Principal Compliance Specialist

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The primary role of the Principal Compliance Specialist is to support management in the risk mitigation planning including channel partners in the areas of sales and distribution, providing an independent validation of the activities performed and having an oversight on all the GRC processes impacting the region. This will be accomplished through the development, implementation and execution of an effective and robust compliance program.  The job requires frequent interaction with senior executives of the region. This position will be in Ho Chi Minh and has responsibility for Vietnam, Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos (subject to changes). The position will report directly to the Southeast Asia Compliance Officer.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned:

• Develops, implements, administers and certifies compliance policies, procedures, and practices

• Ensures alignments with ethics and compliance standards of the organization

• Provides high quality compliance advice and services on the company’s compliance obligations and risks

• Support with audits, reviews or investigations

• Reviews submissions of business interactions with HCPs/HCOs and sales/marking activities, conducts prior approvals and daily consultation to support OUs business operation

• Mitigate channel partners compliance risks through the implementation of adequate screening procedures, on-site assessments, enhanced training and awareness and prompt remediation of compliance gaps.

• Develops, implements and delivers training of compliance policies and procedures including follow-through on training records and communications with employees and channel partners on training requirements

• Provides compliance related updates, presentations, analyzes metrics and/or reports relevant to Compliance work and sets KPIs for improvement in responsible markets

• Liaising with local industry association related to company on compliance and Code of Practice relevant issues

• Works closely with Asia and Global Office of Ethics & Compliance teams to ensure that best practice in compliance which is consistent with international requirements are identified and implemented

• Provide assistance to and being engaged in the Asia Ethics & Compliance projects and/or global projects leading by Asia regional representatives

• Manages the compliance program on the ground in Vietnam and responsibility over Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos (subject to changes)

• Supports Compliance relevant knowledge transfer across countries in Asia

Required Knowledge and Experience:

• Requires Bachelor’s degree in related discipline wit minimum 7 years of relevant experience, or advanced degree with a minimum of 5 years of relevant experience

• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to build strong business relationships with team members, internal/external stakeholders and offshore counterparts

• Solution orientated with a “can do” attitude and proactive, bias for action nature

• Ability to independently, resourcefully, and creatively research and implement new solutions.

• Demonstrates initiative and innovation to generate ideas and solutions in different situations.

• Fluent in Vietnamese and English (written and oral)

Physical Job Requirements
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position. 

Benefits & Compensation

Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values. We recognize their contributions. They share in the success they help to create.  We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
 

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.
Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95,000+ passionate people. 
We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people. From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves. We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary.

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