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Job Description

At Novo Nordisk Iran, the position of compliance counsel allows you to work in a high-performing team and contribute directly to the business results while creating value for the diabetes patients. Are you passionate about ensuring ethical standards and legal compliance? Do you have a knack for navigating complex compliance landscapes? We are looking for a Compliance Counsel to join our team and help us maintain the highest standards of integrity and compliance. If you are ready to make a difference, read more and apply today for a life-changing career.

About the department:

Join the Legal, Compliance and Quality Department at Novo Nordisk Iran, where we ensure the organization complies with the legal and compliance requirements of the company. Our team provides legal and compliance counsel and help across various business areas, ensuring ethical and compliant business activities. We foster a collaborative and encouraging atmosphere, where your contributions will help drive compliance and ethics in processes. Located in Iran, our department is dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of integrity and compliance.

The position:

As compliance counsel, you will serve the Iranian affiliate with responsibility to assist the Legal, Compliance & Quality (LCQ) Director and the compliance function on compliance issues, plans, and strategies, and together with the compliance function, you will support the Compliance strategy of Novo Nordisk (in the affiliate).

Other duties and responsibilities include the following:

• Provide compliance counsel and help related to internal policies, business ethics standards, and company regulations
• Support the compliance team in upholding an ethical culture and ensuring ethical business activities in compliance with relevant regulations, laws, and standards
• Assist in providing advice, preparing responses to compliance issues and queries, and developing training materials and compliance slides and checklists, including facilitating and coordinating compliance projects, reviewing and optimizing internal compliance processes, documents, and reports to ensure alignment with compliance frameworks
• Monitor functional units' activities to ensure alignment with compliance objectives and directives, and support documentation for internal and external audits
• Maintain accurate and up-to-date documentation within the LCQ department, ensuring compliance with internal policies and requirements, and assist in obtaining an appropriate level of readiness for regional or Group audits through gathering necessary documentation, conducting internal coordination, and necessary follow-up.

Requirements:

• Law degree with at least 3 to 5 years of relevant experience in legal or compliance-related roles (in a multinational company, preferably in the pharmaceutical sector, or in an international law firm- an added advantage).
• Knowledge of Iranian laws and regulations and strong legal research skills.
• Effective English communication, business understanding, stakeholder management, and a team player attitude with assertiveness.
• Strong problem-solving abilities, ethical judgement, and integrity. 
• Attention to detail and risk assessment skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills and project management abilities.

Working at Novo Nordisk:

We are a proud life-science company, and life is our reason to exist. We’re inspired by life in all its forms and shapes, ups and downs, opportunities, and challenges. For employees at Novo Nordisk, life means many things – from the building blocks of life that form the basis of ground-breaking scientific research, to our rich personal lives that motivate and energize us to perform our best at work. Ultimately, life is why we’re all here - to ensure that people can lead a life independent of chronic disease.

Contact:
Upload your CV to our online career page (click on Apply and follow the instructions).

Deadline:
20 April 2025
Applications will be screened on an ongoing basis, so you are encouraged to apply as soon as possible.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. At Novo Nordisk, we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company in the world, and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds, and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve, and the communities we operate in. Together, we’re life-changing.