Head of Legal and Compliance Nordic
Lead and shape Legal & Compliance where purpose, people and integrity matter.
The Position
In this journey, Legal & Compliance plays an important role and is being further strengthened as a business-oriented and enabling function. With increasing complexity, regulatory requirements and a growing Nordic organisation, Chiesi is now looking for a senior leader who will provide legal advice and lead legal compliance and governance across Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland, as well as the Nordic R&D organisation. This role offers you the unique opportunity to shape and further develop a modern, pragmatic and solution-oriented Legal & Compliance function.
Role description
The Head of Legal & Compliance Nordic is a key member of the Nordic Leadership Team and reports to the Head of Legal & Compliance, Region Europe Mid-Size. You will be leading the Nordic Compliance Committee and support a strong culture of ethics and accountability across the organisation. As a trusted advisor, you will support the organization with practical legal support, ensuring that the business follows relevant laws, Chiesi policies and ethical standards. This role is also operational, supported by an inhouse consultant and working in close cooperation with the Medical Affairs team, that is responsible for medical governance and compliance.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead and continuously develop the Nordic compliance framework, ensuring effective implementation of corporate policies, SOPs and local processes.
- Build a strong culture of integrity through practical compliance training, awareness activities and guidance on the Code of Conduct and ethical standards.
- Oversee compliance monitoring, risk assessments, audits and follow-up activities, including GDPR and anti-bribery requirements.
- Provide pragmatic legal advice to the business across commercial, corporate, regulatory and other business-related matters.
- Draft, review and negotiate a broad range of commercial and corporate agreements, including supplier, service, distribution, IT, licensing, HR and data-protection contracts.
- Advise on strategic and cross-functional projects, manage external legal counsel where needed, and support negotiations with key counterparties.
- Monitor legal, regulatory and industry developments across the Nordic pharmaceutical markets and advise the Nordic Leadership Team on implications and required actions.
- Develop contract-management processes and capability in close collaboration with Procurement, improving contract lifecycle management across the organization.
- Support Chiesi’s sustainability and shared-value agenda through legal and governance advice on ESG reporting, environmental claims and responsible business practices.
Your qualifications
- Approximately 8–12 years of relevant experience from senior legal and compliance roles, preferably within pharmaceuticals, Life Sciences or another highly regulated industry.
- Proven experience of advising senior stakeholders on complex legal, regulatory and business matters.
- Strong expertise in compliance programme management, including policy implementation, training, risk assessments, monitoring, audits and follow-up.
- Extensive experience drafting, reviewing and negotiating complex commercial and business-critical agreements.
- Sound knowledge of GDPR, anti-bribery, competition law and pharmaceutical compliance requirements.
- A pragmatic, business-oriented approach, with the judgement to balance legal risk, ethical standards and commercial priorities.
- Strong communication, influencing and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work independently in an international matrix environment.
- Fluent English, both spoken and written. Swedish is meritorious.
- Master of Laws (LL.M.) or equivalent law degree, with strong knowledge of commercial, regulatory and compliance law.
What we offer
You will join Chiesi Nordic, a growing organization that combines the values of a family-owned company with the reach of an international pharmaceutical group. Working in a close and collaborative Nordic team, you will engage with colleagues across the business and within Chiesi’s wider international network.
This role gives you the opportunity to shape the Nordic Legal & Compliance agenda and contribute to the company’s next phase of development. Chiesi welcomes you in an environment where sustainability, ethical conduct, people development and improving patients’ lives are integral to the business. The role also offers scope for personal growth in a stable, value-driven organization with a long-term commitment to its people, patients and continued development in the Nordic region
Your application
Please send your application (in English) via www.mercuriurval.com ref.no SE-15443
latest by Friday November 6th, 2026.
If you have any questions, please contact the MU consultant
Sara Höglund +46 736847323 / [email protected]
or Executive Researcher
Lea Pegels +46701435330 / [email protected].
We are looking forward receiving your application!
About the Company
Chiesi Nordic is a growing Life Science business with a strong position in areas including respiratory and rare diseases. The organisation has built a strong culture characterised by entrepreneurship, trust and development, and is now entering its next phase of growth.
Our Nordic subsidiaries are part of the international, family-owned pharmaceutical group Chiesi Group and are pharmaceutical companies operating within research and development, as well as manufacture of innovative drugs. Our therapeutic areas:
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Respiratory diseases
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Neonatology
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Rare diseases
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Special care
We are also responsible locally for pharmacovigilance, compliance, medical affairs and finance. We have a strong focus on sustainability for all our operations.
Our Nordic office
Chiesi in the Nordic region has an office in central Stockholm as well as a research and development department next to Karolinska Institute's campus. This enables Chiesi to be a strong partner in the Swedish Life Science context and to work closely with the university and its research.
