47 Compliance Officers jobs in Riyadh

About Us

Businesses are complex, and so are their workflows and challenges. Off-the-shelf AI solutions often fall short of meeting unique needs. At VisionX, we bridge this gap with deep AI expertise and an understanding of your processes, pain points, and goals. Since 2017, AI has been our core, enabling us to deliver tailored systems for businesses and customers. As innovation partners to world-leading brands and Fortune 1000 companies, we specialize in product strategy and custom application development, leveraging agile methods, accelerators, and pre-trained AI assets to fast-track your AI journey while creating Intellectual Property.

Recognized among Fast Company’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2020—alongside Microsoft and Snap Inc.—VisionX delivers cutting-edge solutions across industries. Our expertise spans computer vision, 3D modeling, AR, VR, decision sciences, and IoT, solving diverse challenges with precision and innovation. By aligning technology with your objectives, we deliver transformative solutions that drive growth.

Your Role:

As an IT Audit & Compliance Specialist, you will play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy and compliance of IT service provider invoices. Your responsibilities will include conducting in-depth audits of invoices, verifying service delivery against agreed-upon SLAs and KPIs, analyzing service performance metrics, and applying contractual penalties as appropriate. You will develop and maintain a robust system for invoice validation and auditing to ensure financial accuracy and accountability. You will also identify and communicate areas for improvement in service delivery and contract negotiations. Additionally, you will stay abreast of industry best practices and regulatory requirements related to IT service audits.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Information Technology, or a related field.
2. 5+ years of experience in IT audit, financial auditing, or a related field.
3. Strong understanding of IT service delivery models, SLAs, and KPIs.
4. Proficiency in data analysis and financial modeling.
5. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills (both written and verbal).
6. Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
7. Experience with contract management and negotiation is a plus.
8. Proficiency in relevant audit software and tools is preferred.

What You Need:

1. A strong work ethic and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
2. A proactive and results-oriented approach to problem-solving.
3. A commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
4. A strong interest in IT and emerging technologies.
5. Familiarity with ITIL, ISO 27001, or other relevant IT frameworks.

Why Choose Us

Our global network of industry experts and mentors helps shape your growth and future. We believe in delivering client value through our work. We build products that are not good or great, but outstanding.

You deliver! We will make your stay and journey with us worthwhile.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected status.

We are seeking a seasoned Technical Audit Manager to join our Capital Projects & Consulting practice in Riyadh. This role is mission-critical and combines technical expertise, business development, client engagement, and practice growth. The ideal candidate will bring a strong background in capital projects, real estate, internal audit, and risk management, with proven experience in the Middle East construction and mega projects sector.

Work Type: Permanent (On-site, Riyadh) Experience Required: 8-15 years in Capital Projects Consulting / Technical Audit / Construction Advisory in GCC region • Compensation: SAR 40,000 - 45,000 Monthly (plus benefits)

• Lead end-to-end delivery of advisory and assurance engagements for regional clients.
• Advise organizations on the effective implementation of capital project programs to maximize value and efficiency.
• Identify business opportunities within existing client accounts and across industries.
• Build and nurture long-term client relationships, serving as a trusted advisor.
• Prepare impactful presentations for senior stakeholders including CXOs, Boards, and Audit Committees.
• Support proposal development and business development efforts, leveraging a strong professional network.
• Manage multiple complex engagements simultaneously, ensuring quality delivery and client satisfaction.
• Provide thought leadership on project controls, QA/QC, procurement, contract administration, and construction risk.
• Engage in project management and operations reviews, PMO set-ups, and digital transformation initiatives.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering (Civil, Mechanical, Electrical, Construction) or Architecture.
• MBA in Finance, Strategy, Operations, or General Management preferred.
• Minimum 8+ years of consulting experience in capital projects, mega construction projects, and real estate advisory.
• Proven experience in Big 4 or equivalent consulting environment.
• Fluency in Arabic and English is mandatory.
• Strong exposure to Middle East / GCC capital project markets.
• In-depth expertise in project management, cost estimation, quantity surveying, budgeting, and accounting.
• Familiarity with ERM, GRC, BPI, PMO, and digital project management solutions.
• Strong business development, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

• Active involvement in trade or professional associations within the GCC region.
• Experience working with government and real estate sector clients.
• Exposure to digital interventions in the project management and construction domain.

