Job Description
We are seeking a Senior Counsel to join our Legal team.
The role reports to the Head of Lead and Compliance and is part of a team managing legal and compliance support on a range of issues often with tight deadlines.
The ideal candidate is a highly motivated pro-active self-starter with excellent analytical, problem solving, written and verbal communication skills who:
* is a strong team-player and collaborates locally and across regional and global Legal & BC function.
* has a strong client service orientation and ability to recognize and respond quickly and pragmatically to urgent complex situations and demanding business partners.
* can work cross-functionally and cross-culturally and foster and maintain relationships through all levels of the organisation.
We are looking for a lawyer who brings diversity of thought and experience to further our mission—to create a better healthier world for all people.
The Legal team is a true team that provides development and support to its members values diversity and feedback and respects healthy work life balance.
The role requires advising on legal topics in the international context especially with respect to questions or inquiries from colleagues in global headquarter and ACE headquarters. You will also have the opportunity to work with regional and global Legal teams to develop responses to areas of wider legal and compliance importance.
You will be a key part of the Legal & Compliance team to ensure comprehensive support for Business Units Market Access team Commercial Operations and functional departments on all legal and business conduct matters. It requires an analytical approach strong attention to detail excellent drafting negotiation and communication skills.
You will give substantive legal advice to one or more of Gileads Business Units and cross functional teams supporting the activities of the Business Units on sales and marketing strategies medical educational activities public affairs patient group and community activities as well as policy and government affairs initiatives.
This role also has a focus on supporting the compliance program providing tools and guidance to Business Units about Gileads Business Conduct Manual the Medicines Australia Code of Practice competition and consumer law and anti-bribery.
The role involves leading on strategic legal advice and operational support for local business units and other functions in relation to planning and implementation of product promotion and launch including supporting market access strategy lead in areas of law supported by your existing areas of specialisation and new areas as required by the team supporting a self-service contract platform for use by Business Units and functions and contract negotiation in relation to high risk and complex agreements regulation and reimbursement of medicines including the Therapeutic Goods Act and the National Health Act together with global specialist support teams advising on competition law and anti-bribery anti-corruption processes design development and delivery of legal training programs.
The responsibilities also include providing strategic compliance operational support in relation to collaborating with the ANZ team to implement compliance practices within the affiliate and to ensure a high degree of alignment and consistency collaborating with compliance teams across Gilead on policy practices and training ensuring that the affiliate understand the why behind Gileads compliance requirements and the areas of potential risk advice on points of interpretation for compliance requirements and required internal approval processes participating in the approval of high-risk activities and promotional materials associated with interactions with HCPs community and decision makers including sales marketing medical education community and payer interactions supporting periodic compliance audits and ongoing monitoring of compliance of events and materials.
A legal career at Gilead couples cutting-edge science with precision problem solving that accompanies working in a fast-paced innovative business environment. Gilead lawyers have a seat at the table providing counsel to business leaders and influence decisions as they happen. This is an exciting role with high visibility throughout the business. You will directly engage with the cross-functional team and have strategic input to the business units assisting them to reach their commercial goals in a way that meets all legal and compliance requirements.
We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join us and help create possible together.
At Gilead we're creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years we've tackled diseases such as HIV viral hepatitis COVID-19 and cancer—working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the worlds biggest health challenges and our mission requires collaboration determination and a relentless drive to make a difference.
Every member of Gileads team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions and we're looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact.
We are committed to our core values of Integrity inclusion teamwork excellence and accountability. We expect all of our team to live our leadership commitments: I AM BOLD in aspiration and AGILE in execution. I CARE and make time for people. I LISTEN speak openly and explain.