Title:  Assistant Manager

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title: Legal Counsel -Non Commerical

Job Location: Bengaluru

Reporting to:  Manager/Senior Manager

Job Grade: 8

About Syngene:  Syngene (www.syngeneintl.com) is an innovation-led contract research, development and manufacturing organization offering integrated scientific services from early discovery to commercial supply.

At Syngene, safety is at the heart of everything we do personally and professionally. Syngene has placed safety at par with business performance with shared responsibility and accountability, including following safety guidelines, procedures and SOPs, in letter and spirit.

Mandatory expectation for all roles as per Syngene safety guidelines

• Overall adherence to safe practices and procedures of oneself and the teams aligned.
• Contributing to development of procedures, practices and systems that ensures safe operations and compliance to company’s integrity & quality standards.
• Driving a corporate culture that promotes environment, health, and safety (EHS) mindset and operational discipline at the workplace at all times.
• Ensuring safety of self, teams and lab/plant by adhering to safety protocols and following environment, health, and safety (EHS) requirements at all times in the workplace.
• Ensure all assigned mandatory trainings related to data integrity, health, and safety measures are completed on time by all members of the team including self.
• Compliance to Syngene’s quality standards at all times.

Core Purpose of the Role: The Legal Counsel will be responsible for providing legal advice and support to the business in the areas of supply chain, vendor contracts, operations, infrastructure, employment matters and litigations and disputes.

Role Accountabilities

• Draft, review and negotiate all vendor contracts on behalf of Syngene, including but not limited to those for supply, manufacturing, distribution, outsourcing, lease, technology, consulting and service agreements.
• Advise and provide legal support to business teams on various contractual queries (such as billing, IP, liability positions, potential remedies etc.), conduct legal trainings if required, prepare risk assessments and mitigation strategies to help business teams understand risks for the organization and if there are ways to offset them.
• Providing legal advice and guidance on employment and HR related matters. This may include researching on ad-hoc/novel queries and liaising with external law firms along with vetting warning letters/show-cause notices, conducting investigations etc.
• Providing legal advice and guidance on all legal matters relating to operational aspects at Syngene such as buying land, leasing offices, procuring renewable energy amongst others.
• Conduct research and provide analysis on ad-hoc/novel complex legal issues along with recommendations on legal strategies.
• Collaborating with key stakeholders across the business to ensure that all vendor engagement agreements are aligned with the company's business and strategic objectives and compliance requirements.
• Developing and maintaining relationships with external legal counsel, vendors, and other stakeholders to ensure the smooth operations.
• Draft and develop standard legal templates, policies, playbooks and procedures.

Syngene Values

All employees will consistently demonstrate alignment with our core values

•  Excellence
•  Integrity
•  Professionalism

Specific requirements for this role

1. Experience – 3 to 8 years of relevant work experience
2. Demonstrated Capability – Sound knowledge in contract drafting and negotiations and experience of having worked with/led teams. Experience of having worked with multiple stakeholders on complex matters. Strong contracting experience and knowledge is a necessity for this role. We are happy to train on other areas depending on capability.
3. Education – LLB from a reputed institute. An LLM may offer added advantage however, not a necessity.

Skills and Capabilities

• Sound knowledge in contractual drafting, negotiations, and execution.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Advising and managing key stakeholders on complex legal matters.
• A team player and a leader.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry and relevant laws and regulations will be an added advantage; and
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.