Global Compliance Investigations COE Leader

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Look again and you’ll see the opportunity to build a meaningful career, be creative, and take risks with the support you need to be successful. You’ll find associates who are as certain about their impact as they are about where they’re headed next.

You’ll find the Danaher Business System, which makes everything possible. You’ll also see a company that investors trust—our culture of continuous improvement has helped us outperform the S&P 500 by more than 5,000% over the past 25 years.

The Global Investigation Leader will play a pivotal role in establishing and leading the compliance investigation team, leveraging data to identify trends and proactively provide business recommendations. This role is responsible for ensuring the efficiency and quality of the investigative work conducted by the team. The Global Investigation Leader will oversee a global investigations team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Support the development of a Corporate Compliance Investigations Center of Excellence (COE) by helping hire staff, centralise work and build necessary systems for long-term effectiveness.  

• Manage work conducted by outside law firms and attorneys.

• Be the lead investigator on select, global internal investigations, working in partnership with other counsel. Whilst ensuring the accuracy and integrity of data used in investigations.

• Enhance or build processes to ensure investigation procedures and evidence collection are compliant with applicable law.

• Lead development of performance metrics, own outcomes and continuous improvement of workflow, metrics and investigations

• Utilise data analytics to identify patterns and trends in investigative cases to advise senior leadership on recommendations to proactively manage risk

• Oversee the development of and/or create presentations for senior leadership, the Audit Committee of the Board, and ethics and compliance forums. 

• Ensure programs and processes align with the U.S. Federal Sentencing Guidelines, DOJ Guidance for effective compliance programs, and the European Union Whistleblower Directive. Also ensure compliance with internal policies, procedures, and legal requirements.

Qualifications:

• Juris Doctorate (J.D.) / LBB qualifying law degree with in-house or law firm investigation experience in a fast-paced, demanding legal or Compliance department or equivalent environment.

• A proven track record of building result driven teams.

• Extensive experience in investigations, in a global or multinational context.

• Ability to recommend remedial actions to address case outcomes, including proportionate countermeasures and/or disciplinary actions to mitigate recurrence, organizational risk, and prevent misconduct

• In-depth knowledge of legal and regulatory requirements related to investigations - Healthcare compliance and/or anti-bribery and anti-corruption subject matter expertise or similar experience in a highly regulated industry is preferred

Additional Information:

• This role requires regular travel to various locations as needed.

• The Global Investigation Leader will report to the Danaher Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer.

Join our winning team today. Together, we’ll accelerate the real-life impact of tomorrow’s science and technology. We partner with customers across the globe to help them solve their most complex challenges, architecting solutions that bring the power of science to life.

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