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The Role
Pfizer is seeking a Regional Compliance Director to join our Global Compliance Investigations Team with primary responsibility for conducting and managing internal investigations in the India region and Pakistan. The position reports to the APAC and China Vice President of Global Investigations and is based in India.
Role Summary
The India & Pakistan Investigations Lead conducts and manages internal compliance investigations to identify and mitigate significant legal, financial, reputational and patient safety risk in the region.
The role includes:
The remit and responsibilities of this role are cornerstones of the Compliance Organization and critical components of the US Department of Justice and other governmental departments' expectations of an effective compliance program.
Role Responsibilities
Qualifications
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
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Role Summary
The India & Pakistan Investigations Lead conducts and manages internal compliance investigations to identify and mitigate significant legal, financial, reputational and patient safety risk in the region.
The role includes:
- Developing investigative strategy and conducting the investigations of all matters within the India region and Pakistan;
- Assessing and reporting regional cross functional investigations matter and trend analytics to senior internal and external stakeholders including the local Board, country and regional leadership teams, Quality & Risk Committees, and our external auditors;
- Supporting the company's proactive risk management strategy through risk identification and developing and conducting aggregate and individual matter root cause analysis to determine cause of misconduct and enable tailored remediation for risk mitigation.
The remit and responsibilities of this role are cornerstones of the Compliance Organization and critical components of the US Department of Justice and other governmental departments' expectations of an effective compliance program.
Role Responsibilities
- Overall management of the region investigations docket, including assessing and prioritizing matters on the basis of risk to Pfizer;
- Conducting and managing compliance investigations in the region and working with multiple stakeholders, including market and regional leadership, Government Investigations and other senior Legal Division colleagues, local and U.S. external legal counsel, as well as internal and external auditors/ forensic specialists, on these matters;
- Analyzing trends and reporting ongoing market assessments, risk areas and impact on the Pfizer business locally and globally to senior leadership; influencing leaders to continue embedding compliance as a critical aspect of their organization's culture;
- Providing guidance and partnering closely with country and regional leadership teams, Business Unit Compliance leads and other stakeholders to remediate issues identified in investigations and ensure risks are appropriately assessed;
- Partnering with Compliance colleagues and business leaders to develop and execute strategies to ensure colleagues are aware of systems and processes for reporting and resolving compliance issues;
- Preparing and presenting quarterly reports regarding India matters to the India Audit Committee of the Board of Directors;
- Supporting the APAC and China Vice President of Global Investigations in conducting investigations within other Asia markets on a case by case basis.
Qualifications
- Law degree and a minimum of 7 years professional experience, including meaningful experience conducting corporate internal investigations
- Significant experience with the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, regional anti-kickback laws, and healthcare regulations
- Substantial experience working in a multinational company or advising one, preferably in the healthcare sector
- Experience in India strongly preferred
- Demonstrated strength in leadership, judgment and initiative
- Ability to work well both independently and as part of a team to resolve complex matters.
- Leadership presence and ability to partner with key in-market business leaders as a trusted strategic advisor
- Proven capabilities to set priorities, drive results, and act efficiently and effectively within a complex business and organizational environment
- Strong analytical, organizational, problem solving and strategic thinking skills; with ability to see the big picture as well as the detailed and specific relationships between topics
- Strong organizational and presentation skills; Excellent written and oral communication skills with ability to summarize and articulate complex concepts clearly and efficiently
- Ability to understand foreign cultures and sensibilities and to communicate effectively in a global environment
- Multi-cultural experience and languages of India preferred
- Willingness and ability to travel 10-15% of the time, both within India and internationally as needed
Work Location Assignment: On Premise
Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.
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