94 Compliance Programs jobs in Saudi Arabia
Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf
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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.
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!
Join us! Seniority level
- Seniority level Executive
- Employment type Full-time
- Job function Legal
- Industries Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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#J-18808-LjbffrHead Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf
Posted 24 days ago
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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
#J-18808-LjbffrHead Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf
Posted 6 days ago
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Job Description
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
Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf
Posted 9 days ago
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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.
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!
Join us! Seniority level
- Seniority level Executive
- Employment type Full-time
- Job function Legal
- Industries Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Referrals increase your chances of interviewing at Sandoz by 2x
Get notified about new Head of Legal jobs in Riyadh, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia .
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Legal and Compliance Counsel Gulf and Saudi Arabia
Posted 12 days ago
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Job Description
Legal & Compliance Counsel Saudi Arabia will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading legal and compliance work and providing guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.
Job Description
Legal & Compliance Counsel Saudi Arabia will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading legal and compliance work and providing 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:
- Leading compliance and risk management processes to drive business priorities while protecting the company and best serving our customers and patients
- Developing, refine, and adapt the ethics, risk and compliance program to meet evolving requirements and promote consistently high standards and operational excellence
- Providing legal advice and guidance to the business, as well as manage compliance with legal requirements.
- Acting as a true business partner, adopting a pro-active, business focused approach to negotiating and drafting transactions and contracts, assisting in management decision processes, and delivering robust risk assessments.
- Providing legal & compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
- Reviewing, drafting and management of agreements, memoranda of understanding, distribution agreement, service level agreements, sponsorship agreements, pharmacy marketing agreements etc.
- Supporting 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 business processes
- Providing effective legal counsel to assigned business teams within the Gulf and Saudi Arabia on all aspects of pharmaceuticals business
- Providing quality legal advice in areas including strategic partnerships, data and digital, business development and licensing, contracts, intellectual property and competition law
- Delivering day-to-day legal services including drafting, negotiating, and settling commercial agreements within the scope of the assigned business teams.
- Acting as a true business partner, adopting a pro-active, business focused approach to negotiating and drafting transactions and contracts, assisting in management decision processes, and delivering robust risk assessments.
- Acting independently in complex legal matters and transactions.
- Driving simplification and standardization projects and support the implementation of new tools and systems.
- Contributing to Gulf and Saudi Arabia legal initiatives.
- Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
- 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.
- 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 Saudi
- Full integration into the legal and compliance team and strong collaboration with key business stakeholders
- Strong cross-functional collaboration
- Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations
- Law school graduate & bar qualification /licensed attorney
- Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic is essential.
- 6 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
- Proven experience in providing specialized legal advice
- Prior experience in pharmaceuticals or healthcare industry is desirable.
- Experience in working in the Gulf and Saudi markets is preferable
- 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.
- 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.
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!
Join us! Seniority level
- Seniority level Mid-Senior level
- Employment type Full-time
- Job function Legal
- Industries Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
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#J-18808-LjbffrLegal and Compliance Counsel Gulf and Saudi Arabia
Posted 1 day ago
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Job Description
Legal & Compliance Counsel Saudi Arabia will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading legal and compliance work and providing guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.
Job Description
Legal & Compliance Counsel Saudi Arabia will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading legal and compliance work and providing 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:
- Leading compliance and risk management processes to drive business priorities while protecting the company and best serving our customers and patients
- Developing, refine, and adapt the ethics, risk and compliance program to meet evolving requirements and promote consistently high standards and operational excellence
- Providing legal advice and guidance to the business, as well as manage compliance with legal requirements.
- Acting as a true business partner, adopting a pro-active, business focused approach to negotiating and drafting transactions and contracts, assisting in management decision processes, and delivering robust risk assessments.
- Providing legal & compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
- Reviewing, drafting and management of agreements, memoranda of understanding, distribution agreement, service level agreements, sponsorship agreements, pharmacy marketing agreements etc.
- Supporting 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 business processes
- Providing effective legal counsel to assigned business teams within the Gulf and Saudi Arabia on all aspects of pharmaceuticals business
- Providing quality legal advice in areas including strategic partnerships, data and digital, business development and licensing, contracts, intellectual property and competition law
- Delivering day-to-day legal services including drafting, negotiating, and settling commercial agreements within the scope of the assigned business teams.
- Acting as a true business partner, adopting a pro-active, business focused approach to negotiating and drafting transactions and contracts, assisting in management decision processes, and delivering robust risk assessments.
- Acting independently in complex legal matters and transactions.
- Driving simplification and standardization projects and support the implementation of new tools and systems.
- Contributing to Gulf and Saudi Arabia legal initiatives.
- Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
- 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.
