Legal Director - Multiple Teams

DePuy Synthes is recruiting for aLegalDirector,Japan,SouthKorea,locatedin Tokyo, Japan.

Job Overview

This role serves as the senior legal leader for Japan andSouthKorea, providing strategic and practical legal counsel to support business growth, innovation, and risk management across the DePuy Synthes portfolio. TheLegalDirectorpartners closely with commercial, medical, supply chain, and corporate functions to ensure compliance with local laws and regulations while enabling sound business decisions. This is a highly visible role withdirectimpact on patient access, business performance, and the integrity of operations in two criticalmarkets.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary legal advisor for DePuy Synthes businesses in Japan andSouthKorea, supporting commercial, medical, and operational activities.

• Provide strategic legal counsel on regulatory, compliance, corporate governance, commercial contracting, and dispute matters.

• Ensure adherence to local laws, industry codes, andcompany policies, including healthcare compliance requirements.

• Supportinvestigations, litigation, and government inquiries, partnering within-house litigation counsel andexternal counsel as needed.

• Review, draft, and negotiate complex commercial agreements, includingdistributor,supplier, and strategic partnership contracts.

• Adviseleadership on risk mitigation strategies, balancing legal risk with businessobjectives.

• Collaborate with regional and globallegal colleaguesandPrivacy and HealthcareComplianceteams toalign onpolicies, processes, and best practices.

• Support organizational changes, transactions, and strategic initiatives, including integration and separation-related activities.

Qualifications

Education 

• Law degree (LLB, JD, or equivalent)required.

• Appropriateprofessional qualifications and certificationsto practice law inJapan.

Experience and Skills 

Required:

• 10+ years of progressive legal experience, includingsignificant timeadvisingbusinesses in regulated industries.

• Strong knowledge of commercial, regulatory, and compliance law relevant to medical devices or healthcare.

• Demonstrated ability to provide clear, practical legal advice to senior business leaders.

• Experience managing external counsel and complex legal matters.

• Proven judgment, integrity, and ability tooperateeffectively in a matrixed, global organization.

Preferred:

• Prior experience in the medical device, pharmaceutical, or life sciences industry.

• Experience supporting multi‑country or regional legal responsibilities.

• Direct or indirect experience advising on South Korean legal issues.

• Familiarity with corporate transactions, restructurings, or business separations.

• Leadership experience mentoring or informally guiding other legal professionals.

Other:

• Languages: Fluency in Japaneserequired; business‑level Englishrequired;additionalfluency inSouthKorean preferred.

• Travel: Up to ~20% domestic and international travel.

Johnson & Johnson announced plans to separate our Orthopedics business toestablisha standalone orthopedics company,operatingas DePuy Synthes. The process of the planned separation isanticipatedto be completedsometime in 2027, subject to legal requirements, including consultation with works councils and other employee representative bodies, as may berequired, regulatory approvals and other customary conditions and approvals. Should you accept this position, it isanticipatedthat, following conclusion of the transaction, you would be an employee of DePuySynthesand your employment would be governed by DePuy Synthes employment processes, programs, policies, and benefit plans. In that case, details of any planned changes would be provided to you by DePuy Synthes atan appropriate timeand subject to any necessary consultation processes.

Johnson & Johnson is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

Johnson & Johnson is committed to providing an interview process that is inclusive of our applicants’ needs. If you are an individual with a disability and would like to request an accommodation, external applicants please contact us via https://www.jnj.com/contact-us/careers, internal employees contact AskGS to be directed to your accommodation resource.

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