Job Description

Department - Legal, Ethics and Compliance
Are you passionate about navigating complex legal landscapes? Do you have a knack for ensuring compliance while driving business success? If so, we invite you to join Novo Nordisk as our new Legal Counsel. This is your opportunity to make a difference by providing strategic legal counsel and ensuring smooth operations at our Global Business Services (GBS) unit in India. Read on and apply today!
The position
As a Legal Counsel, you will play a pivotal role in ensuring legal compliance, mitigating risks, and driving ethical business practices. Your key responsibilities will include:

• Legal Advisory & Risk Management: Provide legal protection and risk management advice to management, ensuring smooth GBS operations in India. Liaise with relevant departments to address legal risks and ensure appropriate actions are taken.
• Employment Law: Offer expertise in Indian employment law, including the Industrial Disputes Act and Shops & Establishments Act. Handle labour law authorities, investigations, and compliance with workplace policies like POSH.
• Contract Management: Negotiate and manage critical, strategic, and high-value business contracts, ensuring compliance with legal, data privacy, and Novo Nordisk Business Ethics policies. Maintain proper documentation and storage processes.
• Business Ethics Compliance: Create awareness content, organise events like BE Days and Data Privacy Day, and collaborate with BECO to reduce risks and ensure audit readiness. Support investigations and draft related documentation.
• Litigation Management: Work with external counsels on active litigations, ensuring strategic focus and accurate documentation submission to courts or mediation authorities. Maintain updated litigation folders.

Qualifications
We are looking for a candidate with the following qualifications:

• Educational Qualification: Bachelor's degree in law from a recognized university.
• Strong knowledge and practical experience in company and labour laws, with the ability to ensure compliance with statutory requirements.
• Experience working in a corporate environment handling contract management, regulatory compliances, litigations and advisories.
• Excellent communication skills (written and verbal) to effectively interact with internal stakeholders, external counsels, and regulatory authorities.
• Experience in driving employee engagement activities and advising on new policy areas.
• Strong problem solving and analytical skills with the ability to anticipate risks and provide business-friendly legal solutions.

About the department
You will be part of the GBS Legal, Ethics & Compliance team, based in India. Our team ensures that Novo Nordisk operates ethically and in compliance with all relevant laws and regulations. We provide legal counsel across various domains, including corporate law, employment law, compliance, and business ethics. The atmosphere is dynamic and collaborative, with a shared commitment to excellence and integrity. Together, we strive to protect and leverage Novo Nordisk's key assets while supporting its mission to improve the lives of patients worldwide.
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.
Contact
To submit your application, please upload your CV online (click on Apply and follow the instructions).
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Deadline
5th Oct 2025
Disclaimer
It has been brought to our attention that there have recently been instances of fraudulent job offers, purporting to be from Novo Nordisk and/or its affiliate companies. The individuals or organizations sending these false employment offers may pose as a Novo Nordisk recruiter or representative and request personal information, purchasing of equipment or funds to further the recruitment process or offer paid trainings. Be advised that Novo Nordisk does not extend unsolicited employment offers. Furthermore, Novo Nordisk does not charge prospective employees with fees or make requests for funding as a part of 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.

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