Legal Counsel, International Strategy and Commercial Business

Location: London (The Westworks)

Salary Range

£82,180.00 - £152,620.00

Job Description Summary

#LI-Hybrid

Location: London, United Kingdom

Relocation Support: This role is based in London, United Kingdom. Novartis is unable to offer relocation support: please only apply if accessible.

Internal Job Title: Legal Counsel

Are you ready to help shape the future of healthcare across global markets? As Legal Counsel, International Strategy and Commercial Business, you will partner with stakeholders across Novartis' International Business, providing pragmatic legal guidance that supports innovation, commercial growth, and strategic decision-making. Working across international markets outside the United States, you will advise on commercial brands, partnerships, launch strategies, and high-impact business initiatives while helping manage risk and enable sustainable success.

This is an exciting opportunity to combine legal expertise with commercial insight in a global environment where your contributions will influence business outcomes and ultimately help improve patients' lives worldwide

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with business leaders to deliver practical legal advice on commercial and strategic initiatives.
• Advise on commercial brands, launch activities, lifecycle management, and market access initiatives.
• Support commercial partnerships and alliance management across diverse international markets.
• Draft, review, negotiate, and manage a broad range of commercial agreements.
• Assess legal and enterprise risks while enabling compliant business decision-making.
• Provide legal support for disputes, investigations, and contract-related matters, in close collaboration with country lawyers
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure consistent legal guidance across markets.
• Drive continuous improvement through legal innovation, knowledge sharing, and operational efficiencies.

Essential Requirements

• Law degree and qualification to practice law in a relevant jurisdiction.
• Post-qualification legal experience in pharmaceutical, biotechnology, or leading law firm environments.
• Proven ability to provide practical legal advice while balancing business objectives and risk management.
• Excellent communication, negotiation, and stakeholder management skills within complex international organizations.
• Collaborative, proactive, and solutions-oriented mindset with a strong commitment to ethics and compliance.

Desirable Requirements

Strong knowledge of legal issues impacting the pharmaceutical industry, including regulatory, commercial, market access, privacy, digital, and artificial intelligence matters.