Senior Manager, Legal & Compliance

Legal

Make a meaningful difference to patients around the world. Our Legal team works to protect our patients, team members, and innovations with the utmost diligence and care. You'll have the opportunity to work with a dedicated team and build lasting partnerships with stakeholders across our global organization. Your legal knowledge and contributions will help us ensure that we are supporting the needs and interests of the patients we serve.

Essential Job Function:

Prepare, review, and negotiate complex business contracts. Partner with business units and functions; Lead the implementation of contract templates, including updating templates according to company guidelines, laws or legal requirements in collaboration with cross functional teams

Provide legal direction and guidance to business and/or function teams to execute larger, higher visibility, or inter-departmental projects, initiatives and/or programs

Regularly and proactively advise business teams and functions in legal matters and developments applicable to Edwards operations in Greater India and Southeast Asia; Provide legal and regulation Q&A support to Regional Compliance team in the review and approval of transactions and interactions with health care professionals support regional compliance team with healthcare policies and procedures, development of complex testing templates and metrics for tracking and trending, and providing appropriate guidance to internal stakeholders in the assigned region.

Provide secretarial support to Edwards India entity, including preparation of agenda and papers for board meetings, committees and Annual General Meetings and follow up of actions. Ensure policies and statutory compliance are up to date and filing of returns and providing advice to the management as and when necessary.

Identify and lead opportunities for legal process improvements, also partner with Regional Compliance team in compliance process improvements.

Education & Skills:

Bachelor or Master's Degree or equivalent in Law with 7-10 years relevant experience. Related experience within a law firm and/or Corporate Law Department, and/or healthcare compliance

Qualified Company Secretary in India with an active Membership of the Institute of Company Secretaries of India

Requirement:

Represents leadership on legal and compliance topics within multiple areas, interfacing with business and function leaders and middle management including regular contact with company executives, clients in all business units and work with attorneys across the Legal Department, including legal analysts, and support staff

Solid experience in managing corporate secretarial and governance matters in India

Expert understanding of effective legal and compliance program standards

Proven expertise in MS Office Suite (e.g., Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint) required; Experience in JDE or SharePoint preferred

Proven successful project management skills

Excellent facilitation and presentation skills

Excellent creative problem analysis and resolution skills

Excellent written and verbal communication skills and interpersonal relationship skills including collaborative and relationship management skills

Excellent independent problem-solving, critical thinking, and investigative skills

Extensive knowledge of own area within the organization while contributing to the development of new concepts, techniques, and standards

Extensive understanding of legal, regulatory, and industry landscape to help develop best practices

Extensive knowledge of Industry Code requirements

Ability to manage confidential information with discretion

Strict attention to detail

Ability to interact professionally with all organizational levels

Ability to apply business acumen in advising business partners on complex challenges

Ability to manage competing priorities in a fast-paced environment

Ability to work in a team environment, including inter-departmental teams and key contact representing the department on projects

Ability to interact with senior internal and external personnel on significant matters often requiring coordination between organizations

Ability to apply business acumen in advising business partners

Adhere to all company rules and requirements (e.g., pandemic protocols, Environmental Health & Safety rules) and take adequate control measures in preventing injuries to themselves and others as well as to the protection of environment and prevention of pollution under their span of influence/control