Title will depend on the level of candidate. Looking for candidate with 8-10 years PQE
The role is broad and includes:
Serves as a key lawyer for the South Asia Cluster on all legal matters including provide legal advice, leading drafting and negotiation of commercial contracts.
Provide practical, business-oriented strategic advice for all product value streams and the value chains of both the global MedTech (CE) product portfolio as well as lead all legal initiatives for Care Delivery International for the countries in scope.
Provide strategic thinking and be a credible and effective legal partner for the South Asia Cluster to deliver FME's objective.
Manage and work in close partnership with a variety of stakeholders and counterparts including regulators and external counsels.
Execute strategic agenda and business plans for South Asia Cluster in collaboration with the business teams, taking into account the broader geopolitical, commercial, legal, industry and regulatory nuances and framework.
Manage disputes, litigious matters (e.g. patient & employee claims, investigations etc.) and regulatory investigations in for the countries in scope.
Monitor and support in corporate governance looking after the corporate secretarial portfolio for the countries in scope.
Provide legal support for M&A and restructuring initiatives (if any) for the countries in scope.
Provide support on data privacy matters for the countries in scope and act as the data privacy officer of the respective countries.
Provide proactive, strategic and tactical legal advice and support in problem resolution, working as part of a cross functional team in the respective countries on projects and initiatives.
Prepare and implement appropriate policies, procedures and control mechanism to ensure sufficient guidance, training and monitor system are in place for countries in scope.
Ability to identify opportunities to bring consistency and uniformity to legal work and implementation of initiatives to enhance business operations for the countries in scope.
Actively participate and collaborate with the rest of the Asia Pacific and Global legal teams in protecting FME’s interest and being an enabler to the business.
Qualifications and Experience
At least 10 years post-qualification experience in India, preferably as leading law firm or in-house legal counsel in an MNC environment
Experience working on matters in other countries within the South Asia cluster is a plus
Experience in healthcare or similar industry will be highly regarded in for countries in scope.
Possess strong contract negotiation and communication; both written and presentation; ability to influence across all levels and simplify complex legal topics to achieve FME outcomes.
A “can do” attitude with a curious and enthusiastic approach to work
Commercially minded and solutions driven lawyer with strong work ethic and exceptional business partner focus
Agility and the ability to work effectively in a global matrix organisation across geographic and functional boundaries which includes understanding of working across various timezones, when required.
Ability to identify opportunities to bring consistency and uniformity to legal work and implementation of initiatives to enhance business operations
Strong collaboration skills and ability to work independently as well as being part of the cross function and cross jurisdictional team; sense of humour
Business-minded; strong growth mindset and agile, affinity to numbers and financial KPIs
Ability to be highly organized and effective; handle multiple competing priorities
Ability to see the big picture yet attention to detail