Head, Legal & Compliance (Malaysia & Singapore)

Job Description Summary

Sandoz continues to go through an exciting and transformative period as a global leader and pioneering provider of sustainable Biosimilar and Generic medicines. As we continue down this new and ambitious path, unique opportunities will present themselves, both professionally and personally. Join us, the future is ours to shape!

Job Description

In this role, you’ll lead the Legal and Compliance function for Malaysia and Singapore (including support for Brunei activities managed through Malaysia), providing strategic legal counsel, strengthening governance and compliance frameworks, and enabling sustainable business growth through effective risk management and ethical business practices.
Your Key Responsibilities:

Your responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Provide strategic, commercially focused legal and compliance advice to business leaders, enabling informed decision-making and supporting the achievement of business objectives.

• Advise cross-functional stakeholders on commercial, regulatory, marketing, tender, customer engagement and product launch activities, translating complex legal requirements into practical business solutions.

• Identify, assess and mitigate legal and compliance risks across the organization, including matters relating to anti-bribery and corruption, competition law, employment law, investigations, product liability and dispute management.

• Draft, review, negotiate and manage a broad range of commercial agreements and contracts, ensuring appropriate protection of company interests while supporting business priorities.

• Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of the local compliance framework, including governance, risk assessments, monitoring activities, policy deployment, training and ethics awareness initiatives.

• Ensure effective corporate governance and corporate secretarial support for the relevant legal entities, maintaining compliance with statutory obligations and global governance standards.

• Contribute as a key member of the Malaysia and Singapore leadership team by providing independent judgment, constructive challenge and strategic legal input on business-critical decisions and market opportunities.

• Oversee investigations, external counsel relationships, legal operations, compliance systems and budget management while fostering a culture of integrity, accountability and high performance across the organization.

What you’ll bring to the role:

Essential Requirements:

• Qualified legal practitioner with a recognized law degree and admission to practice in Malaysia would be advantageous.

• Minimum 10 years of progressive legal experience, ideally gained through a combination of leading private practice and senior in-house legal counsel roles.

• Extensive experience providing legal support across corporate and commercial matters, contract negotiation, governance, regulatory compliance and dispute resolution.

• Proven track record of advising senior executives and leadership teams on complex legal, compliance and strategic business issues.

• Strong understanding of compliance frameworks, investigations, anti-bribery and corruption requirements, competition law and enterprise risk management practices.

• Experience working within the pharmaceutical, healthcare, life sciences, medical device or another highly regulated industry would be highly advantageous.

• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional initiatives and influencing stakeholders within regional and/or global matrix organizations.

• Strong commercial acumen, sound judgment and a pragmatic, solutions-oriented approach, with the ability to balance legal risk against business opportunity in a fast-paced environment.

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!

Join us!

Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.

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Skills Desired

Business Development, Business Partners, Career Development, Computer Cluster, Data Privacy, Finance, Internet, Law (Legal System), Legal Advice, Litigation Law, Negotiation Skills, Private Equity, Tax