Legal & Compliance Manager (all genders)

Date: Mar 17, 2025

Department: Hungary

Job Type: Direct Employee

Team: Legal, Compliance & Internal Audit

Contract Type: Permanent

Location:

Budapest, HU

About us

Based in Parma, Italy, Chiesi is an international research-focused pharmaceutical and healthcare group with 90 years’ experience, operating in 31 countries with more than 7,000 employees (Chiesi Group). To achieve its mission of improving people’s quality of life by acting responsibly towards society and the environment, the Group researches, develops and markets innovative drugs in its main therapeutic areas: Discover more here

We are proud to be the largest global pharmaceutical group to be awarded B Corp Certification, a recognition of high social and environmental standards. We are a reliable company that adopts and promotes a transparent and ethical behavior at all levels.

We believe that the success of Chiesi is built and shaped by our people and our strong set of shared Values and Behaviors. Our people make a critical difference to our success, which is why it is vital that we attract and retain the right talent who will continue to enrich our culture by living and breathing our values and behaviors.

We are committed to embrace diversity, inclusion and equal opportunities. In fact, we are a global family made up of different cultures, different genders, generations, ethnicities, abilities, sexual identities and many other enriching diversities. 

Purpose

The role provides effective strategic and operational legal & compliance support for stakeholders in Hungary & Slovenia focused on variety of topics. This role includes cooperation within HU & SI and within the CEE cluster. A further element of the role is supporting the implementation of global projects in the CEE Region.

Main Responsibilities

The function holder shall, in particular, perform the following activities within the scope of his/her position within Hungary and Slovenia in direct cooperation with the group-wide Legal & Compliance function:
•   Ensuring that all operational processes and procedures of Chiesi in Hungary and Slovenia comply with the law, focussing in particular on healthcare compliance (anti-corruption).
•   Identifying relevant requirements (laws, regulations, codes of conduct) at local (i.e. HU & SI) level and reviewing, drafting and revising internal (Group) policies and SOPs.
•   Advice and training for all departments of Chiesi in Hungary and Slovenia on compliance-relevant topics (incl. anti-corruption measures).
•   Advice on legal matters (incl. general contract law, labor law, advertising of medicinal products law, anti-corruption law, antitrust and competition law, data protection law) in cooperation with external advisors.
•   Draft and review contracts for cooperation with Healthcare Professionals (HCPs) and Healthcare Organisations (HCOs), e.g. speaker contracts, consultancy contracts, sponsorship contracts, and with other service providers and suppliers.
•   Local contact point for data protection: answering requests from data subjects and authorities, concluding data protection agreements and maintaining local record of processing activities, developing and implementing local procedures, advice and training in cooperation with the group-wide Privacy function.
•   Support for audits in relation to legal and compliance-relevant topics.
•   Cooperate with the Legal & Compliance Department of the Chiesi CEE HUB in Vienna on group-wide compliance projects and initiatives in Hungary & Slovenia

Experience Required

• Substantial professional experience in the field of legal and/or compliance (e.g. in a legal department or lawfirm).
•   Experience in the pharmaceutical environment is an advantage.
•   Understanding the needs of relevant stakeholders; assertive personality and strong communication skills.
•   Ability to work cross-functionally with different teams and to cooperate in a matrix organisation with Legal & Compliance function
•   To combine an independent, structured and pragmatic way of working with a solution-oriented mindset.
•   High level of trustworthiness and personal integrity and high standards of ethics and confidentiality
•   Able to see the big picture and handle several topics at the same time
•   Ability to respond to changing priorities and deal with ambiguity
•   Stakeholder management of multi decision makers, colleagues, peers, and cross functional teams
•   Change management
•   Ability to influence & communicate with all employees at all levels
•   Project management skills and experience
•   Ability to work independently
•   Solution orientation
•   Accuracy & structured way of working

Education

University law degree. Additional knowledge and practical experience of Hungarian law is a must, Slovenian legal background would be an asset.

Languages

Fluent in Hungarian and English is a must.

Ideally a great advantage would be at least communication level of Slovenian language.

At Chiesi, we embrace diversity and inclusion as catalysts for innovation and creativity. We warmly welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds, including those with disabilities, regardless of ethnic origin, age, gender, disability, sexual identity, ideology, or religion. We offer attractive benefits, an open and collegial corporate culture and a motivated team.

If you are an enthusiastic team player and would like to work in a dynamic environment, we look forward to receiving your application via our application portal.

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What we are offering

You would join a dynamic, fast-growing, challenging and friendly environment.

In Chiesi we firmly believe that our people are our most valuable asset, that is why we invest in continuous training, learning and development. Therefore, we strive to continuously promote and satisfy development needs, paying particular attention to the quality of our working environment and to collective well-being.

We want our people to come to work happy every day, and we know how important it is to find the right work-life balance in order to be able to give our best. That is why we offer flexible working approach, remote working, support in the relocation process, tax assistance service for foreign colleagues and many other people-care services.