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AbbVies mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on peoples lives across several key therapeutic areas: immunology oncology neuroscience eye care virology womens health and gastroenterology in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.
We have a new opportunity for an experienced Senior Legal Counsel to join our Legal Affairs team. Based in Montreal this role reports to the Legal Director for AbbVie Canada.
As Senior Legal Counsel you will provide strategic commercial legal advice and strong counsel to support AbbVies core businesses and enterprisewide initiatives. The successful candidate will be expected to rapidly gain knowledge of our industry and business and be a true business leader capable of managing priorities providing strategic advice and finding innovative legal solutions to a wide range of complex Canadian matters and global projects. To ensure success you will need to be confident in managing risk and display strong communication and leadership skills with the ability to navigate legal and regulatory complexities to make comprehensive decisions.
Key responsibilities:
- Serve as the lead counsel in defined strategic priority areas and key brand teams providing expert substantive advice and riskbased solutions to Marketing Medical Affairs Trade and Market access concerning a broad range of complex to highly complex legal regulatory and compliance issues.
- Provide clear advice to senior business clients and executive management on Canadian laws and regulations focusing on areas of promotion patient support payer access gotomarket strategies and collaboration models.
- Develop proactive leadership offering business oriented efficient flexible and longterm solutions for core strategic business challenges anticipating hurdles and evaluating the broader business impact of proposed ways forward
- Draft review and negotiate a wide range of agreements such as complex commercial agreements pharmacy agreements and other corporate agreements.
- Support executive matters delegated by the Legal Director and drive workstreams within the Global Legal therapeutics team on strategic matters or projects in novel areas of law or business transactions.
- Adopt a problemsolving approach proactive leadership skills and sound risk perspective to find legal solutions to a wide range of matters. Advise and resolve multifaceted legal matters in practice area without supervision.
- Provide growth & development opportunities by coaching and training more junior attorneys via AbbVie mentorship programs or through project collaboration.
- To the extent that complex problems or specific technical expertise is required select and direct the work of outside counsel define and manage project objectives and budget.
- Find solutions and unlock opportunities for business clients consistent with the law policies/procedures and AbbVies Code of Conduct.
Qualifications :
Education / Experience required:
- Law degree from a recognized university.
- Licensed to practice law in Canada and a member of the Quebec Bar.
- Minimum of 10 years of relevant legal experience ideally as part of a global pharmaceutical company.
- Expertise in various aspects of drug development and local regulations including pharmaceutical regulatory.
- General understanding / experience in antitrust and competition law general corporate and criminal/antibribery law privacy. intellectual property and compliance.
- Solid knowledge of market access and relevant Canadian legal landscape.
Essential skills and abilities:
- Advanced French and English language proficiency (oral and written).
- Proficient with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook PowerPoint Excel Word etc.)
- Must be at ease with technology (the use of various tools/systems to perform daytoday tasks).
Key leadership competencies:
- Highly motivated and enthusiastic individual with cultural sensitivity to working in a diverse and inclusive multinational company. Strong communication and influencing skills.
- Demonstrated ability to work effectively in crossfunctional teams and build strong relationships with senior or executive stakeholders.
- Work independently and prioritize key business priorities. Use good judgment deliver initiatives on time be agile and proactive.
- Learn about our business quickly and extensively grasp the essence of matters or issues and understand facets and impact of decisionmaking.
- Demonstrate ability to be versatile and driven while maintaining effectiveness and efficiency in a matrixed work environment.
- High ethical standards and integrity acting as a role model and legal business leader within the organization.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women Aboriginal people persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities to apply.
Additional Information :
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity driving innovation transforming lives serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVies policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color religion national origin age sex (including pregnancy) physical or mental disability medical condition genetic information gender identity or expression sexual orientation marital status status as a protected veteran or any other legally protected group status.
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Remote Work :
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Employment Type :
Fulltime