Compliance Officer, Roche Pharmaceuticals UAE

Job description

  Job facts

This role will be instrumental in overseeing the overall compliance program through professional, effective & timely collaboration with global & regional compliance teams and will

·  Act as the Compliance responsible person for policies, education and monitoring plans in his/her respective Country
·  Support the country management team with queries and compliance-related advice
·  Coordinate with compliance counterparts
·  Ensure that the compliance strategy is implemented in the country to enable continuous and sustainable sales growth
·  Ensure a common understanding of the global, regional, local compliance requirements and related policies & business processes
·  Ensure all employees are adequately trained
·  Foster business ethics
·  Ensure a risk based comprehensive compliance program is implemented in the country in alignment with Head of Compliance ME

Responsibilities in Detail

·  In charge of awareness, understanding and enforcement of compliance SOPs & programs
·  Regular exchange and knowledge sharing within ME countries.
·  Foster and monitor mandatory e-learning trainings within the country
·  Prepare and conduct required trainings
·  Acting as a ‘Change Agent' while setting new compliance processes, procedures and guidelines and partnering closely with the business in driving the implementation of the integrity risk management process
·  Review of main local projects from a compliance perspective in line with applicable guidance;
·  Support and/or conduct compliance monitoring, compliance controls and compliance audits in the area of business integrity and obtain assurance declaration on business compliance from local managers
·  Identify the need for new or revised processes and guidelines based on changes, compliance trends and risk assessments
·  Ensuring that risk management & identification activities are conducted in timely manner - all business ethics incidents are being addressed and documentedNetworking actively across departments to seek involvement & expertise on various risk & compliance topics and within regional & global compliance functions to enhance the synergy and promote best practices sharing within the region and beyond.
·  Foster and leverage collaboration with Roche compliance functions in the country to enable synergies
·  Organize locally, compliance operation visits and follow-ups
·  Support and lead the country compliance committee
·  Active leadership team member, attend operational and business meetings and provide compliance support as needed
·  Active representation of Roche in local trade associations
·  The position description above is an outline of the major recurring responsibilities of the job.It is not intended to be all-inclusive of the work to be performed.Other related job objectives, and special assignments will typically be performed by the incumbent(s).

Qualification s

University degree, preferably Business Administration, Finance, Legal or Life Science

Experience and Knowledge

·  Minimum 5 years' experience in the pharmaceutical industry of which a minimum of 3 years within Compliance;
·  Previous experience in system management would be an asset.
·  Excellent and proven communication and presentation/ training skills
·  Effective organizational skills
·  Strong strategic agility
·  Experience in commercial and medical environment
·  Experience in leading others (direct and/ or indirect leadership) in a matrix organization;
·  Experience of resolving complex issues in a matrix organization
·  Good knowledge of Roche Code of Conduct and related local codes and regulations;
·  Strong understanding of the Pharmaceutical business
·  Ability to demonstrate high personal integrity when dealing with confidential information
·  Fluent in written and spoken Arabic and English.

Competencies

·  High ethical standards and acting as role model by demonstrating the Roche Values (Integrity, Passion, Courage);
·  Strong team player and collaboration focused
·  Ability to lead others by applying strong interpersonal and intercultural skills
·  Ability to build and maintain solid relationships and networks;
·  Solution orientation and taking fact-based decisions by applying good independent judgment
·  Strong analytical skills to conduct detailed and accurate in-depth compliance analysis and provide related advice
·  Ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently
·  Ability to set priorities and actions, to plan and to execute those

·  Who we are

At Roche, 94,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we've become one of the world's leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer.