Are you a qualified lawyer with experience and passion for pharma? Interested to work in an innovative and dynamic company? Would you like to be a part in improving lives of millions of people? If yes, you could become our new Legal, Ethics, Compliance and Quality Head in Kazakhstan!

The position

As the Legal Counsel and Head of Ethics, Compliance, and Quality for the CEM affiliate (Central Asia, Caucasus and Mongolia covering 9 countries),  you will hold a leadership role with overall responsibility for setting the direction and overseeing these functions in alignment with the affiliate’s business strategy. Your role will be key in ensuring that the organization is fully prepared to meet current and future business challenges while operating in accordance with the Novo Nordisk Way and strategic direction. 

Your main responsibilities will include:

• Manage and oversee all legal affairs for CEM affiliate and selective legal matters that affect the entire company. Manage of department budget and outside counsel, responsible for people development.
• Perform compliance expertise, risk analysis, assessment, and action. Drive compliance program, communicate with impact.  Manage the Legal, Ethics, Compliance and Quality education and training programs in affiliate.    
• Evaluate sustainable and solid quality management system in CEM affiliate, alignment of quality management review processes between sales bad production affiliates. Reply to inquiries and manage governmental inspections, protect license to operate, obtain advice from and manage relationships with external law firms
• Lobby company interests and external interactions with industry associations and state expert committee on pharma law making activities.
• Counsel and advice on legal, ethics, compliance, and quality matters in the CIS emerging markets affiliate.

Qualifications

To be eligible for this role, you need to hold Bachelor's degree in law and be fluent in English and Russian, Kazakh will be an advantage

To be effective in this role, it is mandatory to have:

• Minimum 5 years of experience as an attorney, legal advisor, or compliance officer or in a similar role
• Knowledge of risk management and mitigation strategies
• Detail oriented, trusted person with strong can-do attitude
• Commercial expertise (contracts, corporate governance etc.)

About the department

Legal, Ethics, Compliance and Quality Department provides legal and compliance guidance, advice and support to management members and departments in the CEM affiliate as well as overseeing the Quality Management System locally.   

Working at Novo Nordisk

At Novo Nordisk, we don’t wait for change. We drive it. We’re a dynamic company in an even more dynamic industry, and we know that what got us to where we are today is not necessarily what will make us successful in the future. We embrace the spirit of experimentation, striving for excellence without fixating on perfection. We never shy away from opportunities to develop, we seize them. From research and development to manufacturing, marketing, and sales – we’re all working to move the needle on patient care.

Contact

To submit your application, please upload your CV online (click on Apply and follow the instructions).

Internal candidates are kindly requested to inform their line Manager before applying.

Deadline

01 July 2025

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.