Legal Counsel

Legal Counsel - Mexico City - Office Based with Flex

ICON plc is a world-leading healthcare intelligence and clinical research organization. We’re proud to foster an inclusive environment driving innovation and excellence, and we welcome you to join us on our mission to shape the future of clinical development

JR123516

Legal Counsel

Mexico City

Office Based with Flex (3 days at office and 2 days at home)

At ICON, it’s our people that set us apart. Our diverse teams enable us to become a better partner to our customers and help us to fulfil our mission to advance and improve patients’ lives.

Our ‘Own It’ culture is driven by four key values that bring us together as individuals and set us apart as an organization: Accountability & Delivery, Collaboration, Partnership and Integrity. We want to be the Clinical Research Organization that delivers excellence to our clients and to patients at every touch-point. In short, to be the partner of choice in drug development.

That’s our vision. We’re driven by it. And we need talented people who share it.
If you’re as driven as we are, join us. You’ll be working in a dynamic and supportive environment, with some of the brightest and the friendliest people in the sector, and you’ll be helping shape an industry.

As Legal Counsel on the Ethics & Compliance team, you will lead the ethics and compliance program in LATAM and support the global team on managing compliance operations.

**Responsibilities**:

- As an ICON employee, you will be expected to embrace and contribute to our culture of process improvement with a focus on streamlining our processes adding value to our business and meeting client needs.
- Act as key Point of Contact for the ICON Ethics & Compliance program in LATAM, promoting the program across the regional business leads and provide pragmatic and timely advice to the LATAM business on general ethics and compliance issues and queries:

- Acting as the primary point of contact for ethics and compliance (including Anti-Bribery & Corruption, Healthcare Compliance, Trade Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering) support in the region.
- Conducting training independently for employees at different levels and ICON vendors, develop training materials and monitor training progress.
- Identifying ethics and compliance matters that require follow-up or investigation, and as appropriate, provide assistance.
- Assisting in internal investigations arising in LATAM of a compliance nature;
- Assist and manage legal regulatory requests and investigations in LATAM;
- Build relationships with region business leads to partner and support in relation to compliance issues;
- Providing regional LATAM support for other global compliance initiatives and controls
- Reviewing and advising on MSA, vendor and other third party compliance contractual terms;
- Acting as legal escalation point of contact for compliance screening of third parties;
- Providing legal advice on vendor compliance issues/escalations;
- Assisting in review of compliance disclosure requests from time to time.
- Lead and manage ICON's Ethics and Compliance Operations, globally, which will include responsibility for:

- Policy Management;
- Ethics and Compliance Training;
- Communications Strategy;
- Audit and RFI Defense;
- Maintenance of mailbox and other centralized resources;
- Internal team training;
- Team Metrics and Monitoring;
- Billing and Invoicing.
- Assist Compliance Monitoring Manager in reviewing, tracking and reporting on compliance monitoring controls within the business.

To be successful in the role, you will have:

- 3 years + PQE (Qualified Lawyer PQE)
- Relevant working experience in ethics and compliance and/or compliance operations
- A good understanding of legal, regulatory and risk management concepts (anti-bribery corruption, economic trade sanctions, anti-money laundering, whistleblower awareness).
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Fluency in English is required.
- Able to work effectively in both independent and team settings.
- Proactive, organized, detail-oriented, and logical.
- Able to exercise sound judgment in a high pressure fast-paced environment, communicate guidance in a clear and concise manner and be assertive when required.
- Willingness to work flexible hours. This role requires frequent collaboration with team members and colleagues globally in other time zones.

Benefits of Working in ICON:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.

We offer very competitive salary packages. And to keep them competitive, we regularly benchmark them against our competitors. Our annual bonuses reflect delivery of performance goals - both ours and yours.
We also provide a range of health-related benefits to employees and their families and offer competitive retirement plans - and related benefits such as life assurance - so you ca