- Location
- Quezon City, Bridgetowne GBF Tower, Philippines
- Seniority
- Manager
- Experience
- 10+ years
- Education
- Bachelor
- Closing date
- Today
- Source
- Workday
Description
Sagility combines industry-leading technology and transformation-driven BPM services with decades of healthcare domain expertise to help clients draw closer to their members. The company optimizes the entire member/patient experience through service offerings for clinical, case management, member engagement, provider solutions, payment integrity, claims cost containment, and analytics. Sagility has more than 25,000 employees across 5 countries.
functions within Katmon. This role is responsible for overseeing all legal, regulatory,
and compliance matters for Katmon. This role ensures that the company operates
within the legal framework while mitigating risks and ensuring regulatory adherence.
The position requires a deep understanding of the Philippines laws and regulations,
corporate governance, local and global compliance frameworks, and regulatory
requirements across industries.
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Job Description:
Key Responsibilities: Legal Affairs: 1. Regulatory Compliance – Ensure the company complies with all applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards, with an emphasis on employment, data privacy, security, and governance. 2. Contract Management – Draft, review, and negotiate contracts, agreements, and other legal documents. Liaison with various internal stakeholders to ensure timely closure of agreements and advising them on contractual mandates and compliances. 3. Corporate Governance – With support from global legal partners, assist with board and shareholder matters, ensuring compliance with corporate laws and regulatory filings. 4. Dispute Resolution & Litigation – Manage legal disputes, litigation, and arbitration proceedings, liaising with external counsel, regulatory authorities, and/or government agencies when necessary. Represent the Company and/or senior executives in legal proceedings and/or supervise such representation. Limit litigation risk exposure in all key areas, working closely with executives across the Philippines and US. 5. Intellectual Property (IP) Management – Support protection and appropriate use of trademarks, copyrights, patents, and other IP assets in coordination with IP Legal Team. Compliance & Risk Management: 1. Regulatory Liaison – Act as the point of contact for regulatory authorities including the National Privacy Commission. With support from internal and outside counsel, facilitate and oversee corporate and regulatory filings (Securities and Exchange Commission) and required business and ancillary permits with local and regional government agencies. Support HR, Tax and Finance teams as necessary for local tax, social welfare, and related employee oversight activities. 2. Policy Development – Develop and implement internal policies and compliance frameworks in line with the Philippines and global regulations and enterprise programs. Review and advice on legal implications of internal policies and procedures. Provide guidance on new policy requirements that are in the best interest of the organization, as and when required in collaboration with global legal and compliance partners. Commented [SS1]: Need to confirm wording for entity and location. Can we look to require full time in office presence or is Hybrid anticipated for this market currently? 3. Risk Assessment – Identify legal and compliance risks and develop mitigation strategies. 4. Ethics & Anti-Corruption – Implement, manage and oversee policies and programs for anti-bribery, sanctions, data privacy, and whistleblower mechanisms. 5. Internal Audits & Training – Conduct compliance audits, provide training to employees, and promote a culture of compliance and legal awareness. 6. Global Engagement - Coordinate cross-functional compliance strategies in a global operations model, including engagement from the US and other worldwide operations. 7. Reporting and Metrics – Develop, maintain and mature internal metrics, key performance indicators and reporting for management to support Compliance and Legal oversight. Stakeholder Management: 1. Cross-functional Collaboration – Work with HR, Finance, Operations, and other departments to support ongoing matters and ensure compliance with local and global regulatory changes. Engage with peers on program coordination to support global alignment of compliance and legal functions. Provide expert and strategic advice on legal and critical strategic operational matters. 2. Executive Reporting – Provide strategic legal advice to senior management on legal risks and compliance matters. 3. External Counsel & Regulatory Bodies – Manage relationships with external law firms, regulatory authorities, and government agencies. Others: • Manage legal budget (as required) and partnerships with leadership, external law firms/attorneys. • Keep abreast of global legislative trends and advise business of potential impact. • Develop and mature internal legal and compliance talent to support program maturity. • Support in all governmental and/or similar external audits and investigations. • Advice on matters pertaining to employment, data privacy, data governance. • Support / lead compliance implementations and initiatives, internal investigations, regulatory inquiries. • Develop, implement, maintain, and ensure adherence to legal/compliance processes and SLAs defined. • Manage legal and compliance shared services from global locations beyond the Philippines, if required. Qualifications and Experience: • Preferably a Juris Doctor (JD) or Bachelor of Law (LL.B) but not a must. • 10+ years of experience in legal, compliance, and regulatory affairs, preferably in a multinational corporation or healthcare or financial services GCCs.
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