Legal & Compliance Manager

As Legal & Compliance Manager, you will be the legal and compliance partner for Novo’s obesity and wider cardiometabolic business in Thailand. You will give clear, practical advice that helps colleagues move quickly on commercial, medical and public affairs plans while protecting patient interests and the company. By building ethics and compliance into decisions from the start, you help teams deliver progress today for people living with obesity and other serious chronic diseases.

What you’ll bring

• Attorney at Law qualification and a law degree.
• Fluent written and spoken English, with strong communication and presentation skills.
• Experience in legal, regulatory or contractual matters, locally and across borders or cultures, ideally in pharma or another relevant industry including FMCG.
• A strong track record of working with ambiguity and complexity, with strategic and analytical thinking to match.
• Strong project and stakeholder management skills, and the ability to build rapport and solve problems with people at all levels.
• The independence and drive to challenge the status quo, influence decisions even under pressure, and stay collegial while doing it.
• Interest in an international career and in working with colleagues around the world.
• Thai citizen or permanent resident.

Useful, but not essential:

• A master’s degree in business law.
• A valid lawyer license.
• Experience leading a function and driving change at local or regional level.
• Experience navigating a global matrix organisation.

What you’ll do

You will be the go-to legal and compliance counsel for the company’s business, with the focus on helping teams act with confidence and speed.

• Advise and act as sparring partner to affiliate and business unit management on daily legal and compliance matters including PDPA , identifying and mitigating risk while supporting sustainable growth.
• Review, observe, sign off and inspect the assigned commercial requests/projects, and approve promotional materials, press releases and advertising so they are lawful and not misleading.
• Draft, review, negotiate and amend contracts and templates, paying close attention to high-risk contracts, and keep contract management in Coupa up to date.
• Prevent and handle disputes, claims and product-liability questions with partners, customers and competitors, working with outside counsel where needed, and support responses to authorities such as the Thai FDA and PReMA.
• Set the local legal and compliance roadmap, lead, participate and coordinate in the projects both local and international level where related to company’s business and activities on behalf of Legal and Compliance team, aligned things with affiliate and International Operations priorities, and build governance, guidance, communication and conduct trainings so ethics is part of every decision.
• Conduct the compliance monitoring and spot emerging risks and industry trends early, and share them with local management and the APAC and International Operations legal and compliance teams.

Who you’ll work with

You will join the Legal, Compliance & Quality department, reporting to the Director of Legal, Compliance & Quality. Legal & Global Solutions, colleagues safeguard the business, provide corporate infrastructure and help create value so Novo can deliver on its purpose.

You will be part of the Thailand legal and compliance team, acting as the single point of contact for escalations and guidance between the affiliate, the region and International Operations. Day to day, you will partner with the affiliate management team and with commercial, marketing, medical and public affairs colleagues, and stay connected with APAC Legal & Compliance.

Externally, you will engage vendors and suppliers, healthcare professionals and organisations, patient organisations and authorities such as the Thai FDA. Clear priorities and honest conversations help you move issues forward quickly.

What you can expect here

You will work in an international environment where your expertise is valued and your voice shapes decisions. You will be trusted to take ownership, supported to perform at your best, and given room to grow through international collaboration and practical experience across the obesity business and beyond.

Start now

Your impact begins today. If you are ready to turn sound legal and compliance judgement into progress, apply for the Legal & Compliance Manager role by November 20, 2026. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis, so we encourage you to apply as soon as possible.

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