Sr. Legal & Compliance Manager

• Monitor and interpret relevant laws, regulations, and standards to ensure the organisation operates within legal boundaries;
• Collaborate with departments to implement and audit compliance programs in line with global and local standards;
• Design, test and monitor compliance control points within company SOPs; Streamline the global and local compliance frameworks to align with regulatory and ethical requirements in enhancing control effectiveness.

• Advise on corporate law, contracts, intellectual property, other business and commercial related legal matters (e.g. partnerships, joint ventures);
• Support business transactions, negotiations, and dispute resolution processes;
• Approve branded and unbranded materials.

• Conduct proactive compliance risk assessments and identify potential legal and compliance risks and develop strategies to address them;

• Regularly review and update risk management plans to align with evolving regulations;
• Lead cross-functional projects to optimize control setups for compliance risk mitigation and business effectiveness;
• Ensure that local law and global TEN requirements are reflected in local compliance templates and materials.

• Conduct and utilize various auditing approach to evaluate adherence to legal and compliance standards as well as policy execution;
• Prepare and present reports on audit findings to enhance internal control and recommend corrective actions;
• Maintain regular communication and strong relationships with internal stakeholders, including the Compliance office of Region China, GIA, and Risk office
• Oversee the GIA BE compliance audit and implement action plans for audit findings.

• Maintain and update personal data overviews in compliance with local laws and global standards;
• Cascade communications from the Data Protection Office (DPO) and facilitate knowledge sharing;
• Assess risks associated with personal data processing and advise on related issues;

• Support the DPO in responding to data breaches and coordinate local responses per global plans; Assist the DPO in interactions with local Data Protection Authorities;
• Create awareness around AI Ethics & Data Privacy requirements;
• Advise affiliate on issues related to AI and Data Privacy;

• Support with personal data breach mitigation and with data subject requests (DSR).

• Promote a culture of integrity and accountability through communication and leadership; Address ethical concerns and ensure alignment with the organisation’s values and policies;
• Provide timely training on policy changes, competition law, risks, and procedural updates.

• Bachelor’s degree in Law or related discipline, with relevant professional certification is preferred.
• Qualified lawyer in Hong Kong with practicing certificate; having PRC legal background and/or holding a PRC legal qualification is preferable.

• Minimum 3-5 years of post-qualification legal/compliance work experience, preferably gained from life sciences, healthcare, consumer healthcare, nutrition sectors.
• Experience in working in multinational pharmaceutical company is highly preferred.

• Fluency in both written & spoken English and Chinese (both Cantonese and Mandarin).

• Strong legal acumen with sound knowledge in legal principles, corporate law, and regulatory frameworks.
• Proven leadership capabilities, with effective stakeholders’ management skills and be able to communicate with internal and external parties at all levels effectively.
• Demonstrated high adaptability in changing priorities and meeting tight deadlines.

• Ability to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment independently.

• Agile, flexible, energetic, reliable, trust-worthy, team player.

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