# Head of MEA Legal

**Company**: Cigna
**Location**: Dubai
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Healthcare

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## Description

The Cigna Group, a global health services company, is seeking a Head of MEA Legal to lead the Middle East and Africa (MEA) Legal team. The successful candidate will be based in Dubai and report to the MEA Chief Counsel. As a senior lawyer, you will work closely with business leaders, compliance, audit, and other stakeholders to provide accurate, proportionate, and timely legal and regulatory advice.

Responsibilities:

- Act as Head of Legal for Cigna Middle East and Africa

- Influence and collaborate with business leaders to define, develop, and support business objectives in the MEA region

- Provide timely, concise, and accurate updates to MEA senior leadership on key legal developments

- Support, coach, and develop the MEA legal team

- Collaborate with colleagues to ensure the Cigna MEA business operates successfully within its legal and regulatory framework

- Remain accountable for local legal and regulatory advice

- Draft, review, and advise on various legal documents, including contracts and group plans

- Manage claims, litigation, and dispute resolution

- Ensure that legal and regulatory issues are raised and considered fully and at the earliest opportunity

- Be a champion for the Cigna Ethics program

Requirements:

- Strong communication and interpersonal skills

- Previous experience in a leadership role with the ability to interact effectively with senior leadership and external legal counsel

- A minimum of 10 years of post-qualification experience practicing law, with at least 4 years of experience in an international law firm

- Excellent drafting and negotiating skills, with experience drafting complex legal agreements

- Solid experience running complex, multi-party transactions from end to end

- People management experience, including team coaching, mentoring, and career development

- A team player with a can-do attitude and a commitment to delivering high-quality work in a fast-paced environment

- Solid understanding of the Middle East region's regulatory and legal framework

- Health insurance experience preferred but not essential

Benefits: In addition to a motivating and competitive remuneration package, the role offers the successful candidate the opportunity to lead a highly valued team that plays a key role in the success of a business enjoying strong and exciting growth in a sector which makes a difference to people's lives.

## Skills

### Required
- leadership
- communication
- interpersonal skills
- legal experience
- drafting
- negotiating
- people management
- regulatory framework

### Nice to have
- health insurance experience

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