- Location
- Paris, France
- Type
- Contract
- Department
- IT
- Seniority
- Senior
- Source
- Workday
Description
Title:
Senior Manager Legal Global TechOps H/F - 6 month fixed-term contractCompany:
Ipsen Pharma (SAS)
About Ipsen:
Ipsen is a mid-sized global biopharmaceutical company with a focus on transformative medicines in three therapeutic areas: Oncology, Rare Disease and Neuroscience. Supported by nearly 100 years of development experience, with global hubs in the U.S., France and the U.K, we tackle areas of high unmet medical need through research and innovation.
Our passionate teams in more than 40 countries are focused on what matters and endeavor every day to bring medicines to patients in 88 countries. We build a workplace that champions human-centric leadership and fosters a culture of collaboration, excellence and impact. At Ipsen, every individual is empowered to be their true selves, grow and thrive alongside the company’s success. Join us on our journey towards sustainable growth, creating real impact on patients and society!
For more information, visit us at https://www.ipsen.com/ and follow our latest news on LinkedIn and Instagram.
Job Description:
This is a fixed term contract starting in September and ending in late January.
In a complex and international environment, you will act as a strategic legal business partner to the Global Technical Operations (Global TechOps) organization. You will provide high-level legal advice and hands-on support to internal and external manufacturing teams, supply chain activities, and global support functions.
As a trusted advisor, you will contribute to key strategic projects, support Ipsen’s product portfolio across the end-to-end supply chain, and actively help optimize ways of working within Global TechOps.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Legal Advisory
- Provide strategic legal advice and guidance on global Technical Operations activities, projects and transactions.
- Act as lead lawyer for Supply Chain Manufacturing sites and/or External Manufacturing Organization (EMO), serving as a key business partner in day-to-day operations.
- Advise Global Support Functions including Procurement, Global Supply Chain, Global Technical Services, Quality, EHS, Regulatory and other relevant stakeholders.
Contracting & Negotiations
- Lead the negotiation, drafting and review of a broad range of complex international agreements related to internal and external manufacturing, supply of critical raw materials and consumables, engineering and construction projects, equipment procurement, facilities, maintenance and services.
- Advise internal clients on the full contract lifecycle and interpret key contractual provisions in light of business objectives, operational realities and legal/regulatory requirements.
- Ensure contractual arrangements comply with applicable laws, regulations, industry standards, corporate codes and internal policies.
Risk Management & Dispute Resolution
- Proactively identify and manage key legal risks affecting Global TechOps.
- Intervene promptly to manage contractual disputes or litigation, including resolution, settlement and escalation in coordination with management, internal stakeholders and external counsel.
- Manage relationships with external counsel.
Cross-functional Projects & Continuous Improvement
- Provide legal support to global projects and initiatives involving Global TechOps and Asset Teams.
- Develop, implement and maintain global legal tools, contract templates and processes.
- Drive continuous improvement of legal ways of working to increase efficiency, consistency and scalability.
Training & Business Enablement
- Deliver tailored legal and regulatory trainings to Global TechOps teams.
- Raise business awareness of applicable legal and regulatory requirements through day-to-day interactions and structured learning initiatives.
Collaboration & Stakeholder Management
- Ensure close alignment with global and local functions including Insurance & Risk Management, Finance, Intellectual Property, R&D, Ethics & Compliance.
- Work closely with Regional Lawyers and Asset Teams to ensure consistent legal support.
Profile & Qualifications
- Qualified lawyer with a minimum of 5–7 years post-qualification experience, in legal support of Technical Operations.
- Experience in the healthcare, pharmaceutical or life sciences sector is a strong asset.
- Proven expertise in drafting, analyzing and negotiating complex international contracts.
- Strong analytical skills with the ability to resolve complex legal issues pragmatically.
- Excellent negotiation, influencing and stakeholder management capabilities.
- Assertive, confident and comfortable engaging at both legal and business leadership levels.
- Highly organized, proactive and results-oriented, with the ability to manage multiple complex matters simultaneously under tight deadlines.
- Strong business acumen and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, cross-functional and multicultural environment.
- Ability to work independently while remaining closely aligned with the broader Legal team.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Solid experience managing external counsel.
- Fluent in English and French (written and spoken).
Why Join Us?
- A strategic and highly visible role within Global Technical Operations.
- Exposure to global, high-impact projects across the full supply chain.
- A collaborative, international and dynamic working environment.
- The opportunity to actively shape legal processes and business practices.
