Assoc Director, Legal Portugal

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We are seeking a Senior Counsel (Associate Director Legal & Compliance) to join the Legal team within the Spanish & Portuguese affiliate. The position is based either in Madrid or in Lisbon (with regular travel to Madrid approximately every two weeks for two days). The successful candidate must be a fully qualified lawyer admitted to practice in Portugal, with strong expertise in Portuguese law and fluency in Portuguese, Spanish and English.

The role reports to the Head of Lead and Compliance (Associate General Counsel / Senior Director Legal & Compliance) and is part of a team managing a high volume of legal and compliance support on a range of issues often with tight deadlines. It requires a responsive and self‑driven, hands‑on mentality and approach. The team also consists of two legal Directors and one compliance specialist to manage our healthcare compliance programs, including process development, compliance monitoring and transparency obligations.

• Lead on strategic legal advice on Portuguese law and operational support for one or more of Gilead Business Units and other functions in the Spanish & Portuguese affiliate.
• Identify and spot all legal and business issues in Gilead’s day‑to‑day activities.
• Appropriately analyse issues, becoming the go‑to person and effectively contributing to legal and cross‑functional projects.
• Assist the business unit in the planning and implementation of product promotion and launch, including supporting market access strategy.
• Lead in your legal areas of specialisation as well as in new areas as required by the team.
• Negotiate, draft and review all kinds of agreements, including drafting templates and keeping the agreeing template platform up‑to‑date.
• Be an expert in pharma regulation, including particularities of reimbursement of medicines.
• Advise on competition law and anti‑bribery anti‑corruption processes with global specialist support teams.
• Design, develop and deliver legal training programs.

• Lead the correct implementation of the new ABAC Framework published in Portugal.
• Collaborate with compliance teams across Gilead on policy, practices and training.
• Ensure that the Spanish & Portuguese affiliate understands the why behind Gilead’s compliance requirements and the areas of potential risk.
• Advise on points of interpretation for compliance requirements and required internal approval processes.
• Support periodic compliance audits and ongoing monitoring of compliance of events and materials.

• Strong team‑player and collaborates locally and across the regional and global Legal & Compliance function.
• Excellent analytical, problem‑solving, written and verbal communication skills.
• Strong client‑service orientation and ability to recognise and respond quickly and pragmatically to urgent, complex situations and demanding client business partners.
• Ability to work cross‑functionally and cross‑culturally and foster and maintain relationships through all levels of the…