Executive Director- Associate General Counsel- Clinical And Corporate

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Executive Director- Associate General Counsel- Clinical and Corporate
Duties: Reports to the Corporate Vice President, Legal & Corporate Affairs. Acts as counsel for a particular customer group(s) or business function(s) and interacts with headquarters and other affiliates as required. May interact with government agencies, law firms, trade organizations and other external agencies, NN business partners and other key vendors. Effectively manages a team of licensed attorneys and other legal professionals. Serves on the Legal & Corporate Affairs Leadership Team. Manages team of attorneys and/or paralegals. Provides oversight and guidance on legal and regulatory matters handled by direct report. Proactively identifies risks and mitigating actions. Collaborates closely with other functional support groups in providing advice and counsel to customer group(s). Works closely with senior leadership from line of business in developing strategy and achieving objectives. Manages complex legal issues with minimal guidance. Oversees review and or/preparation of contracts or other legal documents, as needed. May retain, manage and assist outside counsel as needed. Keeps informed of new laws, regulations, and industry trends affecting the company, and assists with development of policies and training as needed. Upholds, acts as a role-model for, and coaches lawyers on the team to embrace the following approach to in-house counseling: Reliance on outside counsel is limited to only when necessary for unusual day-to-day issues. Ideally, there will be one lawyer per client or meeting (others may be consulted behind the scenes, but then only when necessary for narrow expertise). High levels of consistency in legal advice (actual and perceived by explaining differences to clients). Seek alignment up and across Legal, in advance of client meetings as much as reasonably possible. High levels of ownership, accountability and pride by lawyers with respect to their work. Actively seeking customer feedback on a continuous basis, actively listening and clarifying feedback, and acting in response as needed. Legal is viewed as a business partner and not an obstacle. Legal advice against engaging in a business practice is well-understood and respected by clients. Legal advice is clear as to the risk types, level, likelihood. Business-focused advice rather than abstract legal possibilities. Proactive, creative value-added legal role to help the business achieve its goals. Upholding and modeling ethical behavior and conduct at all times. Performs other duties as assigned by senior management. Manages a department budget. Ensure that reporting personnel have annual goals and measurements that are consistent with the priorities of the business, and that interim reviews are held so that their work is focused on those priorities, and they understand their level of accountability for results and the measurement process. Ensure that the Individual Development Plan (IDP) forms include completed learning and aspiration plans and are in place for all reporting personnel to enable the achievement of goals and capability to assume increased levels of responsibility. Manage the application and communication of all Novo Nordisk policies, procedures.

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