Assistant General Counsel - Global MedTech, Digital and Privacy

The role will report direct to the Global Group General Counsel, with a dotted line to the General Manager of the MedTech Business Unit. The role will ideally be based in either Geneva, Switzerland or Lieges, Belgium where Regional offices are located, although other remote candidates based in the Europe or the UK will also be considered where willing to travel as required. Please note any remote candidates outside of Belgium and Switzerland will be engaged directly via our outsourced Employer of Record agent and this agent is responsible to manage all related employment matters and benefits on Telixs behalf.

Key Accountability:

Trusted MedTech Business Unit Relationship Partner Worldwide

• Contribute to the MedTech Business Unit working with related leaders and team-members worldwide (predominantly based in Europe and the United States)
• Support in enabling delivery of MedTech Business Units strategic, financial, people and cultural goals in short and long-term
• Effective legal and compliance support to enable development and commercialisation of the MedTech Business Units products, including both direct commercialization markets and via independent Distributor partners (Distributor Partners)
• Role model integrity leadership and help the Business Unit to ensure the highest standards of ethics, compliance and accountability is executed consistent with applicable laws, regulations and Telix policies
• Ensure in-house and external counsel advice is delivered to the MedTech Business Unit with a commercial lens and a solution focus
• Manage MedTech Business Unit legal budget and law firms/legal service providers, working with finance and global legal stakeholders as required
• Role model and deliver strong collaboration, teamwork and communication to other global legal, compliance, company secretary and governance stakeholders as one worldwide team

Effective Legal and Compliance Business Partnering and Risk Management

• Deliver effective legal and compliance programs to the MedTech Business Unit, joint venture business partners and helping to enable Distribution Partners with a focus on strategic and operational contracts, anti-bribery, interactions with healthcare professionals, corporate law, advertising code and regulatory healthcare compliance, HCP transparency, employee or labour law, litigation and investigations, competition and anti-trust, data privacy, artificial intelligence etc.
• Foster a culture of early engagement so that legal and compliance is built by design and there are no surprises
• Ensure operational excellence and continuous improvement for MedTech Business Unit legal and compliance function and related activities
• Advise on risk and compliance matters related to the MedTech Business Units and Telixs overall development and commercialization activities in the medical device, artificial intelligence and digital sector so that no unexpected legal or compliance risks arise
• Facilitate drafting, review and negotiation of MedTech Business Unit contracts for global business development, joint venture business partner, operational, development and commercial purposes in accordance with agreed metrics and timeframes, such as acquisitions, in-licenses, software as a service, software reseller partnerships, distributor agreements, sales agreements, supply agreements, intercompany contracts, consulting, services, master services agreements, grants, donations, HCP contracts and other associated activities
• Create, train and maintain contracting process and MedTech templates, including support for global templates and automation of the templates in the global contract management system
• Review HCP engagements, activities, promotional and non-promotional materials for compliance with applicable laws, regulations and codes and Telix policies within agreed deadlines
• Establish and deliver effective Legal and Compliance onboarding training for new starters consistent with MedTech Business Unit needs and global legal guidance, materials and tools
• Create and deliver regular legal and compliance communications to the MedTech Business Unit (face to face, virtually and using company approved social media and virtual tools) to keep compliance issues top of mind
• Monitoring, tracking, reporting and metrics delivered on MedTech Business Unit legal and compliance training completion and activities
• Ensure MedTech Business Unit HCP Sunshine and transparency reporting activity is accurate and integrated into Telixs overall program and is managed and delivered by the deadlines to comply with applicable laws, regulations and codes, working collaboratively with vendor and other regional and global finance, IT and legal teams

Global Privacy, Information Security and Digital Legal Lead

• Lead Global data privacy, artificial intelligence and digital compliance program design and implementation, working collaboratively with global stakeholders across all business units, including policy, system, contract template and self-service guidance implementation and training, review and negotiation of privacy, digital and information security elements supporting other Business Units contracts or projects, supporting privacy due diligence on key global acquisitions and in-licenses, monitoring country by country developments in related topics and build plan to address and continuously improve
• Active participation in Global Legal and Compliance functional projects to ensure smooth implementation in the MedTech Business Unit and to help the function continuously improve worldwide in privacy, digital and information security matters
• Work proactively with Global Risk and Governance team for effective risk management in the region and as key contributor to the whole as a global public company, including support for risk assessment process and insurance management requirements
• Assist the Group General Counsel and Group Company Secretary to ensure corporate board activities, corporations law and worldwide affiliate requirements
• Assist the Global IP team as required to manage Telixs IP policies and practices, including assistance and sharing of local developments with Global IP as required to maximise exclusivity opportunities

Education and Experience:

• Bachelor of Laws/ JD/ LLM recognized within the Region
• Admitted to practice law as lawyer in-house in location where based in Europe, Switzerland or the United Kingdom and current practising certificate where required by applicable jurisdiction for in-house practice
• Legal right to work and live in Europe or the UK (in location where based)
• 10+ years overall legal counsel or attorney legal experience (either at law firm or in-house)
• At least 5 years in-house experience within the healthcare, biotech, medical device or pharmaceutical industry
• Proven track record and ability to effectively lead a complex area of responsibility
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and influencing skills in English French or other European language skills a plus

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