Legal, Ethics & Compliance Analyst

About the Department

The Legal, Ethics, Compliance & Quality (LECQ) function is all about supporting business growth while safeguarding the company and its patients. Going beyond the role as advisers, we partner with the business to drive new ways of working, manage risks and empower the different functions to seize opportunities to better serve our patients and outperform competition.

The Position

We are looking for a dynamic Legal, Ethics & Compliance Analyst to join our team. Your responsibilities will include but not limited to driving and supporting on operational and/or strategic projects within the below areas.

Ethics & Compliance

• Provide E&C risk review and advise (e.g., compliance review for local business project)
• Plan and execute local E&C training and awareness activities
• Develop and update of local compliance programmes
• Contribute to the creation, update and awareness of corporate requirements in The Ethics Navigator
• Drive activities within data ethics & privacy, incl. Privacy Management Tool implementation and updates, process mapping, awareness building, risk management, etc.
• Drive activities within ESG and human rights, including to drive processes and projects for data collection and external reporting on CSRD, the EU Taxonomy and other ESG regulation
• Support on projects and assessments related to third party risk management
• Lead communication and awareness projects within Ethics & Compliance, including the development of a Global E&C Comms. Strategy
• Partake in projects related to Ethics Culture & Leadership (e.g., development of culture measurement metrics, update of the global E&C strategy)
• Drive activities related to Ethics Week / Ethics Days locally, regionally or globally

Legal

• Support on contract management processes and assistance, including review of local contracts and update of contract templates and clauses
• Analyse local laws and regulations applicable to pharmaceutical manufacturers
• Drive and/or support on global, regional or local projects within legal
• Provide legal advice (where possible)
• Contribute to and/or drive projects, processes, risk assessments and training / awareness activities within competition law
• Develop and drive implementation of patent strategy
• Assist on reporting processes and other relevant activities within the Corporate Secretariat

Risk Management

• Contribute to overall risk management processes within LEC, including the biennial risk reporting process
• Drive vendor assessments and audits
• Conduct local risk assessments
• Conduct local risk monitoring and establish monitoring plans and strategies

Project Management

• Help building the foundation for the future LEC function by driving development of digital projects and processes
• Roll out of compliance-related systems and processes, such as a new Grants Donations and Sponsorships solution or system for Transfers of Value mapping
• Contribute to or drive projects and processes for automated / modernized risk monitoring
• IT and streamlining of legal and compliance processes
• Contribute to and drive other relevant local projects

Qualifications

• A Master’s degree in a relevant field, such as law, business administration, sustainability, political science or public health studies, with excellent academic records
• Experience from the pharmaceutical industry is considered a benefit
• Ability to quickly adapt to change
• Team-player attitude, excellent communication skills, high drive and eagerness to learn

Working at Novo Nordisk

We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energise us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.