CSL - Australia

Regional Lead, Legal Services - APAC

Location
Victoria, AU
Salary
Competitive
Posted
Monday, 12 September 2022
Closes
Wednesday, 12 October 2022
Ref
R-179824
Hours
Full Time
Contract Type
Permanent
Experience Level
Experienced (non-manager)
The Opportunity

Reporting to the Global Head of Legal Services you will lead a team of Legal Services Contract Analysts to support standard contracting for the Asia Pacific region. You will implement process improvement measures, structure, guidance, and strategy for regional Legal Services team. You will also represent the Legal Services team to Regional Legal colleagues and ensure communication between Legal Services and its clientele in the region, and to other Regional Legal Services Leads.

The Role
  • Be the Regional Lead - Asia Pacific for standard contracting for the Legal Services team.
  • Provide substantive guidance, advice, and training on contract negotiation and drafting, and process implementation and improvement to Legal Services Contract Analysts, to ensure regional consistency.
  • Manage Legal Services Contracts Analyst(s) for the region.
  • Contribute and participate in global process improvement measures
  • Collaborate with the global legal and legal services team
  • Work with the global legal services team to share and implement contracting best practices
  • Liaise and align with other Legal Services Regional Leads, and regional Business Compliance & Risk and Legal Partner clientele.
  • Draft and negotiate standard contracts (such as confidentiality agreements, master service agreements, labor hire, consultancy/services agreements - including master agreements - speaker agreements, agreements with healthcare providers, standard intercompany data transfer agreements).
  • Maintain high quality templates for standard agreements.
  • Develop training content for Legal Services team members to include any applicable regulations, corporate policies.
  • Deliver training to Legal Services team members and applicable client groups.
  • Maintain content for FAQs on standard agreement templates and processes.
  • Respond to queries from clients regarding Legal Services and certain Business Integrity & Risk topics and issues.
  • Maintain procedures for drafting and negotiation of standard agreements, including use of our contract lifecycle management system.
  • Be the SME/SMA for standard contracting and develop and implement process improvement measures, as applicable.
  • Problems faced are difficult and often complex, requiring analysis of issues and consideration of other job areas


Your skills and experience
  • Bachelor's degree of law/JD with a license to practice in Australia. LL.M,
  • 5 years' experience leading a contracts team, or equivalent.
  • Pharmaceutical or biotech experience.
  • International experience.
  • 7 years of experience drafting and negotiating confidentiality agreements, Master Services Agreements, labor hire agreements, IT/ITES agreements, Health Care Provider Agreements, Services Agreements
  • Experience working with processes and methodologies
  • Fluency (written and spoken) of Mandarin desirable


How to Apply:

Apply now to join a purpose-driven, values-based company committed to protecting public health

Applications must include a CV and covering letter addressing the selection criteria.

Our Benefits

We encourage you to make your well-being a priority.

About CSL

CSL is a leading global biotechnology company with a dynamic portfolio of life-saving medicines, including those that treat haemophilia and immune deficiencies, as well as vaccines to prevent influenza. Since our start in 1916, we have been driven by our promise to save lives through innovation.

We want CSL to reflect the world around us

As a global organisation with employees in 35+ countries, CSL embraces diversity and inclusion.

Do work that matters at CSL!

Our Benefits

We encourage you to make your well-being a priority. It's important and so are you. Learn more about how we care at CSL.

About CSL

CSL is a leading global biotechnology company with a dynamic portfolio of life-saving medicines, including those that treat haemophilia and immune deficiencies, as well as vaccines to prevent influenza. Since our start in 1916, we have been driven by our promise to save lives through innovation. Learn more about CSL .

We want CSL to reflect the world around us

As a global organisation with employees in 35+ countries, CSL embraces diversity and inclusion. Learn more about Diversity & Inclusion at CSL.

Do work that matters at CSL!