General Counsel - FDB / Division General Counsel - HLUS

Position Overview

Position Description

 

Reporting to the VP, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of HLUS, the General Counsel, FDB/ Division General Counsel HLUS will serve as the lead attorney for FUJIFILM Diosynth Biotechnologies (FDB), a world-leading contract development and manufacturing organization (CDMO) for biologics, vaccines and advanced therapies. The person in this role will be an accomplished lawyer with extensive experience in the pharmaceutical space and will bring strong leadership and business acumen to the table.

 

This individual will be a member of the Fujifilm Holdings America Corporation (HLUS) legal leadership team and the FDB Business Support leadership team, through which this individual will have a dotted line reporting relationship to the FDB CFO,and will play a critical role in helping FDB manage new and evolving legal risks, issues and strategy, and in achieving business success.

 

The General Counsel, FDB will be responsible for managing all commercial legal matters affecting FDB   including, but not limited to, negotiation of all legal aspects of commercial agreements as well as commercial, regulatory and compliance advice and counsel. In conjunction with legal colleagues throughout HLUS legal, the Geneal Counsel, FDB will also support commercial litigation matters, and, in conjunction with HR and the Labor and Employment legal team, employment/labor issues and serve as an advisor and support for Quality, EHS, Finance, Commercial, Operations, HR and FDB IP groups.

 

With connections across the FDB business as a whole, as well as HLUS and the wider FUJIFILM group, the General Counsel, FDB will be uniquely positioned to spot risks and issues arising in one business area and understand their impacts elsewhere to influence and enable senior management to make informed, business-driven decisions. The successful candidate will be expected to direct legal strategy in a way that enables maximization of business opportunity within tolerable risk parameters.

 

FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation is the holding company for North American based FUJIFILM companies operating in many states across the US, as well as in Canada, Brazil and Colombia and engaged in the research, development, manufacture, sale and service of FUJIFILM products. The company serves a broad spectrum of industries in the U.S. including medical and life sciences, electronic, chemical, graphic arts, information systems, broadcast, and photography.

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Company Overview

At FUJIFILM Holdings America Corporation, we’re redefining innovation across the industries we touch—from healthcare and photography to semiconductors and data storage. With roots in photosensitive materials and a legacy of groundbreaking technology, we now lead 23 diverse affiliate businesses across the Americas.

We’re looking for mission-driven talents eager to join us to help create, market, and support a vast portfolio of products. At Fujifilm you’ll have the opportunity to explore and grow your skills in new, exciting ways. Whether you’re shaping tomorrow’s tech or redefining today’s processes, we’ll provide a flexible work environment and dynamic culture where innovation thrives.

Our Americas HQ is nestled in Valhalla, New York, a charming town known for its excellent schools, beautiful parks, and easy access to the vibrancy of New York City.

Fujifilm is globally headquartered in Tokyo with over 70,000 employees across four key business segments of healthcare, electronics, business innovation, and imaging. We are guided and united by our Group Purpose of “giving our world more smiles.” Visit: https://www.fujifilm.com/us/en/about/region/careers

Job Description

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities of the position will include but are not limited to:

• Helping to guide the business through legal issues arising in times of change and to meet commercial objectives, operating as a business enabler and an essential adviser to the Executive Leadership Team (ELT) while at the same time maintaining autonomy and standards and the ability to provide independent counsel.
• Setting and executing the legal strategy for the global FDB businesses.
• Leading the global Legal Team of FDB-assigned attorneys and non-attorney professionals. Providing appropriate legal training and mentoring to the Legal Team as well as ensuring the Team delivers appropriate training, mentoring and briefings to the wider business in an accessible and user-friendly format.
• Ensuring the global Legal Team provides expert level support for commercial negotiations with pharmaceutical customers in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Ensuring the business is protected by the use of commercial agreements that minimize risks and maximize legal rights (based on