Lead Legal Counsel

AstraZeneca

Pancras Square, United Kingdom
Client leadership and strategic service delivery
Risk identification, escalation, and governance
Abpi/promotional, procurement/competition, privacy/data
This role places you at the center of pivotal decisions that shape how we engage with healthcare partners, navigate complex regulations, and enable compliant, fast execution across the business

Job Summary

  • This role places you at the center of pivotal decisions that shape how we engage with healthcare partners, navigate complex regulations, and enable compliant, fast execution across the business.
  • Serve as first line counsel to RDU UK & Ireland business, supporting negotiation and legal strategy for high complexity matters and providing decisive, pragmatic guidance and sign off to enable timely, compliant execution.
  • We champion curiosity and courage as much as precision, valuing kindness alongside ambition, so you can stretch your capabilities, influence enterprise-wide change, and see the tangible impact of your counsel on how we partner with health systems and deliver for patients.

Matching Summary

This role places you at the center of pivotal decisions that shape how we engage with healthcare partners, navigate complex regulations, and enable compliant, fast execution across the business.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Client leadership and strategic service delivery
  • Risk identification, escalation, and governance
  • ABPI/promotional, procurement/competition, privacy/data
  • Market access legal strategy
  • Pragmatic legal guidance and sign off

Nice-to-have

  • External collaboration and stakeholder leadership
  • NHS and healthcare partner relationships
  • Capability building and process improvement
  • Translating regulatory changes into guidance
  • In-person working environment

Key Requirements

  • Experience serving as first line counsel
  • Experience managing risk posture
  • Experience with UK & Ireland business units

Work Rights

Not specified

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