Head of Legal DACH Healthcare (all genders)

As the Head of Legal DACH Healthcare you provide legal advice and support to mainly healthcare-related commercial and medical functions in local affiliates in Germany as well as support & advice to the three business sectors, country leadership and Group Functions in Austria & Switzerland.

Furthermore you : Act as legal business partner for local business functions & senior management. Actively participate in local leadership teams and represent legal function in meetings and interactions.

In case of the German Healthcare business : Interacting closely with other colleagues in the Legal & Compliance organisation team (specially Compliance & Data Privacy) and fostering collaboration across sectorsDraft, review, negotiate and provide advice on a broad range of healthcare-related contracts, including a variety of commercial agreements, non-interventional study agreements, investigator-initiated trial-agreements, rebate contracts, reimbursement agreements etc.

Represent the Company in legal working groups of German pharmaceutical industry association vfa’In case of Austria & Switzerland : Responsible for all legal matters across the 3 business sectorsInteracting closely with other colleagues in the Legal & Compliance organisation team (specially Compliance & Data Privacy)Steer and interact with external counsels, especially in local inter-company complaints and litigations with a focus on advertisement of prescription pharmaceuticals in Germany, Austria & SwitzerlandSupport local market access functions from a legal perspective, inter alia participate in reimbursement negotiations and discussions (as applicable) with local bodies in Germany, with a focus on AMNOG- and social security-laws (e.

• g. SGB V topics, rebate agreements) as well as in Austria & Switzerland.Support commercial supply- and distribution-related topics for pharmaceuticals from a legal perspective with a focus on antitrust- and drug law-specific topicsProactive identification and management of legal, compliance and data privacy (in these cases in collaboration with the Compliance & Data Privacy teams) risks in the country / subregion together with the relevant global teams as well as claims and litigationsLeading ad hoc projects as assignedDevelopment of local teams with focus on talent retentionAllocate and ensure tem resource within the country / subregion in alignment with Regional Manager and corresponding organisation function leadersManage country / subregion budget for legal expend in alignment with Global External Spend project guidance Who you are : German Legal degree Minimum of 10 years of experience in the Healthcare or Life Sciences sector or Electronics, preferably in a large law firm or the legal or compliance department of an international Healthcare or Life Sciences or Electronics companyFamiliarity with multinational corporate compliance and data privacy culture;
• knowledge in anti-bribery and anti-corruption as well as data privacy laws and regulationsProven track record to lead and develop a teamExperience with an international environment and ability to work in different culturesComfortable working and interacting with all levels of management including senior management Well balanced business counselExperience in change and process managementOpen, energetic, self-starter, pragmatic, ability to act under pressureExcellent organizational, collaboration and communication skillsFluent in German;

good oral and written English