Senior Legal Counsel, HR Legal EMEA

At Elanco (NYSE: ELAN) – it all starts with animals!

As a global leader in animal health, we are dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services to prevent and treat disease in farm animals and pets.
At Elanco, we are driven by our vision of Food and Companionship Enriching Life and our purpose – all to Go Beyond for Animals, Customers, Society and Our People.

At Elanco, we pride ourselves on fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment. We believe that diversity is the driving force behind innovation, creativity, and overall business success. Here, you’ll be part of a company that values and champions new ways of thinking, work with dynamic individuals, and acquire new skills and experiences that will propel your career to new heights.

Making animals’ lives better makes life better – join our team today!

As Senior Legal Counsel for HR Legal EMEA, you will be a key member of the EMEA Legal Team, providing essential employment and labor law expertise across the region. In this role, you will be responsible for delivering both strategic and operational legal advice, partnering with HR and business leaders to navigate complex legal landscapes and ensure compliance. This is an opportunity to make a significant impact by safeguarding Elanco's interests and fostering a fair and compliant work environment across a diverse and dynamic region.

Your Responsibilities:

• Responsible at regional level for advising the business stakeholders on employment and labor law matters. This includes a broad variety of legal questions, both on individual contractual level as well as complex collective topics in representation of the employer with employee representatives in EMEA

• Responsible for providing strategic and operational legal support, the Senior Legal Counsel will act not only as subject matter expert but also, in conjunction with local leadership, will ensure an adequate level of compliance

• Strong collaboration with other colleagues in the EMEA Legal Team, in particular to support on ethics and compliance and data privacy

• Serving as key point of contact for HR Business Partners and Directors

• Monitoring and supervising external counsels and legal spend

• Developing training plans and providing legal training on employment and labor law matters to the staff

What You Need to Succeed (minimum qualifications):

• At least 5 - 8 years of experience as in-house counsel or lawyer in an international reputable law firm

• Ability to work independently and confident with decision making

• Ability to collaborate comfortably and effectively with people of various seniority levels across different departments in a global environment

• Experience leveraging external counsel to provide business‐critical, pragmatic legal support in cost efficient manner

• Excellent communication skills in English, written and verbal

• Self-motivated, hard-working, detail-minded, clear thinker, quick learner

• Strong team player skills and attitude

• Sound business acumen and commercial awareness and practically oriented, ability to identify and resolve legal issues quickly and effectively

• Highly developed technical skills, e.g. proficiency with all Microsoft applications.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications):

• Admitted to the Bar

• Experience in life science, animal health industry, food industry, or other consumer oriented or regulated industry

• Demonstrated skills in providing strategic advice to leadership, including the ability to persuade and influence decision‐making

• Proven experience in taking a stand, constructive confrontation, and challenging leadership as appropriate

• Experience in global organization/ SSC/GBS environment

Additional Information:

• Travel: 10%

• Location:
  
  Poland (Warsaw)

We offer:

• Career at one of the leading global animal healthcare companies

• Office located in the center of Warsaw (Rondo Daszynskiego)

• Extra days off

• Flexible working hours

• Sports cards (Multisport), private medical care, life insurance

• Open and inclusive environment which is supportive and welcoming of all diversity strands

• Animal-Friendly office

• Theatre tickets discounts

• Language learning platform

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown under recognized groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Elanco we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!

Elanco is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of age, race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status