Head of Legal, Emerging markets and Baltics

Representative office of the Swiss pharmaceutical company Novartis Pharma Services in Kazakhstan announces recruitment for the position “Head of Legal, EM and Baltics”.

At Novartis, we are reimagining medicine to improve and extend people’s lives. As Legal Head for Emerging Markets and Baltics, you will be a strategic legal partner to the Country Presidents and leadership teams. You will provide proactive, business-focused legal counsel and drive the implementation of Novartis legal strategy in the following countries: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Armenia, Georgia, Belarus, Mongolia, Azerbaijan, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia.

Role Responsibilities Include:

• Acts as a member of the Leadership Teams of Baltics and Emerging Markets.
• Acts as a trusted business partner to senior leadership, providing legal guidance on complex and sensitive matters.
• Ensures timely and effective legal advise to all the activities in Baltics and Emerging Markets.
• Leads legal operations in Baltics and Emerging Markets, ensuring compliance with local and global regulations.
• Contributes to and influences Baltics and 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.

Compensation & benefits package:

• Competitive salary based on market benchmark, medical insurance, cash car allowance / phone limits, meal, attractive annual bonus based on the company incentive policy; professional development opportunities within Novartis group of companies.

Why Novartis?

We help few millions of patients each year. And while we’re proud of that fact, in this world of digital and technological transformation, we must also ask ourselves this: how can we continue to improve and extend even more people’s lives.

We believe the answers are found when curious, courageous and collaborative people like you are brought together in an inspiring environment. Where you’re given opportunities to explore the power of digital and data. Where you’re empowered to risk failure by taking smart risks. And where you’re surrounded by people who share your determination to tackle the world’s toughest medical challenges.

We are Novartis. Join us and help us reimagine medicine.