Head of Legal and Compliance Officer Gallia

Our Corporate Functions teams make sure everything at Grünenthal runs smoothly by bringing together people with a wide range of skills – from experts in finance, IT, HR, law and compliance through to business strategists and creative media minds. If you’re a great collaborator and a strong communicator, you’ll feel right at home here. Join our team and join forces with colleagues across our business to maximise our company’s positive impact on patients and their families.

What the job looks like
Each day you'll enjoy a variety of challenges, such as:

• Manage further strategic set-up and implementation of the Compliance and Responsibility Program for Gallia (France, Netherlands, Benelux) in line with the global Compliance and Responsibility Program
• Represent Legal and Compliance in the Cluster Leadership Team Gallia, local boards and cross-functional teams and provide strategic input
• Setup processes to control and monitor that Grünenthal's activities are in line with regulations and pharmaceutical codes incl. establishment of adequate internal controls for identified risks
• Plan and supervise the implementation of the local trainings for Legal and Compliance
• Manage processes to be able to provide regular updates on non-financial metrics to Global Responsibility
• Draft, review and negotiate contracts
• Manage court actions and engage and coordinate external lawyers as needed
• Oversee the digitalization of contracts and their proper distribution within Grünenthal
• Manage potential non-compliance incidents incl. internal investigations
• Act as Data Privacy Officer for France and implement local Data Privacy Program for Gallia, provide solution-oriented legal advice to internal clients on data privacy topics
• Coordinate all local initiatives and efforts in the area of Digital Ethics
• Act as line manager to the local Compliance Liaison

What you'll bring to the table
To make the most of this role and truly thrive, you should have:

• Degree in Law (required)
• At least five years of experience as a lawyer or inhouse counsel, preferably within the life science industry
• At least 2 years experience as a compliance professional within the pharmaceutical industry
• Knowledge of pharmaceutical and medical devices law, unfair competition, IP and corporate law
• Knowledge of the relevant pharmaceutical market in France
• Fluency in French and English
• High level of organisational skills
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills