Senior Compliance Officer

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Jazz Pharmaceuticals is a global biopharma company whose purpose is to innovate to transform the lives of patients and their families. We are dedicated to developing life-changing medicines for people with serious diseases — often with limited or no therapeutic options. We have a diverse portfolio of marketed medicines, including leading therapies for sleep disorders and epilepsy, and a growing portfolio of cancer treatments. Our patient-focused and science-driven approach powers pioneering research and development advancements across our robust pipeline of innovative therapeutics in oncology and neuroscience. Jazz is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland with research and development laboratories, manufacturing facilities and employees in multiple countries committed to serving patients worldwide. Please visit www.jazzpharmaceuticals.com for more information.

Job Description

Reporting to the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, the Senior Compliance Officer, Global Monitoring, Auditing, and Third-Party Risk Management is senior member of the Ethics, Compliance, and Privacy department who will play a critical role in advancing the company’s long-term strategy and commitment to compliance and ethics by designing and implementing an effective global compliance and privacy monitoring and auditing strategy, with a particular focus on data analytics monitoring, as well as the assessment and management of third-party compliance and privacy related risks. The Senior Compliance Officer, Global Monitoring, Auditing, and Third-Party Risk Management leads a team of compliance and data analytics professionals, providing strategic direction and guidance to his/her team, as well as to senior global leaders of the Commerical, R&D, Finance, IT, ERM, and Legal departments and other stakeholders across the company. The Senior Compliance Officer, Global Monitoring, Auditing, and Third-Party Risk Management is the valued subject matter expert on compliance data analytics, using his/her expertise to provide expert advice and guidance to senior leaders throughout Jazz and supporting the long-term global strategy by designing and implementing effective compliance and privacy monitoring systems and audits to address risk in our direct and third-party related business.

The Senior Compliance Officer, Global Monitoring, Auditing, and Third-Party Risk Management has extensive, broad-based knowledge of the compliance and privacy laws and regulations governing pharmaceutical company activities in the US, U.K., EU and other jurisdictions in which the company conducts its business, including but not limited to the False Claims Act, Anti-kickback Statute, Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, EU Whistleblower directives, HIPAA, GDPR, and the UK Bribery Act. The Senior Compliance Officer, Global Monitoring, Auditing, and Third-Party Risk Management should have extensive expertise designing and implementing data analytics compliance monitoring programs across a global organization, including an understanding of and familiarity with the technical requirements for such a program. The Senior Compliance Officer, Monitoring, Auditing, and Third-Party Risk Management should also have experience developing, conducting, and reporting on live compliance monitoring activities in the pharmaceutical industry, including field ride-alongs, speaker program and advisory board monitoring, as well as designing, implementing, and managing an effective third-party risk management program for compliance and privacy related risks in a multinational healthcare organization, including a strong working knowledge of US, EU, and UK trade sanctions programs / regulations. The person in this role works autonomously but must also have the ability to work collaboratively across a range of functions and departments. The Senior Compliance Officer, Global Monitoring, Auditing, and Third-Party Risk Management is confident and proactive in his/her approach with a strong commitment to ethical decision-making and the ability to provide reliable, expert advice and guidance to senior global leaders throughout Jazz.

Essential Job Functions:

Job Responsibilities and Requirements:

