Legal & Compliance Iberia Lead

Hello. We’re Haleon. A new world-leading consumer health company. Shaped by all who join us. Together, we’re improving everyday health for billions of people. By growing and innovating our global portfolio of category-leading brands – including Sensodyne, Panadol, Advil, Voltadol, Theraflu, Otrivin, and Centrum – through a unique combination of deep human understanding and trusted science. What’s more, we’re achieving it in a company that we’re in control of. In an environment that we’re co-creating. And a culture that’s uniquely ours. Care to join us. It isn’t a question.

With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltadol and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we’re uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business.

This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.

About the role

Legal & Compliance Iberia Lead, provides a full range of legal and compliance advice and services on issues concerning the rights, obligations and privileges of the Spanish and Portuguese organisation. Represents the organisation to customers, suppliers, competitors and government agencies. Provides resolution of business or technical issues by identifying legal and compliance solutions and recommending a course of action. Examines legal data to determine advisability of defending or prosecuting lawsuits.

Key responsibilities

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following:

Reporting to the Head of Legal and Compliance DACH & Southern Europe, as a Legal & Compliance Iberia Lead, you will be responsible for the provision of effective compliance and legal support to the Spanish and Portuguese Haleon business. You will also provide effective compliance and legal support to the leadership of these markets.

These responsibilities include some of the following:

Management of external advisors ensuring appropriate level of legal and compliance support across Spain and Portugal.

Develop and recommend policies and practices on issues presenting potential legal and compliance risk.

Counsel leadership of Spanish and Portuguese markets on legal, policy, compliance, transactional and commercial issues integrating legal and compliance knowledge with understanding of business and risk management

Engage external legal counsel interpreting pending or new legislation and regulatory rules affecting the business to ensure compliance or strategy changes when appropriate.

Educate client businesses on sound legal and compliance practices and new developments affecting the business.

Negotiate contracts of high value or legal sensitivity with external parties

Work with the business to ensure appropriate governance over other contracts and relevant compliance records.

Manage litigation in accordance with Haleon’s strategy, working with Haleon’s Group Litigation Department

Review business, scientific, commercial, sales, and marketing communications, advising on appropriate strategy/language to manage risk while maximizing business benefit.

Contribute to the development of Haleon strategy and risk management through active participation in regional teams and proactive work with Compliance, and global legal teams.

Promote ethical decision-making and act as an advisor to ensure activities in the market are aligned with Haleon’s Code of Conduct and the core value of “Always Do the Right Thing”.

Actively participate in activities related to our Compliance Program, which includes anti-bribery and corruption (ABAC), conflict of interest (COI), Speak Up and Privacy.

Be the liaison for implementing the global anti-bribery and corruption (ABAC) program in the market, acting as the expert to advice global teams to ensure compliance with local legislation and requirements.

Oversee compliance with relevant internal policies and procedures, keeping records of relevant documentation.

Support compliance incident management and investigations.

Qualifications and skills Essential

Education:

Law degree

Qualified lawyer in Spain

8 years of experience practising as a lawyer advising on key laws (advertising of CH products, Competition Law, Commercial Law, Data Privacy and Anti-corruption Laws).

Experience as an in-house lawyer serving the employer client and the Business Partner.

Languages: Spanish and English at full working proficiency level.

Preferred Qualifications:

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills demonstrated through interactions with team, clients, third parties.

Strong leadership skills

Ability to engage proactively across a broad range of client groups.

Capabilities:

Agile and distributed decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk.

Managing individual performance.

Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.

Implementing change initiatives and leading change.

Sustaining energy and well-being, building resilience.

Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning both internally and externally.

Building strong relationships and collaboration, managing trusted stakeholder relationships internally and externally.

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.

We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

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At Haleon we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone. We're striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information, which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.

Haleon is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, Haleon may be required to capture and report expenses Haleon incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure Haleon’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements.