Description
The Compliance Cluster Lead role enables focused, data-driven risk management action while strengthening business ownership of risk across a Cluster of Local Operating Companies (Cluster LOCs). You will support the delivery of commercialisation objectives by providing focused, relevant, and actionable risk insights. You will partner with General Managers in the Cluster to prioritise and address key risks and opportunities.
Key Accountabilities
- Strategic Risk Advice: Advise Commercial leadership by acting as a strategic business partner on new, complex, or high-risk activities, providing proactive compliance advice, coaching, and risk-mitigation guidance.
- Turn data into action: Work with other Compliance teams to deliver coordinated, high-quality insight-driven risk advice to LOC leaders that help them prioritise actions and make informed decisions.
- Commercial Alliances: Provide compliance leadership and oversight for Commercial Alliance partnerships in the cluster, acting as the escalation point and partnering with the business to ensure effective governance, risk management, and compliance throughout the alliance lifecycle.
- Risk Governance: Coordinate and support quarterly LOCs Risk Management and Compliance Board meetings, providing guidance and oversight to senior leaders to enhance the quality and consistency of local risk governance.
- Report on effectiveness: Provide regular updates to LOC leadership and Regional Compliance leadership on the impact and effectiveness of insights-driven risk management.
- Enable Confirmation: Provide direction, challenge, and expert insight input during the Annual Confirmation process to ensure robust risk evaluation and clear accountability.
- Independent Monitoring & Assurance: Participate as necessary in planning and pre-close engagements for Independent Business Monitoring (IBM) and Third Party Monitoring (TPM) reviews and/or audits, ensuring effective corrective and preventive actions (CAPAs) and the embedding of insights and learnings.
- ABAC & Investigations: Act as the escalation point for unresolved ABAC due-diligence queries and compliance investigations, ensuring timely resolution and risk-appropriate decisions.
- Risk deep-dives: When required, lead targeted risk deep-dives on priority topics (e.g. launch readiness reviews) based on prevailing risk trends identified at a global or regional level.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Support LOCs and stakeholders: Help markets and RMCB members understand risk insights, respond to queries, and reinforce market accountability for reporting and follow-up actions.
- Drive cross‑functional collaboration: Partner with Commercial, Medical, Finance, and Legal to promote integration and enable effective risk management.
Leadership Expectations
- Reinforce business ownership of risk: Embed clear accountability with the business for evaluating and managing risk.
- Promote a data-driven risk culture: Encourage insight-led, focused risk management, supported by high-quality, relevant data.