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Novo Nordisk
Legal, Ethics & Compliance Counsel
October 17, 2024
Legal, Ethics & Compliance Counsel
Category: Legal, Compliance & Audit
Location:Chiyoda, Tokyo, JP
Do you want to be part of a high-performing, motivated and collaborative team at the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies? Would you like to become a business partner for our Business Unit to enable business growth while protecting the company from major risks? Then, you are the Legal & Compliance Counsel we are looking for to join our team in Novo Nordisk (NN) Japan. If you are ready to make a difference and contribute to our mission of defeating serious chronic diseases, then read on and apply today for a life-changing career.
About the Department
Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with more than 100 years of innovation and supervision in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and capabili-ties that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases.
Novo Nordisk has been globally recognized as the Best Place to Work, topping the ranks for two consecutive years in 2022 and 2023. It is an exciting time to join Novo Nordisk and be part of a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, helping us achieve our aspirations to establish a global presence in the industry.
Novo Nordisk is a global healthcare company with more than 100 years of innovation and supervision in diabetes care. This heritage has given us experience and capabili-ties that also enable us to help people defeat obesity, haemophilia, growth disorders and other serious chronic diseases.
Novo Nordisk has been globally recognized as the Best Place to Work, topping the ranks for two consecutive years in 2022 and 2023. It is an exciting time to join Novo Nordisk and be part of a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, helping us achieve our aspirations to establish a global presence in the industry.
The Position
The role will be utilizing expertise on legal and compliance regarding Novo Nordisk business, enable business in Japan to achieve growth initiatives while protecting the company from ma-jor legal, compliance, and reputational risks. Also support intelligent risk taking through clear-cut risk analysis.
The role will be utilizing expertise on legal and compliance regarding Novo Nordisk business, enable business in Japan to achieve growth initiatives while protecting the company from ma-jor legal, compliance, and reputational risks. Also support intelligent risk taking through clear-cut risk analysis.
The role responsibilities are as follows but not limited to:
- The role empowers business leaders at Novo Nordisk Japan to take informed risks to achieve growth while safeguarding the company against significant legal, compliance, and reputational threats. It involves providing comprehensive legal and compliance support, including consultation, material review, and training, across various lines of business. The position also focuses on problem-solving by leveraging expertise in rele-vant laws and industry regulations, often requiring coordination with local and global stakeholders.
- The role supports Novo Nordisk Japan's digital initiatives by collaborating with the digi-tal office and IT to identify emerging trends and develop new business models for en-gaging stakeholders, including patients and external partners. It emphasizes data pri-vacy and compliance while advising on, drafting, and negotiating various contracts—such as those for clinical trials and partnerships—to facilitate growth initiatives while mitigating legal and reputational risks.
- Lead and conduct investigations on compliance related allegations or concerns includ-ing (i) case reporting through Compliance Hotline system, (ii) interviewing, (iii) investi-gation memo drafting and (iv) informing and managing global stakeholders
- Plan, lead, and execute the implementation of the requirements of local regulations and Novo Nordisk’s global policies through coordination with local and global stake-holders.
- Identify opportunities for optimizing existing processes and policies, and plan, lead, and execute optimization projects (digitization, automation, and simplification) to achieve more simplicity and agility for both Legal & Compliance team and business leaders while maintaining required level of control. Also, nurturing compliance culture, live the value of “open & honest” and “do the right thing,” nurture such mindset among all employees, and create such an environment.
Qualifications
- You must have at least a bachelor’s degree; Law degree is preferred, and Lawyer quali-fication in Japan (弁護士), or in foreign jurisdictions such as US, UK, or Australia is re-quired.
- A minimum of 3 years’ experience at law firm or legal division in a company is required.
- Experience in pharmaceutical industry is highly preferred.
- Must have a proactive business partner and Legal mindset, and clear and logical com-munication.
- Must have high curiosity in healthcare industry and for personal development.
- Proficiency in Japanese and English (written & verbal).
Working at Novo Nordisk
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.
Contact
Kindly send your CV online (click on Apply and follow the instructions)
Deadline
Until the completion of recruitment. Applications will be screened ongoing basis, thereby you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.
Contact
Kindly send your CV online (click on Apply and follow the instructions)
Deadline
Until the completion of recruitment. Applications will be screened ongoing basis, thereby you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job ap-plicants.
At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best compa-ny in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.
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At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best compa-ny in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.
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