, draft, review, approve, and negotiate various types of contracts (e.g. alliance and partnerships, wholesaler and distribution, clinical trial, post market study, investigator sponsored study, joint research, employment, procurement, among others) to enable business leaders to achieve growth initiatives while protecting the company from major legal, compliance, and reputational risks.
• Proactive Plan, lead, and execute the implementation of the requirements of local regulations and Novo Nordisk’s global policies through coordination with local and global stakeholders and provide strategic input and leadership.
• Identify opportunities for optimizing existing processes and policies, and plan, lead, and execute optimization projects (digitization, automation, and simplification) for both Legal & Compliance team and Novo Nordisk business team.
• As a member of the Legal, Ethics & Compliance Division, nurture a strong compliance culture, live the value of “open & honest” and “do the right thing” and promote such mindset among employees. Assist with investigations on compliance related allegations or concerns as such need arises.

Qualifications

• You must have at least a bachelor’s degree; Law degree is preferred, and Lawyer qualification in Japan (弁護士), or in foreign jurisdictions such as US, UK, or Australia is required.
• A minimum of 5 years’ experience at law firm or legal division in a company is required.
• Must have a proactive business partner and Legal/Compliance mindset, and skills for clear and logical communication. 
• Experience in pharmaceutical industry is highly preferred. Must have high curiosity in healthcare industry and for personal development.
•  Proficiency in Japanese and English (written & verbal).

Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.
 
Contact 
Kindly send your CV online (click on Apply and follow the instructions)
 
Deadline
Until the completion of recruitment. Applications will be screened ongoing basis, thereby you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
 

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job ap-plicants.

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best compa-ny in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.
 
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