The Legal Manager, Assets & Brands Oncology is responsible for delivering strategic legal advice and services across the full lifecycle of Ipsen’s oncology portfolio. Acting as a trusted legal partner to global teams in Medical, R&D, and Product Strategy, the role supports innovation while ensuring legal and regulatory compliance. This position plays a key role in enabling business objectives through proactive risk management, contract negotiation, and cross-functional collaboration within the Global Legal Team and other corporate functions.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide proactive, strategic legal advice and serve as the legal business partner to global oncology teams, act as legal asset lead for designated oncology assets.
- Review, analyse, and keep current on legal developments affecting the pharmaceutical industry and prevailing best practices, especially in oncology.
- Ensure Ipsen’s exposure, contractual liability, and risks are protected or mitigated while maximising business opportunities and ensuring alignment across the Legal Assets & Brands team.
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Advise autonomously on a broad range of matters, including:
- Clinical trials and real-world evidence studies
- Research collaborations and alliance partnerships
- Promotional campaigns, market access, pricing, and regulatory issues
- Data protection, due diligence, and digital/IT solutions
- Collaborations with institutions and healthcare partners
- Draft, review, negotiate, and execute a wide variety of contractual agreements typical to the life sciences industry.
- Ensure compliance with applicable laws, regulations, industry standards, and corporate policies.
- Support strategic and operational plans through legal advice and implementation of practical solutions aligned with the Global Legal Director Oncology.
- Escalate, manage, and intervene in disputes where required.
- Develop and implement legal frameworks for new projects and manage associated risks.
- Provide strategic legal advice on global projects across multiple jurisdictions.
- Maintain and update contract templates and provide internal training.
- Collaborate cross-functionally with colleagues in legal, ethics, procurement, finance, and regulatory teams.
Profile
You hold a master’s degree in law and are qualified to practice as a lawyer. A master’s degree in health law would be an additional asset. You are a qualified lawyer with EU and international legal experience, bringing at least five years of post-qualification experience gained within a life sciences team in a law firm or in-house in the pharmaceutical industry.
You have strong technical expertise in commercial law and proven experience supporting life sciences businesses. Your profile demonstrates solid legal, regulatory, and commercial awareness of the issues impacting the sector, alongside a general understanding of Anti-Corruption, Competition Law, and Data Protection regulations. Exposure to Intellectual Property (IP) law in a pharmaceutical or biotech context would be a plus.
You are fluent in English, and knowledge of French would be an advantage
At Ipsen, we are dedicated to improving patients’ lives through innovation in oncology and specialty care. This role offers the opportunity to influence global projects, work with a diverse international team, and contribute to Ipsen’s mission of delivering transformative treatments.
