REQ-10057113
19 février 2026
Kazakhstan
Summary
At Novartis, we are reimagining medicine to improve and extend people’s lives. As Legal Head for Emerging Markets, you will be a strategic legal partner to the Country President and leadership team. You will provide proactive, business-focused legal counsel and drive the implementation of Novartis legal strategy in the following countries: Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Georgia, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Armenia, Mongolia, Moldova.
About the Role
Role Responsibilities Include:
- Acts as a member of the Leadership Team of Emerging Markets.
- Acts as a trusted business partner to senior leadership, providing legal guidance on complex and sensitive matters.
- Ensures timely and effective legal advice to all the activities in Emerging Markets.
- Leads legal operations in Emerging Markets, ensuring compliance with local and global regulations.
- Contributes to and influences Emerging Markets business strategy and decision-making processes.
- Anticipates and counsels regarding major legal and reputational risks to the business.
- Manages external lawyers.
Key Requirements for the Role
- University degree in Law and legal accreditation preferably in Kazakhstan.
- Minimum 5 years legal experience.
- Experience in pharmaceutical business is a strong advantage.
- Excellent communication, negotiation, and leadership skills.
- Persuasive negotiator
- Strong business acumen, learning agility, open-minded, able to work with different cultures and leadership styles.
- Fluency in English (written and spoken).
Key performance indicators:
- Provide problem solving, business oriented legal advice; to be assessed with appropriate customer feedback.
- Compliance with reporting obligations.
- Setting priorities and managing a wide-ranging workload.
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
Benefits and Rewards: Learn about all the ways we’ll help you thrive personally and professionally.
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International
Legal
Kazakhstan
Kazakhstan
KZ03 (FCRS = KZ003) Novartis Kazakhstan LLP
Légal et Propriété intellectuelle
Full time
Regular
No
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