- 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 Saudi
- Full integration into the legal and compliance team and strong collaboration with key business stakeholders
- Strong cross-functional collaboration
- Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations
- Law school graduate & bar qualification /licensed attorney
- Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic is essential.
- 6 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
- Proven experience in providing specialized legal advice
- Prior experience in pharmaceuticals or healthcare industry is desirable.
- Experience in working in the Gulf and Saudi markets is preferable
- 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.
- 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.
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.
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Risk Management Analyst
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The Risk Management Analyst will support the Risk Manager in developing, implementing, and maintaining effective risk management strategies that protect the organization from potential threats and vulnerabilities. This role requires a detail-oriented and analytical thinker who can conduct risk assessments, assist in compliance monitoring, and support business continuity planning.
The Risk Management Analyst will work closely with various departments to gather risk-related information, provide insights for decision-making, and ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and organizational goals. The ideal candidate will have experience in risk management processes, data analysis, and reporting, contributing to the continuous improvement of the organization's risk management practices.
- Department
- Risk Management
- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Location
- KSA
- Workplace type
- Onsite
- Reporting To
- Ahmed Almughriyah
1. Assist in Risk Management Processes
- Support the Risk Manager in identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks across the organization.
- Assist in the development and implementation of risk management strategies and frameworks.
2. Conduct Risk Assessments
- Perform risk assessments to evaluate potential risks and vulnerabilities.
- Assist in developing risk mitigation plans and strategies.
3. Compliance Monitoring
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards.
- Assist in preparing compliance reports and maintaining documentation for audits.
4. Data Analysis and Reporting
- Analyze risk data and generate reports to support decision-making processes.
- Monitor key risk indicators and prepare regular reports for senior management.
5. Support Business Continuity Planning
- Assist in the development and maintenance of Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) and Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs).
- Participate in BCP and DRP testing and updates.
6. Collaboration and Communication
- Collaborate with various departments to gather risk-related information and ensure alignment on risk management objectives.
- Communicate risk findings and recommendations to relevant stakeholders.
7. Continuous Improvement
- Contribute to the continuous improvement of risk management processes and practices.
- Stay updated on emerging risks and industry trends to provide timely insights.
- At least 3 years of experience in risk management or a related field.
- Experience in conducting risk assessments and developing risk mitigation strategies.
Skills and Competencies
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Proficiency in risk management tools and software.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.
- Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.
Technical Expertise
- Familiarity with risk management frameworks such as ISO 31000 or COSO ERM.
- Understanding of compliance requirements and industry regulations.
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Director - Risk Management
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Company Description Visa is a world leader in payments and technology, with over 259 billion payments transactions flowing safely between consumers, merchants, financial institutions, and government entities in more than 200 countries and territories each year. Our mission is to connect the world through the most innovative, convenient, reliable, and secure payments network, enabling individuals, businesses, and economies to thrive while driven by a common purpose – to uplift everyone, everywhere by being the best way to pay and be paid. Make an impact with a purpose-driven industry leader. Join us today and experience Life at Visa.
Job Description
Visa’s Global Risk organization is seeking a dynamic Director to join its team and lead Digital Payment risks management across Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman.
This role serves as the face of Risk with external obligation to ensure Visa’s interactions with clients, partners, merchants, regulators and other third parties on risk-related matters are well informed, effective, and collectively moving the Visa ecosystem towards a stronger state. Internally, the Risk Management Director’s obligation is to leverage their market knowledge and presence to ensure Visa’s risk related policies, programs and frameworks are aligned with current and future business demands.
The Director role provides deep insights, thought leadership and support against a broader set of risk related issues and activities, including client fraud and approval optimization, credit settlement risk, anti-money laundering, deployment of Visa’s Risk solutions, the use of third parties and deployment of emerging technologies.
The Director will serve as the risk leader and advisor to the KBO business and GCC & CEMEA Risk leadership teams and will play a vital role in shaping the risk management landscape in a rapidly growing cluster.
Reporting directly to the Senior Director, Risk, GCC, this role requires frequent collaboration with internal stakeholders across the GCC and CEMEA regions, and extensive external engagements with clients, partners, government and other payment industry stakeholders.
As an individual contributor, this role requires a highly self-motivated individual, with the skills and ability to work with a diverse set of stakeholders across the Saudi Arabia, Bahrain and Oman cluster.
Five core principles provide a foundation for our work in Risk Management:
Market Knowledge: Maintain a heightened awareness of the country or regional business environment, the payment system and other risks to clients operating in each market, and the past and present tactics being deployed to mitigate these risks.
Business Alignment: Align Visa’s risk-related objectives and activities with Visa’s business goals in the same area in order to maximize long-term growth.
Relationship Management: Engage key stakeholders (clients, partners, law enforcement, government and others) to secure support for Visa’s goals and address identified risks.
