**Summary**:
LI-Hybrid
- Location: Mexico City, Mexico
- About the Role
- Legal expertise has the power to do more than mitigate risk—it can enable innovation, accelerate business growth, and help improve patients' lives.
As a Legal Senior Manager, you will serve as a trusted strategic advisor to business leaders across Mexico, providing practical, business-focused legal guidance that supports key decisions while safeguarding Novartis.
Working closely with cross-functional stakeholders, you will navigate complex legal matters, negotiate critical agreements, and help shape solutions that balance opportunity with compliance in a dynamic and evolving healthcare environment.
**About the Role**:
**Key Responsibilities**
- Serve as a trusted legal advisor to business leaders, providing strategic and practical legal guidance
- Draft, review, and negotiate a wide range of commercial agreements and legal documentation
- Conduct legal risk assessments and develop solutions that support business objectives while ensuring compliance
- Advise on litigation, investigations, disputes, and other legal matters affecting the organization
- Collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to support business initiatives and strategic priorities
- Monitor legal and regulatory developments and assess their potential impact on the business
- Drive legal operational excellence initiatives that enhance efficiency, effectiveness, and team collaboration
**- Essential Requirements**
- Law degree with relevant legal experience supporting commercial or corporate matters




- Demonstrated experience providing legal counsel and risk-based recommendations to business stakeholders
- Experience in pharmaceutical industry or related is a must.
- Strong contract drafting, review, and negotiation skills across a variety of agreement types
- Excellent stakeholder management skills and ability to influence decision-making at multiple organizational levels
- Strong analytical and critical thinking skills with the ability to solve complex legal issues pragmatically
- Professional proficiency in both English and Spanish, with strong written and verbal communication skills
**- Desirable Requirements**
- Experience supporting legal matters within the pharmaceutical, healthcare, life sciences, or highly regulated industries
- Experience managing external counsel and supporting cross-border or regional legal initiatives
**- Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion**
- At Novartis, we are committed to building an outstanding, inclusive work environment and diverse teams representative of the patients and communities we serve.
**- Accessibility and Reasonable Accommodations**
**Benefits and Rewards**: Learn about all the ways we'll help you thrive personally and professionally.
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Division
Legal
Business Unit
Legal
Location
Mexico
Site
INSURGENTES
Company / Legal Entity
MX06 (FCRS = MX006) Novartis Farmacéutica S.A. de C.V.
Functional Area
Legal & Intellectual Property & Compl.
Job Type
Full time
Employment Type
Regular
Shift Work
No
**Accessibility and accommodation**:

📌 Legal Senior Manager (Xico)
🏢 Novartis
📍 Xico