Northeastern Africa and Levant Countries Senior Legal Counsel

Job Description Summary

Lawyers supporting the commercial side of the business including contract development and agreement management, external customer sales of products and services, government contracting. Interprets strategic internal and external business challenges and recommends best practices to improve products, processes or services. Stays informed of industry trends that may influence work.

Roles and Responsibilities

• Lawyers providing legal leadership and oversight to business operations. Includes, but is not limited to, strategic support of business growth goals, supporting strategic/complex transactions, government contracts/public tenders, standard/flow commercial transactions, healthcare regulatory advice and counsel, and management of investigations, litigation and customer disputes.
• The role provides strategic support for legal in the Northeastern Africa and Levant Countries. The role reports to the Executive General Counsel in EAGM Zone and supports the Leadership Team in Northeastern Africa and Levant Countries.
• Requires specialized depth and/or breadth of expertise within their discipline. May require strong commercial awareness, and is expected to influence the development of strategy within own area, including control of resources and influences policy formulation.
• May lead functional teams or projects with minimal resource requirements, risk, and/or complexity. Communicates difficult concepts and may influence others' options on particular topics. May guide others to consider a different point of view.
• Impacts the team's ability to achieve service, quality and timeliness of objectives. Work is subject to functional policy objectives. Regularly advises management in the function and/or in the business. Has a supportive role in decision making about important subjects. High levels of evaluative judgment are required to achieve outcomes required.
• Uses high level of judgment to make decisions and handle complex tasks or problems that impact the function. Has ability to assess quality of information given and ask pertinent questions to stakeholders. Able to offer new solutions to problems outside of set parameters and is able to construct and provide recommendations. Uses multiple internal and some external sources outside of own function to help arrive at a decision.

Required Qualifications

• This role requires significant experience in the Legal & Business Counsel.
• Has experience in the legal support for the Northeastern Africa and Levant Countries for at least 10 years.
• Arabic speaker

Desired Characteristics

• Strong oral and written communication skills. Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze and resolve problems. Demonstrated ability to lead programs / projects.
• Ability to document, plan, market, and execute programs.

Inclusion and Diversity

GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer where inclusion matters. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

Behaviors

We expect all employees to live and breathe our behaviors: to act with humility and build trust; lead with transparency; deliver with focus, and drive ownership – always with unyielding integrity.

Total Rewards

Our total rewards are designed to unlock your ambition by giving you the boost and flexibility you need to turn your ideas into world-changing realities. Our salary and benefits are everything you’d expect from an organization with global strength and scale, and you’ll be surrounded by career opportunities in a culture that fosters care, collaboration and support.