• Leads a global team of compliance, data analytics, and monitoring / auditing professionals to support the strategic objectives of the organization and its commitment to compliance and ethics by:
• Developing, implementing, and enhancing a global compliance and privacy monitoring program, including an effective live monitoring program designed to support our business both in the US and internationally, and with a particular focus on developing and implementing an effective data analytics approach to compliance and privacy monitoring;
• Developing, implementing, and enhancing the global compliance and privacy audit function, including collaboration with senior leaders in Internal Audit and other departments that regularly audit Jazz business activities such as Quality and Finance and those of our third-party partners; and
• Developing, implementing and enhancing the compliance and privacy review and on-going monitoring components of the Jazz Third-Party Risk Management program, including collaborating and coordinating with other risk assurance leaders to manage this program, including ERM, Finance / Procurement, and IT.
• Collect and analyze data to detect global emerging risk areas, deficient controls, fraud, or non-compliance with laws, regulations, and policies. Prepare detailed reports and/or dashboards for the Ethics, Compliance, and Privacy team, as well as key stakeholders, including global leaders of Jazz’s Commercial, R&D, Finance, and other key functions to provide strategic risk information and assessment of the adequacy of compliance controls;
• Leads the global compliance and privacy risk assessment process, with a particular emphasis on the use of data analytics to inform the process;
• Manages global transparency reporting process;
• Serves as a key member of the Ethics, Compliance, and Privacy lead team, coordinating with other lead team members to advance the department’s goals and objectives and to drive consistency in the approach to compliance and ethics across the company;
• Stays informed on new laws, regulations, and industry trends affecting the company and ensures that those new developments are appropriately reflected in the compliance and privacy risk assessment processes, monitoring and auditing program and third-party risk management
• Willingly assists Ethics, Compliance, and Privacy Department colleagues with projects and activities in areas outside of his/her primary areas of responsibility as needed to achieve corporate objectives, contribute to a collegial atmosphere and balance workloads.

Requirements of this position include:

• 10-12 years of relevant pharmaceutical compliance and/or privacy experience in-house, with specific expertise in utilizing data analytics to design and implement a healthcare compliance monitoring program;
• Law degree preferred, but not required
• Excellent analytics skills and experience with data analysis software (e.g., Excel, SQL, SAS);
• Extensive experience conducting healthcare compliance audits, including audits of third-party healthcare-related vendors
• Familiarity with and extensive experience designing and managing a third-party compliance and privacy diligence and monitoring program, particularly for a global pharmaceutical company;
• Solid judgment and business acumen and understanding of business operations, particularly in multinational pharmaceutical organizations
• Solid understanding of laws and regulations governing the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry both in the US and internationally, including trade sanctions regulations;
• Experience working in a business environment across multiple functions and geographies, with high level of responsiveness and with a strong customer service orientation;
• Experience providing compliance advice and guidance to senior and executive leadership;
• Excellent communication skills, both oral and written, enthusiastic, self-motivated, efficient, able to handle heavy workload; team player, who enjoys working in and supporting a collaborative environment
• Able to work accurately with an appropriate sense of urgency and function effectively and efficiently in a fast-paced and dynamic environment;
• Strong interpersonal skills, including diplomacy, flexibility and collaboration and the ability to interface effectively throughout all levels of the organization as well as with external parties, and adaptable to circumstances and variety of cultures;
• Effective manager, capable of providing expert direction and driving enthusiasm, creativity, collaboration, and a positive work environment for his/her team
• 30-40% travel required.

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Jazz Pharmaceuticals is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any characteristic protected by law.

FOR US BASED CANDIDATES ONLY
 

Jazz Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices and we strive to provide employees with total compensation packages that are market competitive. For this role, the full and complete base pay range is:

$230,400.00 - $345,600.00

Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, and other pertinent factors. The goal is to ensure fair and competitive compensation aligned with the candidate's expertise and contributions, within the established pay framework and our Total Compensation philosophy. Internal equity considerations will also influence individual base pay decisions. This range will be reviewed on a regular basis.

At Jazz, your base pay is only one part of your total compensation package. The successful candidate may also be eligible for a discretionary annual cash bonus or incentive compensation (depending on the role), in accordance with the terms of the Company's Global Cash Bonus Plan or Incentive Compensation Plan, as well as discretionary equity grants in accordance with Jazz’s Long Term Equity Incentive Plan. 

The successful candidate will also be eligible to participate in various benefits offerings, including, but not limited to, medical, dental and vision insurance, 401k retirement savings plan, and flexible paid vacation. For more information on our Benefits offerings please click here: https://careers.jazzpharma.com/benefits.html