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About Us

Businesses are complex, and so are their workflows and challenges. Off-the-shelf AI solutions often fall short of meeting unique needs. At VisionX, we bridge this gap with deep AI expertise and an understanding of your processes, pain points, and goals. Since 2017, AI has been our core, enabling us to deliver tailored systems for businesses and customers. As innovation partners to world-leading brands and Fortune 1000 companies, we specialize in product strategy and custom application development, leveraging agile methods, accelerators, and pre-trained AI assets to fast-track your AI journey while creating Intellectual Property.

Recognized among Fast Company’s Top 10 Most Innovative Companies of 2020—alongside Microsoft and Snap Inc.—VisionX delivers cutting-edge solutions across industries. Our expertise spans computer vision, 3D modeling, AR, VR, decision sciences, and IoT, solving diverse challenges with precision and innovation. By aligning technology with your objectives, we deliver transformative solutions that drive growth.

Your Role:

As an IT Audit & Compliance Specialist, you will play a critical role in ensuring the accuracy and compliance of IT service provider invoices. Your responsibilities will include conducting in-depth audits of invoices, verifying service delivery against agreed-upon SLAs and KPIs, analyzing service performance metrics, and applying contractual penalties as appropriate. You will develop and maintain a robust system for invoice validation and auditing to ensure financial accuracy and accountability. You will also identify and communicate areas for improvement in service delivery and contract negotiations. Additionally, you will stay abreast of industry best practices and regulatory requirements related to IT service audits.

Requirements:

1. Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Information Technology, or a related field.
2. 5+ years of experience in IT audit, financial auditing, or a related field.
3. Strong understanding of IT service delivery models, SLAs, and KPIs.
4. Proficiency in data analysis and financial modeling.
5. Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills (both written and verbal).
6. Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
7. Experience with contract management and negotiation is a plus.
8. Proficiency in relevant audit software and tools is preferred.

What You Need:

1. A strong work ethic and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
2. A proactive and results-oriented approach to problem-solving.
3. A commitment to continuous learning and professional development.
4. A strong interest in IT and emerging technologies.
5. Familiarity with ITIL, ISO 27001, or other relevant IT frameworks.

Why Choose Us

Our global network of industry experts and mentors helps shape your growth and future. We believe in delivering client value through our work. We build products that are not good or great, but outstanding.

You deliver! We will make your stay and journey with us worthwhile.

We are an equal opportunity employer, and we value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status, or any other legally protected status.

Director, Legislation & Legal Compliance (838)

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Provide strategic leadership and oversight for SOPC’s legal compliance and legislative affairs. The Director ensures full alignment with all applicable laws, regulatory frameworks, and national legal obligations, while safeguarding the organization against legal risk. This role leads the development and implementation of legal policies, accountability frameworks, and legislative audit mechanisms. The Director also drives legal awareness, risk mitigation strategies, and cross-functional alignment with SOPC’s compliance goals.

• Lead the formulation and continual review of SOPC’s legal policies to reflect current legislation, emerging regulatory requirements, and global best practices.
• Ensure the legal compliance framework is embedded across departments, with clearly defined ownership and accountability for adherence.
• Monitor new or amended legislation, assess organizational impact, and provide proactive strategic guidance to executive leadership.
• Oversee the internal development of legal procedures and compliance protocols aligned with the committee’s strategic goals and Olympic/Paralympic standards.

• Identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks associated with non-compliance, regulatory change, or policy gaps.
• Lead periodic legislative compliance reviews, audits, and gap analyses, ensuring timely resolution of compliance issues and transparent reporting.
• Represent SOPC in legal and regulatory engagements with government bodies, legal institutions, and other stakeholders to protect organizational interests.
• Advise the Senior Director on emerging legal risks and recommend risk controls or changes to organizational processes.

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with regulatory authorities, ministries, and Olympic/Paralympic legal governance entities.
• Monitor legislative responses or legal submissions required by the government or oversight bodies on behalf of SOPC.
• Ensure legal alignment with national sports law developments, Olympic Charter implications, and related national frameworks.

• Oversee the design and rollout of legal awareness campaigns and training programs targeting executives, managers, and operational teams.
• Ensure effective communication of compliance policies across the organization through user-friendly materials and accessible channels.
• Review and approve departmental reporting on compliance performance, risk assessments, and policy impact studies.
• Coordinate cross-functional legal initiatives and projects with other Legal Affairs branches (e.g., Advisory, Litigation) to ensure integrated service delivery.

