Senior Legal Counsel (m/f/x)* – Labor and Employment, EMEA

Job Description

Thank you for your interest in joining Solventum. Solventum is a new healthcare company with a long legacy of solving big challenges that improve lives and help healthcare professionals perform at their best. At Solventum, people are at the heart of every innovation we pursue. Guided by empathy, insight, and clinical intelligence, we collaborate with the best minds in healthcare to address our customers’ toughest challenges.

3M Health Care is now Solventum

At Solventum, we enable better, smarter, safer healthcare to improve lives. As a new company with a long legacy of creating breakthrough solutions for our customers’ toughest challenges, we pioneer game‑changing innovations at the intersection of health, material and data science that change patients' lives for the better while enabling healthcare professionals to perform at their best. Because people, and their wellbeing, are at the heart of every scientific advancement we pursue.

The Impact You’ll Make in this Role

• Managing labor and employment matters in EMEA in partnership with sophisticated business and HR leaders.
• Providing strategic advice and support on a range of topics relating to employment-related agreements, consultation processes, compensation and benefits, performance and disciplinary matters, and internal investigations.
• Leading complex, cross‑functional, and multi‑jurisdictional projects supporting Solventum’s business and HR priorities.
• Overseeing employment-related disputes and litigation in partnership with external counsel.
• Developing and leading training on labor and employment law topics.
• Strategically managing outside counsel on projects of significant impact and/or complexity.
• Monitoring and proactively managing legal issues and developments, through direct involvement or management of law firms.
• Collaborating with internal teams to ensure a sustainable structure to support the business needs.
• Developing and sharing knowledge and best practices with colleagues in support of a collaborative, flexible, and energizing team environment.

Your Skills And Expertise

To set you up for success in this role from day one, Solventum requires (at a minimum) the following qualifications:

• Law degree from an accredited institution
• Qualified to practice law in at least one EMEA jurisdiction (UK, France, or Germany preferred)
• Experience advising on employment matters in a strategic manner

Additional qualifications that could help you succeed even further in this role include:

• Master’s degree in law from an accredited institution
• Experience working in a sophisticated corporate legal department for a company operating in multiple countries
• Proficient in English, other languages are welcome

Work location

• Remote

Travel

May include up to 10% domestic/international.

Legal Eligibility

Must be legally authorized to work in country of employment without sponsorship for employment visa status.

Supporting Your Well-being

Solventum offers many programs to help you live your best life – both physically and financially. To ensure competitive pay and benefits, Solventum regularly benchmarks with other companies that are comparable in size and scope.

Diversity & Inclusion

(*) We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, civil status, disability, family status, or membership of the travelling community.