Site Name: Turkey - Istanbul Posted Date: Aug 11 2025 We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme. We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work. Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpage Life at GSK | GSK Legal Affairs Manager Are you energised by a strategic legal support role that allows you to shape policies and procedures to positively impact the business? If so, this Legal Affairs Manager role could be an exciting opportunity to explore. As a Legal Affairs Manager, you will play a critical role in the execution of the legal strategy. You will lead strategic initiatives, provide strategic legal advise on complex issues, and drive business priorities with a proactive approach to protect GSK’s legal rights . This position requires close collaboration with internal stakeholders, external counsel, and digital platforms, ensuring alignment with GSK’s broader mission and policies. This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career In this role you will… Provide day-to-day legal support and consultancy to various business units and functions and provide consultancy on sales, distribution, digital and marketing processes, contracts, competition, privacy, employment, commercial law, and pharmaceutical regulations. Review, draft, and negotiate diverse contracts, including distribution, manufacturing, supply, and HCP/HCO agreements. Drive and support strategic projects with minimal supervision, manage corporate governance processes, and ensure compliance with legal and operational policies. Handle litigation matters, coordinate with external counsels on dispute resolution, and ensure proper management of litigation files. Stay updated on legal changes, advise relevant departments on compliance with evolving legislation, and provide periodic internal legal training. Maintain and update legal department's procedures, support employment law matters, and lead legal projects and initiatives locally and regionally. Why you? Basic Qualifications & Skills: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: A law degree with minimum 5-6 years post-graduation legal experience in a multinational company or a reputable law firm. Proven expertise in privacy law, competition law, pharmaceutical law, and/or commercial law. Strong communication skills, capable of articulating complex legal concepts clearly, concisely, and persuasively under pressure. Excellent organisational and prioritisation skills, with the ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently. Fluency in both Turkish and English, demonstrating advanced proficiency in both languages. Preferred Qualifications & Skills: Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply: Prior experience within a pharmaceutical company or a law firm specialising in the pharmaceutical sector. Highly developed communication skills, coupled with a strong motivation to thrive in a multinational pharmaceutical environment. Exceptional English drafting and writing abilities, with demonstrated expertise in simplifying complex legal terms and strong business acumen. Experience in engaging and influencing external stakeholders, such as vendors or law firms, with a focus on building effective partnerships. Closing Date for Applications – 19th August 2025 Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert. When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application. At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting-edge technology to transform people’s lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients’ needs and have the highest probability of success. We’re uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together. Find out more: Our approach to R&D.    Why GSK? Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology). Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together. Contact information: You may apply for this position online by selecting the Apply now button. 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