Director

Full-time

Legal

Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf

The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Major Accountabilities

• Adopt a pro-active, business focused approach by:
  • Serving as single point of contact for all Legal & Compliance tasks in Gulf and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including coordinating data privacy, antitrust, intellectual property topics with Global Leads and Teams.
  • Providing Legal & Compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
  • Managing matters and litigation (legislative matters, antibribery, unfair competition and anti-trust, labour etc.)
  • Negotiating, drafting and management of commercial agreements (focusing on sell side)
  • Managing Legal & Compliance reporting, monitoring & training, incl. transparency reporting, dawn-raid training.
  • Supporting enterprise risk management, third party risk management, contract management, risk assessment management, contract management and CORE etc.
  • Ensuring timely and high-quality analysis of legislation, legislation drafts and their potential impact on the Sandoz META Export business processes
• As a member of the Country Leadership Team, pro-actively contribute to strategy and business discussions, decisions, and outcomes.
• Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
• Support investigations conducted by authorities, Corporate Security and Speak-Up on legal and compliance issues.
• Responsible for anticipating, identifying and analysing legal issues and the development of legal strategies and solutions. Continuously monitor developments in the business, local market and legal/regulatory regime to adequately assess legal risks and opportunities for Sandoz and propose concrete actions to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.
• Ensure local management team is made aware of Group-wide norms, including policies, and are taking action to implement the same in their businesses. Oversee adjustment of all such norms, where required, to reflect local law and regulation.
• Ensure training is provided to management and associates in the areas of the law presenting the greatest risk locally.
• Act as a business partner in all actions relating to Sandoz’s contractual negotiations, compliance and statutory obligations; relating to the ownership, control and protection of inventions and confidential business information, reviewing, drafting and negotiating all legal business issues regarding Sandoz’s research collaborations, licensing activities and other significant transactions.
• Handle legal issues related to business development, labour law and corporate governance. Negotiate and draft distribution agreements, licensing agreements, promotion agreements, services agreements, acquisition and/or divestment agreements.

Key Performance Indicators

• Internal stakeholder satisfaction with amount, appropriateness, and timeliness of legal support provided (i.e pragmatic and principled, reliable, fast, customer oriented)
• Strong, collaborative leadership displayed, influencing outside area of direct responsibility with business acumen and excellent communication
• Successful enforcement/defence of contracts within Gulf and KSA
• Full integration into the respective leadership teams and strong collaboration with key stakeholders
• Strong cross-functional collaboration
• No major compliance/regulatory issue
• Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations
• Law school graduate & bar qualification (admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction)
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic essential.
• 10 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
• Experience in Saudi Arabia and Gulf is preferable
• Experience in managing Legal & Compliance teams, work and projects
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to analyse complex legal and compliance issues.
• Strong verbal & written communication skills; together with a high ability to influence and negotiate.
• Proven ability to deal positively when working within tight time pressures & demanding clients.
• Financial/business acumen and business partnering skills
• Demonstrate professional & culturally sensitive work ethics
• Change agility and resilience
• Strong analytical and organisational skills.
• Proven ability to proactively provide insightful and timely legal support to stakeholders across a functionally and geographically dispersed organisation.
• Results oriented mentality i.e. “ability to get things done” avoiding legal “over engineering” while safeguarding Sandoz rights.
• Ability to question and improve the status quo.
• Ability to set priorities and manage a wide ranging workload.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

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Job Description

The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Job Description

The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Major Accountabilities

• Adopt a pro-active, business focused approach by:
• Serving as single point of contact for all Legal & Compliance tasks in Gulf and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including coordinating data privacy, antitrust, intellectual property topics with Global Leads and Teams.
• Providing Legal & Compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
• Managing matters and litigation (legislative matters, antibribery, unfair competition and anti-trust, labour etc.)
• Negotiating, drafting and management of commercial agreements (focusing on sell side)
• Managing Legal & Compliance reporting, monitoring & training, incl. transparency reporting, dawn-raid training.
• Supporting enterprise risk management, third party risk management, contract management, risk assessment management, contract management and CORE etc.
• Ensuring timely and high-quality analysis of legislation, legislation drafts and their potential impact on the Sandoz META Export business processes
• As a member of the Country Leadership Team, pro-actively contribute to strategy and business discussions, decisions, and outcomes.
• Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
• Support investigations conducted by authorities, Corporate Security and Speak-Up on legal and compliance issues.
• Responsible for anticipating, identifying and analysing legal issues and the development of legal strategies and solutions. Continuously monitor developments in the business, local market and legal/regulatory regime to adequately assess legal risks and opportunities for Sandoz and propose concrete actions to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.
• Ensure local management team is made aware of Group-wide norms, including policies, and are taking action to implement the same in their businesses. Oversee adjustment of all such norms, where required, to reflect local law and regulation.
• Ensure training is provided to management and associates in the areas of the law presenting the greatest risk locally.
• Act as a business partner in all actions relating to Sandoz’s contractual negotiations, compliance and statutory obligations; relating to the ownership, control and protection of inventions and confidential business information, reviewing, drafting and negotiating all legal business issues regarding Sandoz’s research collaborations, licensing activities and other significant transactions.
• Handle legal issues related to business development, labour law and corporate governance. Negotiate and draft distribution agreements, licensing agreements, promotion agreements, services agreements, acquisition and/or divestment agreements.
  

