Legal and Compliance Manager

Location: Courbevoie 92400, Île-de-France, France 
Contract type: Permanent 
Job ID: 4819 

Are you ready to play a key role in enabling responsible business growth in a purpose-driven global pharmaceutical company? At LEO Pharma, we are looking for a Legal and Compliance Manager in Paris, France to join our International Operations and Critical Care Legal & Compliance team. Bring your legal expertise and compliance mindset to the heart of our French affiliate, where your advice will enable sustainable growth, responsible business decisions and help safeguard LEO Pharma’s license to operate.

Join us in creating a future legacy in medical dermatology

At LEO Pharma, we are global leaders in medical dermatology. We have 115 years’ experience in bringing innovation to healthcare. And we are eager to do much more. Each year, close to 100 million people have a better day because of our medicines.In this role, you will be a trusted legal and compliance business partner for the French market, combining strong legal judgement with commercial understanding to help the business make confident, compliant and value-creating decisions. You will work closely with local leadership and global Legal, IPR and Compliance colleagues, contributing to a consistent, high-quality approach across International Operations and Critical Care.

In IO and CC Legal & Compliance, we share a “challenge accepted” mindset and are guided by our winning behaviors of simplification, collaboration, and accountability, to achieve our goals.

Your role : 

As our new Legal and Compliance Manager, you will provide qualified, pragmatic and business-oriented legal advice for the French market. You will support the effective implementation of LEO Pharma’s compliance programs, including global policies and projects, while helping the organization take a risk-intelligent approach to compliance. 

You will be a close partner to the local affiliate leadership team and a trusted advisor across the business. Your work will span commercial contracting, compliance advisory, risk management, privacy, competition law, disputes and internal investigations.

Your key responsibilities for the French affiliate will include:

• Act as a legal and compliance business partner and trusted advisor.
• Participate in the local affiliate leadership team and contribute strategic legal and compliance perspectives.
• Draft, review and negotiate commercial agreements, providing strategic and legal advice in negotiations.
• Monitor relevant local compliance regulations and requirements, assess potential business impact and co-drive solutions where risks or opportunities arise.
• Advise on anti-bribery and anti-corruption matters, including implementation of our third-party compliance management processes.
• Provide advice on high-risk or complex HCP compliance matters and local marketing compliance topics.
• Advise on privacy-related topics and competition law matters.
• Support dispute and litigation handling and resolution, including strategic input on potential outcomes.
• Build strong relationships across the business to strengthen understanding of legal and compliance requirements.
• Support selected internal investigations in the market on an ad hoc basis.

The role offers:

• A highly visible role where you will partner closely with local leadership and influence key business decisions.
• The opportunity to combine legal expertise, compliance leadership and commercial understanding in a dynamic pharmaceutical environment.
• A broad and varied scope covering contracts, compliance advisory, privacy, competition law, disputes and investigations.
• Close collaboration with Global Legal, IPR and Compliance colleagues and the wider International Operations network.
• The chance to help shape a risk-intelligent compliance culture that enables responsible growth and meaningful patient impact.

Your qualifications :  

To succeed in this role, we imagine that you have the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, ideally complemented by a Master’s degree in Law.
• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience from a private law firm and/or the pharmaceutical industry.
• Strong legal skills combined with solid commercial understanding and knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry.
• Excellent drafting and negotiation skills, with proven ability to work in a multicultural environment.
• Fluency in written and spoken English and French;
• Compliance certifications and experience are considered an asset.

LEO Pharma is built on collaboration, innovation and curiosity. Is this you? Can you bring this and a collaborative mindset, strong communication skills, attention to detail, a structured approach to changing priorities, and the ownership needed to be a proactive problem solver in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.

Your new team

You will join IO and CC Legal & Compliance and work closely with colleagues across Global Legal, IPR and Compliance, the local French Leadership Team and commercial organsiation, Finance, and specialist functions such as Regulatory Affairs, Pharmacovigilance and Quality Assurance. The team is committed to knowledge sharing, best-practice collaboration and delivering pragmatic advice that helps the business move forward responsibly.

Your application

You do not need to upload a cover letter, but feel free to add a few sentences in your resume or CV on why this position has your interest. Please refrain from adding a photo to your CV.

Beyond the skin

Become part of LEO Pharma, a global leader in medical dermatology, as we go beyond the skin to make a lasting impact. We are the legacy-builders of the future – enabling people to have a better today and tomorrow. With the world as our lab, we are transforming innovative ideas into more effective and easier-to-use medicines. Through collaboration and partnerships, we can do much more.  

At LEO Pharma, we believe in the power of individuals to drive change. Our flat organizational structure empowers you to make a visible impact and offers versatile roles for professional growth. We value diversity and welcome applications from all qualified candidates, recognizing that our different perspectives, backgrounds, and attitudes enable us to make the best decisions. Join our passionate team at LEO Pharma and be yourself as we work together to make a fundamental difference.

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Join us and make an impact in, on and far beyond the skin. Apply now!

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