Legal Counsel Associate

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HOW MIGHT YOU DEFY IMAGINATION? 

If you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. At Amgen, our shared mission—to serve patients—drives all that we do. It is key to our becoming one of the world’s leading biotechnology companies. We are global collaborators who achieve together—researching, manufacturing, and delivering ever-better products that reach over 10 million patients worldwide. It’s time for a career you can be proud of. 

Associate Legal Counsel – Amgen India 

Live 

What you will do 

Let’s do this. Let’s change the world.  Amgen manufactures and markets biopharmaceutical products that are subject to oversight and regulation globally.  It is a values-based company, deeply rooted in science and innovation to transform new ideas and discoveries into medicines for patients with serious diseases. Amgen’s new Hyderabad site will play a key role in the next phase of company innovation by designing and embedding new technology solutions and digital capabilities in all functions across the enterprise, leveraging artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and emerging technologies.  These technologies, strategically applied by Amgen’s rapidly-scaling local workforce, will also help Amgen efficiently support and accelerate innovation and business growth at scale across functions.   

In this vital role, you will be at the forefront of shaping our legal landscape of Amgen India by drafting, reviewing, and negotiating an array of agreements with precision and ensuring alignment with local laws and Amgen’s internal policies and industry standards. Your expertise will provide support to our cross-functional teams globally, offering strategic legal advice on digital innovation, real estate, procurement, and clinical trial support, while meticulously maintaining corporate governance.  Reporting directly to the Head of Law, Amgen India, you will play an integral part in our mission to serve patients and achieve excellence together.  This attorney will also coordinate with and receive support from a global Law Department of more than 150 attorneys worldwide.   

The responsibilities of this position will be partially dependent on the skillset of the successful candidate and may include one or more of the following: 

• Draft, review, and support the negotiation of a broad range of commercial agreements, including vendor arrangements, non-disclosure agreements (NDAs), ensuring alignment with both local law and internal policies and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs). 

• Compliance with applicable laws, internal procedures, and industry codes, including all regulatory obligations 

• Draft, review, and update employment contracts, offer letters, other employment related material, including internal employee policies; understand labor code and related regulations

• Provide proactive legal support to cross-functional teams, including Human Resources/Employment, Sourcing, Compliance, Finance, Medical and Technology, acting as a trusted business partner. 

• Maintain and periodically update the contract templates repository, ensuring consistency with legal and regulatory requirements; work closely with law operations (technology team) to drive efficiencies in contracting and negotiation (including tech-enabled solutions)

• Design and deliver periodic legal training sessions to internal stakeholders to promote legal awareness and operational compliance. 

• Support corporate governance activities, including drafting shareholder and board resolutions, maintaining corporate records and document retention programs, and managing applicable reporting obligations and delegations of authority. 

• Serve as a trusted advisor to business stakeholders, delivering practical legal guidance that enables informed decision-making in a dynamic and rapidly changing regulatory and business environment.

• Coordinating legal support by contributing as a member of cross-functional team and interacting with business and law department colleagues globally on various matters 

Win 

What we expect of you 

We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The Counsel we seek is highly motivated, solutions-oriented and collaborative, with these qualifications. 

Basic Qualifications: 

• A degree in law from a reputable university in India and admission to practice Law in India and at least three-four (3-4) years of experience practicing law, and demonstrated ability to handle and advise on a wide range of legal matters, with a solid independent command of labor & employment laws, ABAC laws, and laws relevant to complex commercial arrangements and contracting on technology- and data- related subjects.

• Strong client-focused, business counseling and problem-solving focus with an ability to manage multi-dimensional projects in a fast-paced environment

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; fluency with local language and English (oral and written) required  

Preferred Qualifications: 

• 4+ years of corporate and/or law firm experience, or in-house in a multinational corporation, or a combination of both. 

• Experience in life sciences, healthcare, technology, or other highly regulated and innovative industries preferred. 

• Strong qualifications in transactional work in any industry, including structuring, advising and counseling on complex transactions and drafting, negotiating and interpreting complex contracts 

• Proven superior legal skills, including: excellent oral and written communication, legal analysis, drafting and negotiation skills and sound judgment 

• Experience with digital transformation initiatives, including generative AI, in the healthcare industry preferred 

• Ability to lead and influence others 

Thrive 

What you can expect of us 

As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, so we work to care for our teammates’ professional and personal growth and well-being.  

• Vast opportunities to learn and move up and across our global organization 

• Diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table and act 

• In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a competitive and comprehensive Total Rewards Plan that is aligned with local industry standards.   

• From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way. 

Apply now 

for a career that defies imagination 

In our quest to serve patients above all else, Amgen is the first to imagine, and the last to doubt.  Join us. 

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Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider you without regard to your race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability status. 

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.