Legal Counsel - Office with Flex - Warsaw, Poland
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.
Contractual Job Title: Legal Counsel / Compliance Professional – Ethics and Compliance
This is an office-based role (60%) with the opportunity to work remotely (40%) in Warsaw, Poland.
The Role: Your Opportunity to Make an Impact in a Global Ethics & Compliance program
Join our dynamic, ISO 37001 certified Ethics & Compliance team as a Legal Counsel and help drive ICON’s mission: to improve lives through clinical research.
In the role, you will be a part of the team that champions the Global Ethics & Compliance Program, covering areas including anti-bribery, anti-corruption, trade compliance, healthcare governance, regulatory and internal investigations and more. This is more than a job; it’s your chance to shape the legal compliance landscape of a world-leading healthcare intelligence organisation and play a key part in advancing therapies that save and improve lives.
Key Responsibilities:
- Support ICON’s Ethics & Compliance Program, including:
- Assist with internal investigations of a compliance nature.
- Develop ICON’s global trade compliance program, advising on compliance with economic sanctions and trade restrictions.
- Review and advise on master service agreements, vendor contracts, and other third-party compliance terms.
- Manage responses to customer RFIs (Request for Information) regarding ICON’s compliance program.
- Stay ahead of the curve by monitoring global regulatory changes and ensuring ICON is always compliant.
- Support cross-divisional compliance projects, aligning strategies and objectives company-wide.
- Be a champion for compliance: communicate, drive, and embed requirements into every facet of our business operations.
- Offer pragmatic, timely advice on general legal compliance queries.
- Deliver engaging training sessions for employees, design educational materials, and monitor training progress.
- Design and implement impactful communications to embed policies and procedures throughout the organisation.
- Develop and track key metrics to measure our compliance framework’s effectiveness and prepare regular reports.
What You’ll Need to Succeed:
- Qualified lawyer (2+ years PQE) or compliance professional (5+ years) with proven experience in legal, compliance, risk management or similar field, ideally including anti-bribery, anti-corruption, and/or trade compliance.
- Life sciences/clinical research industry experience is a plus.
- Demonstrated expertise in legal, regulatory, and risk management concepts and compliance standards.
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with fluency in English.
- Equally comfortable working independently and collaborating across diverse functions and geographies.
- Proactive, positive, intuitive, organised, detail-oriented, and a logical thinker.
- Sound judgment under pressure, with the confidence to provide clear, assertive guidance when it matters most.
- Demonstrate strong discretion, emotional intelligence, and professional maturity when handling sensitive and confidential legal & compliance matters and investigations.
- Exhibits the ability to constructively question existing practices and processes and proactively support or lead ongoing enhancements to the Ethics & Compliance Program.
- Demonstrates a consistent ability to deliver measurable results in legal compliance and risk reduction.
- Committed to continuous learning and eager to explore new developments and innovations, including AI and emerging technologies relevant to compliance and legal fields.
- Flexible to work across global time zones with strong stakeholder management and business partnering skills.
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What ICON can offer you:
Our success depends on the quality of our people. That’s why we’ve made it a priority to build a diverse culture that rewards high performance and nurtures talent.
In addition to your competitive salary, ICON offers a range of additional benefits. Our benefits are designed to be competitive within each country and are focused on well-being and work life balance opportunities for you and your family.
Our benefits examples include:
- Various annual leave entitlements
- A range of health insurance offerings to suit you and your family’s needs.
- Competitive retirement planning offerings to maximize savings and plan with confidence for the years ahead.
- Global Employee Assistance Programme, LifeWorks, offering 24-hour access to a global network of over 80,000 independent specialized professionals who are there to support you and your family’s well-being.
- Life assurance
- Flexible country-specific optional benefits, including childcare vouchers, bike purchase schemes, discounted gym memberships, subsidized travel passes, health assessments, among others.
Visit our careers site to read more about the benefits ICON offers.
At ICON, inclusion & belonging are fundamental to our culture and values. We’re dedicated to providing an inclusive and accessible environment for all candidates. ICON is committed to providing a workplace free of discrimination and harassment. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.
If, because of a medical condition or disability, you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application process, or in order to perform the essential functions of a position, please let us know or submit a request here
Interested in the role, but unsure if you meet all of the requirements? We would encourage you to apply regardless – there’s every chance you’re exactly what we’re looking for here at ICON whether it is for this or other roles.
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