Legal and Compliance Manager

One of the world’s biggest group in healthcare industry based in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam is calling applications for a recently created position of Legal & Compliance Manager.

About the Legal and Compliance Manager Role:

This position is intended to be Legal and Compliance subject matter expert for Vietnam and Thailand while based in Vietnam and manage day-to-day operational tasks with limited oversight. This position should understand local business goals and operations, identify legal and compliance risk areas, analyse key legal and compliance implications and autonomously devise functional plan for business adoption to ensure compliant and smooth operation.

Key Responsibilities:

• Reviewing external-facing promotional material to highlight potential issues and provide recommendations to ensure compliance
• Reviewing sponsorship opportunities requested by business based on local pharma code requirements
• Reviewing marketing strategies, and product-related or other promotional communications. Reviewing, recommending changes or creation, and implementing compliance related policies and guidelines to close any business gaps
• Planning and conducting annual compliance training for local company employees and provide additional training, as necessary for any new updates in local regulations
• Planning and managing audits for compliance risk areas, with external resources as needed. Fact-finding and analysis, providing guidance and propose solution for business alignment. Occasional support from external resource maybe requested for complicated issues which require analysis of local laws implication
• Professional and efficient contract services that are continuously provided to the business functions, including but not limited to reviewing day-to-day related agreements; contract drafting, review, and negotiation services; develop and update contract templates/forms as appropriate for current business activities of the company. For significant contracts, provide updates and align as necessary with Asia Legal
• Provide legal and contract support as requested from Vietnam and Thailand management (such as providing advice on applicable laws and regulations, contract reviews and negotiations)
• Provide client functions with analysis, guidance, support, advice and solutions regarding legal and contract matters associated with the company’s business activities

To succeed in this Legal and Compliance Manager position, you should have five years' working experience in legal and compliance, in multinational healthcare companies. You should be proactive, innovative and entrepreneurial.

Key Requirements:

• A recognised Law degree and admission to the Vietnam Bar or a common law jurisdiction
• Experience with handling legal matters including drafting and reviewing contracts in a corporate legal department (in-house or within a law firm) within the healthcare industry
• Ability to interpret laws and regulations and analyse case law
• Established knowledge and understanding of healthcare industry laws, regulations and guidelines involving anti-bribery and anti-corruption, HCP/patient interactions, promotional material regulations
• Thorough functional knowledge of the elements of healthcare compliance program and thorough knowledge and understanding of the healthcare industry
• Demonstrated ability to identify, assess, and prioritise higher risks versus lower risks
• Demonstrated ability to take gray areas/ambiguity in the laws/regulations or complex new areas and provide recommended courses of action to senior management
• Ability work efficiently as a strong business partner and collaboratively with others in the legal and compliance department as well as internal functions with a focus on collaboration and delivering results
• Fluent in Vietnamese and English

This organisation is long-standing reputed in the healthcare industry. It offers an innovative, entrepreneurial and international environment to employees. Vietnam is a priority for the company growth in 2022.

If you have solid experience in legal and compliance, especially in healthcare company and are seeking for a fantastic international environment to work in, then this role is a great Legal and Compliance Manager opportunity is for you.

Apply today.

Due to the high volume of applications we are experiencing, our team will only be in touch with you if your application is shortlisted.