Sr Manager, Legal

Be part of a dynamic in-house legal team supporting one of Singapore's leading healthcare groups. This role offers a unique opportunity to advise on a broad spectrum of legal, regulatory and governance matters, work alongside clinicians and senior leaders who are driving transformative change across Singapore’s healthcare landscape, and contribute to strategic projects that shape the future of healthcare delivery. If you are a commercially minded lawyer seeking meaningful work with real impact, we would love to hear from you.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Provide legal advice and manage litigation, claims, disputes and medical negligence matters, including coordinating with internal stakeholders, clinical teams, insurers and external counsel.
• Review, draft and negotiate contracts, templates and legal documents, including MOUs, service agreements, collaboration agreements, clinical trial agreements, research collaboration agreements, IT and technology agreements, NDAs, consultancy agreements, lease or licence agreements and other commercial arrangements.
• Provide legal support on corporate governance and corporate secretarial matters, including statutory compliance, board and committee matters, corporate restructuring, entity rationalisation and directors’ duties.
• Advise NHG Health and its institutions on employment and staff-related matters, including disciplinary issues, employment contracts and HR policies.
• Advise on insurance-related matters, including scope of coverage and terms under public liability insurance, clinical trials insurance, directors’ and officers’ liability insurance and other relevant policies.
• Support legal and regulatory compliance work, including reviews for compliance with the Healthcare Services Act, Health Information Act, Personal Data Protection Act, Human Biomedical Research Act and other applicable healthcare laws, regulations and guidelines.
• Assist with review of internal policies on areas such as data protection, data security, IT, research, clinical operations and governance.
• Provide preliminary advice on intellectual property matters, including trade mark registration, copyright provisions and protection of intellectual property rights.
• Provide legal advice and legal support to all NHG Health institutions, including partnering with internal and external stakeholders on strategic initiatives and critical projects involving healthcare industry partners.
• Conducting internal training seminars for NHG and NHG Institution staff on general areas of law such as basics of contracting.
• Perform any other duties assigned by the Supervisor or Head of Department 

Qualifications

• Education: LLB or equivalent law degree and called to the Singapore Bar.
• Experience: 5 to 8 years’ post-qualification experience, with at least 2 years in private practice.
• Skills & Knowledge:
• Strong drafting, negotiation, legal research and analytical skills, with the ability to provide practical and risk-based advice.
• Prior in-house legal experience, or experience advising healthcare, public sector or regulated entities, would be advantageous.
• Litigation, dispute resolution and/or healthcare, medical negligence or medico-legal experience would be advantageous.
• Able to manage routine and moderately complex matters independently, while escalating significant legal, reputational or operational risks where appropriate.
• Good interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively with management, clinicians, administrators, insurers, external counsel and other stakeholders.