Thought Leadership: Differentiate Visa by demonstrating thought leadership to payment system stakeholders on risk issues, pulling from local, regional, and global sources. As a Risk Vanguard within the cluster work with Risk to identify new & novel methods used by criminals to target clients or stakeholders and build customized and innovative risk offerings by aligning with internal stakeholders to disrupt emerging fraud & security vulnerabilities affecting the Payments Industry
Communication: Ensure strong communication and provide marketplace feedback around Visa’s risk related programs and policies, and other activities
Key Responsibilities:
Ecosystem Risk Management: Maintain a heightened awareness of the country or regional business environment, payment systems, and other risks to clients operating in each market. Stay informed about past and present tactics used to mitigate these risks. Monitor local risk-related trends and developments, such as fraud schemes, regulatory changes, and key developments required to enhance the risk profile of partners and clients as well as Visa’s risk posture. Take the lead in protecting the payment ecosystem by proactively managing Visa’s Ecosystem Integrity programs with internal and external stakeholders.
Business Alignment: Align Visa’s risk-related objectives and activities with Visa’s business goals in the region to optimize long-term growth and ensure that risk management strategies support and enhance the overall business strategy.
Risk Relationship Management: Engage key stakeholders, including clients, law enforcement, government, and other relevant entities, to secure support for Visa’s goals and address identified risks. Be the primary Visa risk expert advisor to key clients in the market. Drive customized risk engagements and provide focus to key clients, fintechs, merchants, and emerging payment stakeholders. Develop and execute a client engagement plan and materials to help clients optimize fraud performance, determine the type and frequency of engagements.
Thought Leadership: Differentiate Visa by demonstrating thought leadership on risk issues to payment system stakeholders. Participate in and orchestrate industry forums (e.g., clients, law enforcement, regulators, industry participants), and consumer awareness campaigns of payment system stakeholders to drive greater awareness and support for Visa’s payment system risk strategy. Be the point of reference in all risk-related engagement with regulatory and industry bodies. Differentiate Visa as a digital payments leader by providing clients and other stakeholders with value-added insights, best practices, conducting onsite market fraud prevention seminars (or webinars), and educational materials.
Communication: Ensure effective communication and provide marketplace feedback regarding Visa’s risk-related programs, policies, and other activities. Maintain transparency and keep all relevant parties informed about risk management initiatives and outcomes.
This is a hybrid position. Expectation of days in office will be confirmed by your Hiring Manager.
Qualifications
- Has led underwriting operations for SME, Retail or corporate lending for a large Financial Institution for a minimum of 3 years, taking accountability for application processing and credit decisioning functions
- Led the underwriting of merchants for a large acquirer including client risk assessment and due diligence, onboarding
- Strong understanding of and experience managing acquiring risk with hands-on experience improving the acquiring risk posture of an entity.
- Experience in managing fraud risk, transaction monitoring operations, application fraud assessment, and suspicious transaction review.
- Good understanding of Anti-Money Laundering policies and operational processes
- Assessed impact of regulation on business or operations, responsible for responding to regulatory requirements, and participated or led responses to regulatory supervision or scrutiny.
- Experience with maximizing portfolio performance within the confines of local regulation.
Required
- Master’s degree required with 10+ years of progressive risk management experience working in the payment services or financial industry
- Strong understanding of the inter-dependency between Credit, Operational, Strategic and Cybersecurity Risks
- Understanding of current and emerging payment system risk trends across Middle East & Africa
- Ability to influence at senior levels both internally and externally.
- Excellent written, oral and presentation skills and an ability to synthesize complex and technical information into clear recommendations on course of action.
- Detail orientation and strong analytical skills, willingness to offer thought leadership, to think creatively, and to offer new ways to approach old problems
- Flexibility and ability to think creatively and to identify new ways to approach old problems.
- Ability to identify and pursue multiple initiatives simultaneously and deliver superior results.
- Exceptional project management and reporting skills. Strong proficiency with project management tools (i.e. Microsoft Project, Visio, PowerPoint). Proven ability to prioritize deliverables and projects to meet timelines efficiently, to adapt to changes in priorities quickly and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously to drive projects to completion and deliver quality materials under tight deadlines
- Experience determining when to escalate to management and identifying the right stakeholders for decision making
- Excellent collaboration and communications skills with experience in influencing, communicating and driving change through cross-functional groups, including the ability to diplomatically build consensus across disparate views
- Positive, proactive, solution-oriented problem solver who gets things done within a matrix organization
- Experience in preparing, and reviewing, and delivering (concise) executive level communications
Additional Information
Visa is an EEO Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. Visa will also consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with EEOC guidelines and applicable local law.