• Internal stakeholder satisfaction with amount, appropriateness, and timeliness of legal support provided (i.e pragmatic and principled, reliable, fast, customer oriented)
• Strong, collaborative leadership displayed, influencing outside area of direct responsibility with business acumen and excellent communication
• Successful enforcement/defence of contracts within Gulf and KSA
• Full integration into the respective leadership teams and strong collaboration with key stakeholders
• Strong cross-functional collaboration
• No major compliance/regulatory issue
• Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations
• Legal team talent acquisition & development (mentoring, coaching, delegating)
  
  

• Law school graduate & bar qualification (admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction)
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic essential.
• 10 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
• Experience in Saudi Arabia and Gulf is preferable
• Experience in managing Legal & Compliance teams, work and projects
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to analyse complex legal and compliance issues.
• Strong verbal & written communication skills; together with a high ability to influence and negotiate.
• Proven ability to deal positively when working within tight time pressures & demanding clients.
• Financial/business acumen and business partnering skills
• Demonstrate professional & culturally sensitive work ethics
• Change agility and resilience
• Strong analytical and organisational skills.
• Proven ability to proactively provide insightful and timely legal support to stakeholders across a functionally and geographically dispersed organisation.
• Results oriented mentality i.e. “ability to get things done” avoiding legal “over engineering” while safeguarding Sandoz rights.
• Ability to question and improve the status quo.
• Ability to set priorities and manage a wide ranging workload.
  
  

• Seniority level Executive

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Legal
• Industries Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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Job Description

The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Job Description

The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Major Accountabilities

• Adopt a pro-active, business focused approach by:
• Serving as single point of contact for all Legal & Compliance tasks in Gulf and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including coordinating data privacy, antitrust, intellectual property topics with Global Leads and Teams.
• Providing Legal & Compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
• Managing matters and litigation (legislative matters, antibribery, unfair competition and anti-trust, labour etc.)
• Negotiating, drafting and management of commercial agreements (focusing on sell side)
• Managing Legal & Compliance reporting, monitoring & training, incl. transparency reporting, dawn-raid training.
• Supporting enterprise risk management, third party risk management, contract management, risk assessment management, contract management and CORE etc.
• Ensuring timely and high-quality analysis of legislation, legislation drafts and their potential impact on the Sandoz META Export business processes
• As a member of the Country Leadership Team, pro-actively contribute to strategy and business discussions, decisions, and outcomes.
• Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
• Support investigations conducted by authorities, Corporate Security and Speak-Up on legal and compliance issues.
• Responsible for anticipating, identifying and analysing legal issues and the development of legal strategies and solutions. Continuously monitor developments in the business, local market and legal/regulatory regime to adequately assess legal risks and opportunities for Sandoz and propose concrete actions to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.
• Ensure local management team is made aware of Group-wide norms, including policies, and are taking action to implement the same in their businesses. Oversee adjustment of all such norms, where required, to reflect local law and regulation.
• Ensure training is provided to management and associates in the areas of the law presenting the greatest risk locally.
• Act as a business partner in all actions relating to Sandoz's contractual negotiations, compliance and statutory obligations; relating to the ownership, control and protection of inventions and confidential business information, reviewing, drafting and negotiating all legal business issues regarding Sandoz's research collaborations, licensing activities and other significant transactions.
• Handle legal issues related to business development, labour law and corporate governance. Negotiate and draft distribution agreements, licensing agreements, promotion agreements, services agreements, acquisition and/or divestment agreements.
  

