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Legal Director - Northern Europe and Canada - Pharma

BARON CRAWFORD RECRUITMENT LIMITED
London
6 months ago
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Our client, is an innovative and developing Swiss headquartered commercial stage pharmaceutical company. They are now seeking a Legal and compliance Director to lead for the UK, Nordics and Canada based in London.


Reporting to their head of legal for EUCAN, the role sits on the UK and country management boards and will lead both strategically and operationally on all legal and compliance issues for the region. More specifically the post holder will oversee and lead on all commercial contracting, collaborations, market access, ABPI matters including compliance training and monitoring, as well as digital and data privacy related concerns.


You will be an experienced life sciences lawyer with at least 5-10 years + experience from both private practice and ideally a similar in-house role, within a pharmaceutical or biotech organisation (although medical technology experience may also be considered). You will need experience of both commercial legal matters, as well as strong experience of implementing and monitoring healthcare compliance programs. You will also need to be a commercially minded proactive team player, who can operate effectively at all levels in an entrepreneurial and fast paced organsiation.


The role will be be based in London and will operate a hybrid working model.


For more information about this key and exciting opportunity please speak to the exclusive recruiter for this role, Rob Baron of Baron Crawford.

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