About Astellas:

At Astellas we are making treatments that matter to people. We are tackling the toughest health challenges putting the patient at the heart of every move we make.

We have developed ground-breaking, innovative medicines in immunology, oncology and urology.

Our medicines are extending and saving the lives of cancer patients, making transplantation possible and improving the quality of life for those living with conditions where needs are often overlooked.

We take a patient-focused approach, that allows us to convert brilliant early science into treatments and solutions that directly improve and save patients’ lives.

From lab to clinic to patient, we focus on the most promising science, empower the best talent to pursue it, and develop life-changing solutions alongside the best partners.

About This Job:

We are looking for a new Senior Legal Manager, Legal Counsel Spain and Portugal to join our legal team!

The Senior Legal Manager, Legal Counsel Spain & Portugal supports the Legal Commercial Lead Spain & Portugal, and other Affiliate Leads in Established Markets as may be required, by providing the full range of legal support and effective management of legal risks in the relevant Affiliate markets.

As the Strategic business partner to all Affiliate functions for the supported Affiliates in order to facilitate Affiliate strategic objectives and effectively and efficiently manage risk and maximize opportunities in compliance with laws and regulations in a complex and fast evolving commercial and regulatory environment of high potential liability where any errors in advice concerning interpretation of contracts and applicable local laws could result in legal action, investigation by regulatory bodies and/or reputational damage to the Company.

This is an important senior position in the Affiliate responsible for independently managing a broad range of stakeholders at Affiliate, Global and Regional level with a significant impact on business decisions and outcomes.

The role comprises support of and responsibility for multiple countries as well as global and regional projects assigned to it within the Global Legal Department of the Astellas group.

Essential Knowledge & Experience:

• Qualified attorney with (minimum 5-7 years) post qualified experience in pharmaceutical company
• Knowledge and understanding of key business, legal and compliance issues within pharma and life science industry including emerging markets (where relevant)
• Proven ability to influence diverse senior stakeholders
• Experience in working in multi-functional, cross-cultural teams
• Strong ability to grasp legal issues quickly, strong analytical problem solving and decision-making skills, exercise sound judgment and provide practical and constructive legal advice in a time-sensitive dynamic and fast paced complex global environment
• Strong negotiation and communication skills (both oral and written); ability to communicate legal issues in a clear and understandable manner
• Strong work ethic and ability to manage large workload, multi-task, focus on critical priorities, and otherwise effectively meet client needs
• Ability to produce high quality work under deadline pressures
• Team player with demonstrable ability to build relationships both internally and externally
• Strong organizational skills, detail oriented, innovative, strategic, self-motivated and ability to motivate others
• A strong commitment to integrity and professionalism and demonstrated passion for excellence

Preferred knowledge/Experience:

• A combination of top tier law firm and in-house experience is preferred
• Experience working on Portuguese law aspects – is a plus

Education/Qualifications:

• Law Degree: Master Degree is a plus
• Languages: Fluent in written and verbal business English is mandatory: good knowledge of Portuguese is a strong plus

Additional information:

• Full time
• Location: Madrid, Spain

We offer

• A challenging and diversified job in an international setting
• Opportunity and support to continuous development
• Inspiring work climate

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.