VP General Counsel, International Markets Date: Apr 3, 2025 Location: Tel Aviv, Israel, XXXX Company: Teva Pharmaceuticals Job Id: 61438 **Who we are** Together we’re on a mission to make good health more affordable and accessible to help millions around the world enjoy healthier lives. It’s a mission that bonds our people across nearly 60 countries – most of the world’s population – and a rich, diverse variety of cultures, laws, nationalities, and backgrounds. Working at Teva means working with the world’s leading manufacturer of generic and biosimilar medicines and the proud producer of many of the products on the World Health Organization’s Essential Medicines List. We’re also an innovative R&D-based pharmaceutical company, which makes Teva unique in the life sciences sector. And we’re a company with over a century of rich history and proven ability to grow and adapt as our world does the same. Currently at least 200 million people around the world take one of our medicines every single day. It’s an amazing number, but we’re always looking for new ways to continue making a difference, and new people to make a difference with. This is why we’re recruiting for a special kind of lawyer: one who’ll be a foot soldier in our continuing efforts to provide answers that matter. **The Opportunity** The VP, General Counsel International Markets will be responsible for the overall legal oversight in the International Markets region. At Teva, the International Markets region is comprised of Asia Pacific, Russia and CIS, Canada, Australia, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America. This role involves managing the International Markets legal team and acting as the Legal Guardian, Business Partner, and Value Creator. The General Counsel International Markets will manage the provision of sound legal advice to ensure legal compliance in the realization of Teva’s business objectives in this part of the world. Additionally, we expect our lawyers to be change agents and in so doing to lead transformational projects to shape our external world and laws that govern us. The role involves a seat on the International Markets executive lead team with an expectation to provide strategic legal counseling but also business advice and contributions. Finally, the regions covered are very complex with many different laws and ethics challenges, resulting in trade sanctions, tariffs, and contacts with countries having the greatest perceived levels of public sector corruption as documented by Transparency International’s CPI. **Key Legal Responsibilities** + Provide strategic legal guidance and oversight for all operations within the International Markets region. + Lead and manage the International Markets legal team from remote locations, different languages, challenging time zones, all while fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture. + Act as a trusted advisor and business partner to senior leadership both in IM and at corporate level, offering proactive legal solutions to support business goals. + Ensure compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, and Company policies, mitigating legal risks and safeguarding Teva’s interests. Partner with the Compliance & Ethics organization and Audit function to help achieve these synergies. + Oversee the negotiation, drafting, and review of contracts, agreements, and other legal documents aligned with business development and alliance management partners. + Select and manage external legal counsel and coordinate with other Teva legal departments. + Active engagement as a member of the International Markets Commercial Leadership Team and the Global Legal Leadership Team. + Responsible for all relevant areas of international legal practice: advisory, contracts and transactions, governance, litigation, regulatory, manufacturing, environmental, labor/employment/unions, investigations, training, risk management, and external advocacy. Partner effectively with the IP organization in acquisition, prosecution, diligence, maintenance, and enforcement of the Company’s intellectual property rights. + Ensure effective collaboration and influence across the matrix model (commercial & legal) and closely collaborate with other relevant stakeholder functions (e.g., Compliance, Market Access, BD, Audit, Regulatory, Medical, Finance, Manufacturing, Communications, IT, and other legal teams). + Contribute to building the business partner role of the entire global legal group, fostering creativity and an entrepreneurial mindset to create opportunities for the business. + Manage the International Markets legal budget to ensure efficient and proper performance in line with Teva’s strategy and achieve assigned targets. **Your experience and qualifications** + LLB degree in Law, member of the Israeli Bar Association + Other relevant graduate degrees and/or legal certifications a bonus: MBA, master’s or higher in Science, LLMs, etc. + 15 years of experience in a senior legal role, preferably within the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry. + Prior experience as a general counsel of a geographic region with knowledge of international laws and regulations. + Extensive experience in counseling senior business leaders in pharma-related matters, including but not limited to transactions, sales, marketing, medical, manufacturing and supply chain, government affairs, corporate communications, corporate governance, business development, market access, bids & tenders, and general risk management. + Management of complex litigation, audits, and government investigations with strong understanding of when and how to apply legal privilege. + Basic understanding of antitrust/competition, anti-corruption/FCPA, governance, data privacy, patent litigation, commercial law, employment/labor law, trade sanctions. + Demonstrated ability to lead with integrity and gravitas; confident decision-making skills, and ability to command and influence cross-functional teams. Show leadership via servant accountability and inspirational mindset. + Ability to support day-to-day operational work while staying ahead of, and adapting to, evolving legal and ethical frameworks in- and above-country to minimize Company risks. + Strong intellect driving creative and strategic problem solving, combined with a practical and realistic, common-sense understanding of how to achieve desired results. + Excellent communication skills, including demonstrated ability to articulate (and defend) strategies and processes. + Ability to build effective stakeholder relationships both internally (e.g., functional leads, regional/local business partners) and externally (e.g., outside counsel, regulators, other). + Up to 33% global travel as needed. **Already Working @TEVA?** If you are a current Teva employee, please apply using the internal career site available on "Employee Central". By doing so, your application will be treated with priority. 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