About this role
Legal Head, ACC Cluster
Please note this role can be based in either Guatemala or Panama
Shape the future of healthcare across a diverse and dynamic cluster of countries. As Legal Head, ACC Cluster, you will be a trusted advisor to senior business leaders, helping drive strategic decisions while navigating complex legal, regulatory, compliance, and commercial challenges. This is a highly visible leadership role where you will influence business growth, lead a talented legal team across multiple jurisdictions, and help bring innovative medicines to patients while protecting Novartis and upholding the highest ethical standards. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment, enjoy leading through complexity, and want to make a meaningful impact on a regional scale, we would love to hear from you.
About the Role
Key Responsibilities
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· Serve as a trusted legal advisor to cluster leadership, influencing strategic business decisions.
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· Lead legal support across multiple jurisdictions, balancing business priorities and legal risk.
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· Advise on complex commercial, regulatory, compliance, employment, data, digital and artificial intelligence matters.
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· Lead negotiations for high-value commercial, distribution, licensing and partnership agreements.
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· Anticipate risks, provide practical mitigation strategies and support effective decision-making.
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· Develop and inspire a geographically dispersed legal team, fostering collaboration and accountability.
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· Manage legal operations, external counsel and budget resources to maximize business value.
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Essential Requirements
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· Law degree and admission to practice in at least one ACC Cluster jurisdiction.
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· Significant legal experience within pharmaceuticals, life sciences or another highly regulated industry.
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· Proven experience advising across multiple countries, legal systems and business environments.
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· Strong people leadership experience, including coaching and developing high-performing teams.
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· Expertise in complex commercial agreements, regulatory matters and risk management.
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· Excellent stakeholder engagement, negotiation and communication skills
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· Must speak fluent English and Spanish
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Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
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Benefits and Rewards: Read our handbook to learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally: https://www.novartis.com/careers/benefits-rewards
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Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion / EEO paragraph
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Novartis is committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams’ representative of the patients and communities we serve.
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Why Novartis: Helping people with disease and their families takes more than innovative science. It takes a community of smart, passionate people like you. Collaborating, supporting and inspiring each other. Combining to achieve breakthroughs that change patients’ lives. Ready to create a brighter future together? https://www.novartis.com/about/strategy/people-and-culture
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Benefits and Rewards: Learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally.
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Read our handbook (PDF 30 MB)
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Division
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Legal
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Business Unit
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Legal
Location
Guatemala
Site Guatemala
Company / Legal Entity GT04 (FCRS = GT004) Novartis Farmacéutica S.A
Functional Area Legal & Intellectual Property & Compl.
Job Type Full time
Employment Type Regular
Shift Work No
Legal & Intellectual Property & Compl. Legal Guatemala
Job ID REQ-10089543
Legal Head, ACC Cluster
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Job ID REQ-10089543
Legal Head, ACC Cluster
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