• Internal stakeholder satisfaction with amount, appropriateness, and timeliness of legal support provided (i.e pragmatic and principled, reliable, fast, customer oriented)
• Strong, collaborative leadership displayed, influencing outside area of direct responsibility with business acumen and excellent communication
• Successful enforcement/defence of contracts within Gulf and KSA
• Full integration into the respective leadership teams and strong collaboration with key stakeholders
• Strong cross-functional collaboration
• No major compliance/regulatory issue
• Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations
• Legal team talent acquisition & development (mentoring, coaching, delegating)
  
  

• Law school graduate & bar qualification (admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction)
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic essential.
• 10 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
• Experience in Saudi Arabia and Gulf is preferable
• Experience in managing Legal & Compliance teams, work and projects
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to analyse complex legal and compliance issues.
• Strong verbal & written communication skills; together with a high ability to influence and negotiate.
• Proven ability to deal positively when working within tight time pressures & demanding clients.
• Financial/business acumen and business partnering skills
• Demonstrate professional & culturally sensitive work ethics
• Change agility and resilience
• Strong analytical and organisational skills.
• Proven ability to proactively provide insightful and timely legal support to stakeholders across a functionally and geographically dispersed organisation.
• Results oriented mentality i.e. "ability to get things done" avoiding legal "over engineering" while safeguarding Sandoz rights.
• Ability to question and improve the status quo.
• Ability to set priorities and manage a wide ranging workload.
  
  

• Seniority level Executive

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Legal
• Industries Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf

The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Major Accountabilities

• Adopt a pro-active, business focused approach by:
  • Serving as single point of contact for all Legal & Compliance tasks in Gulf and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including coordinating data privacy, antitrust, intellectual property topics with Global Leads and Teams.
  • Providing Legal & Compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
  • Managing matters and litigation (legislative matters, antibribery, unfair competition and anti-trust, labour etc.)
  • Negotiating, drafting and management of commercial agreements (focusing on sell side)
  • Managing Legal & Compliance reporting, monitoring & training, incl. transparency reporting, dawn-raid training.
  • Supporting enterprise risk management, third party risk management, contract management, risk assessment management, contract management and CORE etc.
  • Ensuring timely and high-quality analysis of legislation, legislation drafts and their potential impact on the Sandoz META Export business processes
• As a member of the Country Leadership Team, pro-actively contribute to strategy and business discussions, decisions, and outcomes.
• Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
• Support investigations conducted by authorities, Corporate Security and Speak-Up on legal and compliance issues.
• Responsible for anticipating, identifying and analysing legal issues and the development of legal strategies and solutions. Continuously monitor developments in the business, local market and legal/regulatory regime to adequately assess legal risks and opportunities for Sandoz and propose concrete actions to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.
• Ensure local management team is made aware of Group-wide norms, including policies, and are taking action to implement the same in their businesses. Oversee adjustment of all such norms, where required, to reflect local law and regulation.
• Ensure training is provided to management and associates in the areas of the law presenting the greatest risk locally.
• Act as a business partner in all actions relating to Sandoz’s contractual negotiations, compliance and statutory obligations; relating to the ownership, control and protection of inventions and confidential business information, reviewing, drafting and negotiating all legal business issues regarding Sandoz’s research collaborations, licensing activities and other significant transactions.
• Handle legal issues related to business development, labour law and corporate governance. Negotiate and draft distribution agreements, licensing agreements, promotion agreements, services agreements, acquisition and/or divestment agreements.

Key Performance Indicators

• Internal stakeholder satisfaction with amount, appropriateness, and timeliness of legal support provided (i.e pragmatic and principled, reliable, fast, customer oriented)
• Strong, collaborative leadership displayed, influencing outside area of direct responsibility with business acumen and excellent communication
• Successful enforcement/defence of contracts within Gulf and KSA
• Full integration into the respective leadership teams and strong collaboration with key stakeholders
• Strong cross-functional collaboration
• No major compliance/regulatory issue
• Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations
• Law school graduate & bar qualification (admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction)
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic essential.
• 10 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
• Experience in Saudi Arabia and Gulf is preferable
• Experience in managing Legal & Compliance teams, work and projects
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to analyse complex legal and compliance issues.
• Strong verbal & written communication skills; together with a high ability to influence and negotiate.
• Proven ability to deal positively when working within tight time pressures & demanding clients.
• Financial/business acumen and business partnering skills
• Demonstrate professional & culturally sensitive work ethics
• Change agility and resilience
• Strong analytical and organisational skills.
• Proven ability to proactively provide insightful and timely legal support to stakeholders across a functionally and geographically dispersed organisation.
• Results oriented mentality i.e. “ability to get things done” avoiding legal “over engineering” while safeguarding Sandoz rights.
• Ability to question and improve the status quo.
• Ability to set priorities and manage a wide ranging workload.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

This site is intended for a global audience