Job Description

Are you energized by working in a fast changing and highly complex legal environment? If so, this Legal Director role could be an ideal opportunity to explore.

As Legal Director, you’ll ensure high quality (including being proactive, pragmatic and solutions focused) legal services to the GSK Philippines & Indonesia Consumer Healthcare business (including commercial, manufacturing, R&D operations) to enable the achieving of strategies and business objectives of these markets in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

This role will report directly to the Assistant General Counsel, SEAT & Wider Asia Consumer Healthcare. Location of role in Philippines or Indonesia under consideration

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to be a member of the Philippines and Indonesia Consumer Healthcare “CH” Leadership Teams and RMCBs and other leadership teams (including for manufacturing) relating to Philippines or Indonesia CH and be involved in providing or procuring and supervising the provision of legal support to the business and operations in these markets

Some key responsibilities of the role include :Some key responsibilities of the role include :

• Providing and ensure the provision of high quality legal support (including advice and contracting) to all aspects of the CH business and operations in Philippines and Indonesia including but not limited to Commercial/ Medical/ Government Affairs/ Communications / IT/ GMS/ Procurement/ Commercial Excellence/ Regulatory Affairs/ Finance and Treasury function/ Human Resources, etc.

• Being a key stakeholder in relevant business team meetings and risk management compliance boards.

• Anticipating and proactively supporting the prevention and management of legal risks facing the business/operations (including participating in work to appropriately influence legislative developments, developing, reviewing and recommending policies and practices presenting potential legal risks and educating the internal clients on legal developments and policies and relevant laws and regulations impacting the business

• Supporting internal and external investigations and all forms of disputes (including employment and promotional claims); and communications with the regulators / authorities

• Developing, reviewing, advising and recommending policies and practices on issues presenting potential legal risks and educating the internal clients on legal developments and policies

• Conducting or coordinating research on legal issues

• Managing Legal budget and the engagement of external legal counsel

• Drafting, reviewing and negotiating contracts and other legal documents, and reviewing business, scientific, commercial, and sales/marketing documents/communications and advise on risks and appropriate strategy/language to manage risks while maximizing business benefit

• Liaising with other departments and the above-country teams (e.g. Compliance, Audit and Assurance, Business Development, Investigations, Category, R&D, IP etc.) to ensure the integration of the full range of considerations impacting legal recommendations

• Being the first point of contact for the Philippines and Indonesia business on legal advice needed for these markets. This role will where required work with lawyers with global responsibility (including Category or R&D or Supply Chain lawyers etc) or subject matter experts to ensure well-rounded legal advice provided to the business that aligns with any centrally mandated position or taps into relevant experience or expertise

KEY RELATIONSHIPS

• Assistant General Counsel, SEAT & Wider Asia, GSK CH

• Other key relationships: GSK CH Philippines GM and GSK CH Indonesia GM

• GSK CH Philippines Leadership Team

• GSK CH Indonesia Leadership Team

• GSK Legal Department and other colleagues across the company’s various groups and functions

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Demonstrable EQ, ability to work and partner effectively within a complex matrix organization and across boundaries, with an understanding of and sensitivity to cultural, jurisdictional and other differences and commitment to diversity and inclusion and respect for others

• Good and effective team player

• Able to exercise discretion and maintain confidentiality

• Able to learn and adapt quickly and work under pressure, in a fast paced environment

• Able to work and manage numerous matters with competing priorities effectively and able to manage large, complex legal projects and adapt to rapidly changing contexts

• Able to identify potential impact of issues beyond specific matter presented and capable of strategic input into risk situations, commercial opportunities and policy issues

• Sense of urgency, proactive, inquisitive with appropriate attention to detail

• A solutions-focused mindset and excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, flexible thinking with delivery of pragmatic and compliant business solutions

• Strong business acumen

• High level of engagement and leadership that engender trust, respect and confidence; excellent diplomacy and judgment; good stakeholder management skills with ability to interact effectively at all levels of an organization including able to confidently interact and influence senior management and peers

• Excellent leadership, management, mentoring and coaching skills and able to work effectively through individuals (delegating and providing direction, mentoring, coaching, performance feedback to team members effectively)

• Strong communication skills with good command of written and spoken English and local language (Philippines)

• Excellent advocacy, influencing and negotiation skills

• Exemplary personal and professional integrity and strong work commitment and ethic

• Excellent legal analysis skills with solid knowledges of local laws particularly with respect to employment, data protection law, company law, contract law, competition law, advertisement law, employment law etc, and industry (OTC/FMCG/VMS) specific legislation, and good working knowledge of FCPA, UK Anti-Bribery and GDPR

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Bachelor of Law degree and qualified to practice law in Philippines or Indonesia

• At least 10 years PQE in a combination of both in-house (multinational) and law firm contexts

• Must be willing and able to travel as needed on business.

Why GSK?

Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.

These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Agile and distributed decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk.

• Managing individual and team performance.

• Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.

• Implementing change initiatives and leading change. Sustaining energy and well-being, building resilience in teams.

• Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning both internally and externally.

• Developing people and building a talent pipeline.

• Translating strategy into action - a compelling narrative, motivating others, setting objectives and delegation.

• Building strong relationships and collaboration, managing trusted stakeholder relationships internally and externally.

• Budgeting and forecasting, commercial and financial acumen.

Our goal is to be one of the world’s most innovative, best performing and trusted healthcare companies. We believe that we all bring something unique to GSK and when we combine our knowledge, experiences and styles together, the impact is incredible. Come join our adventure at GSK where you will be inspired to do your best work for our patients and consumers. A place where you can be you, feel good and keep growing.

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