Risk Management Supervisor
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We are seeking an experienced Legal GRC Risk Supervisor who will be a key member of the GRC team, responsible for overseeing the organization's enterprise risk management (ERM) program. This role involves proactive identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks across all business units. The supervisor will lead a team of risk analysts, conduct in-depth risk analyses, and prepare comprehensive reports for management to support strategic decision-making and ensure the organization's resilience.
Responsibilities- Risk Identification & Assessment: Supervise the process of identifying potential risks, including operational, financial, strategic, and reputational threats. Conduct quantitative and qualitative risk assessments to determine the probability and potential impact of identified risks.
- Risk Mitigation & Monitoring: Develop and implement effective risk mitigation strategies and internal controls to reduce exposure. Track and monitor the status of key risks and the effectiveness of control measures.
- Risk Reporting & Communication: Maintain and manage the corporate risk register , ensuring all information is accurate and up-to-date. Prepare and present regular risk reports to senior management, highlighting top risks and trends.
- Team Leadership: Lead, mentor, and provide guidance to a team of risk analysts. Assign tasks, manage project timelines, and ensure the team meets its objectives efficiently.
- Education: Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Business, Law, Finance, or a related discipline.
- Experience: Proven experience in a risk management, GRC, or internal audit role. Prior experience in a supervisory or leadership position is essential.
- Skills & Competencies: Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a deep understanding of risk management principles and methodologies (e.g., ISO 31000, COSO ERM).
- Certifications (Preferred): CRISC (Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control) or FRM (Financial Risk Manager).
- 5+ years of experience in Governance, Corporate Affairs, or Legal/Compliance.
- Strong knowledge of governance codes, corporate laws, and regulatory frameworks.
- Experience supporting Boards, Committees, or corporate secretarial functions.
- Excellent communication, drafting, and organizational skills.
- Bilingual (Arabic & English) preferred in GCC context.
- Mid-Senior level
- Full-time
- Legal
- Retail
Risk Management Manager
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The Risk Management Manager is responsible for leading the identification, assessment, monitoring, and mitigation of risks across the organization in alignment with the company’s Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework. The role ensures compliance with laws, regulations, and governance requirements of a publicly listed entity in Saudi Arabia, including Capital Market Authority (CMA) guidelines and Tadawul listing rules. It plays a critical part in preparing accurate and transparent risk disclosures for the annual Board of Directors report, in line with best practice corporate governance standards.
Responsibilities- Lead the implementation, maintenance, and continuous improvement of the organization’s ERM framework, policies, and procedures.
- Embed risk management practices into strategic planning, operational execution, and decision-making across all business units.
- Conduct periodic reviews of the ERM framework to align with regulatory changes and industry best practices.
- Coordinate enterprise-wide risk identification workshops and assessments with business and functional leaders.
- Maintain a comprehensive risk register covering financial, operational, strategic, compliance, reputational, ESG, and cyber risks.
- Assess risks based on likelihood, impact, and velocity, prioritizing in line with risk appetite and tolerance levels.
- Partner with functions to develop and implement mitigation strategies, controls, and contingency plans.
- Monitor key risk indicators (KRIs) and escalate emerging risks to senior management and the Board Risk Committee.
- Conduct follow-up reviews to ensure mitigation actions are implemented effectively and on time.
- Ensure risk practices comply with CMA, Tadawul listing rules, and Saudi Corporate Governance Regulations.
- Support audits related to risk management and coordinate alignment with compliance and internal audit teams.
- Prepare regular risk reports for senior management and the Board Risk Committee.
- Lead preparation of the risk section of the Annual Board Report, ensuring compliance with disclosure requirements.
- Oversee the Business Continuity Plan (BCP) and Crisis Management Framework, including testing and maintenance.
- Coordinate crisis responses to minimize operational and reputational impacts.
- Deliver risk awareness training and workshops to promote a risk-aware culture.
- Build strong relationships with regulators, external advisors, and stakeholders while staying ahead of emerging risk trends.
- Represent the company in external forums on risk management and governance.
- Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Business Administration, or a related field.
- Professional certifications preferred: CFA, FRM, CRM, CPA, or equivalent.
- 7–10 years of experience in risk management, internal audit, or financial control, preferably in a publicly listed company or regulated industry.
- Strong knowledge of CMA guidelines, Tadawul listing rules, and Saudi Corporate Governance Regulations.
- Expertise in Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) frameworks and risk assessment methodologies.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess and prioritize risks.
- Proficiency in developing risk registers, KRIs, dashboards, and reports.
- Experience in business continuity planning and crisis management frameworks.
- Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
- Excellent presentation, reporting, and communication skills for Board and executive audiences.
- High level of integrity, discretion, and professionalism in managing sensitive information.
- Bilingual proficiency in Arabic and English (written and spoken).