Legal, Ethics and Compliance Associate Director

BASAC Legal, Ethics, Compliane and Qualty department
Panama City

Are you an experienced legal advisor with a passion for ethics and compliance? Do you thrive in a multicultural and international environment? If you are ready to take on a unordinary and rewarding role, we are looking for a Legal, Ethics and Compliance Associate Director to join our team in BASAC Legal, Ethics, Compliance & Quality. 

Your new role
As a Legal, Ethics and Compliance Associate Director, you will provide proactive legal and compliance advice to the Clusters (SAM and CAC) and develop strategies to mitigate legal and compliance risks through pragmatic and proactive advice, including contract management, corporate governance, intellectual property, competition law, data privacy and compliance matters. Some of your resposabilities will include:

• Act as a business partner, providing high-quality of legal and compliance advices and support to business units and projects according to business priorities
• Manage ethics and compliance affairs, ensuring alignment with global and regional compliance plans and developing additional policies to address local requirements.
• Drive and manage litigation strategies and coordinate external law firms in line with global guidelines. 
• Act as Data Protection Responsible, maintaining compliance documentation, conducting training, and supporting data protection requirements.
• Manage resources effectively, including budget oversight and external counsel management.
• Lead and develop legal and compliance employees, ensuring high-quality people management.
• Collaborate with key strategic groups and represent the Clusters (SAM and CAC) in legal and compliance networks.

Your Skills and Qualifications

• We are looking for a candidate with the following qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree in law and admission to the legal profession. Master’s degree in law is preferred. 
• Minimum 9 years of experience as a legal advisor in companies or law firms, preferably in the pharmaceutical, or other highly regulated industry. 
• Experience working in multicultural and international environments.
• Fluent in English and Spanish.

Your new department
As part of International Operations, you will join our largest operational unit. Covering 194 countries and 95% of the world's population, more than 18,000 of us work passionately to serve 35 million patients each day. With a promise to outperform the competition, we continue to be the growth driver for Novo Nordisk, and to improve health at scale across the globe.

BASAC Legal, Ethics, Compliance & Quality is a dynamic and collaborative team dedicated to ensuring Novo Nordisk operates ethically and in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Based in a multicultural and international environment, we provide strategic legal counsel and compliance support across the Clusters (SAM and CAC). Our team is committed to driving quality decisions, enabling strategy, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

Working at Novo Nordisk
Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional spirit, a rare determination and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results. 

What we offer
There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and  the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare  company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while  our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

More information
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Deadline 
Please apply before December 7th, 2025

Novo Nordisk is currently in the process of adjusting job titles globally. Please note that the job title listed in this advertisement may be subject to change. More detailed information will be provided during the recruitment process.

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

We’re not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.