Business Unit – Ethics & Compliance Business Partner – Patient Access & Market Access

Business Unit – Ethics & Compliance Business Partner – Patient Access & Market Access

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of Ethics & Compliance related experience; preferably with 5 years as part of medical device or pharmaceutical industry.
• Bachelor’s degree required; Juris Doctorate or relevant advanced degree preferred
• Strong understanding of state and federal health care laws/regulations
• Extensive experience with laws, regulations and industry guidance that affect the pharmaceutical industry including, but not limited to, OIG and PhRMA guidelines, healthcare standard operating procedures, anti-bribery laws, and state price reporting statute
• Respected expert and advisor to senior management of the BU who influences and drives the Ethics & Compliance agenda for the BU
• Exceptional skills to transform ideas into conversations and materials that resonate (presentations, written documents, email, etc.)
• Consistently demonstrates the ability to deliver results both through self and others
• Able to work and deliver on deadlines while managing multiple projects and priorities effectively
• Works cross-functionally / collaborates / manages matrix – Strong leadership skills, including the ability to lead change efforts through effective communication and persuasion
• Strong customer service skills and ability to demonstrate executive presence while interacting with all levels of management and stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to read, analyze, and interpret business and regulatory information and legal advice

Responsibilities

• Responds rapidly to changing environment and business needs, is close to the market, and encourages ethical behavior in line with Takeda’s Values.
• Commits to act as a role model for Takeda’s Values, ethics and values-based decision making, fostering this mindset in clients, partners and team members.
• Enables the organization to take ethical decisions in line with our priorities of Patient, Trust, Reputation, and Business.
• Collaborates across all E&C teams and partners with stakeholders in Business Units / Business Functions to embed ethics and compliance as part of the way everyone works at Takeda.
• Leads implementation of E&C strategy for the USBU PAMA organization and the CA&I team responsible for Takeda’s patient initiatives by influencing senior management and other stakeholders to adhere to existing E&C principles and change behavior to new trends that Takeda establishes as best practice.
• Maintains and further strengthens business expertise and nurtures cross functional relationships to enable a proactive, holistic and cross functional approach to risk identification.
• Works closely with senior management and cross functional partners to align on, and implement, E&C controls to proactively manage identified risks.
• Develops programs that empower senior management as well as home office and field-based personnel to seamlessly integrate E&C principles and Takeda’s Values into their day-to-day activities and leadership of others.
• Provides E&C guidance related to company activities, such as organizational design, brand planning, needs assessments, and Incentive Compensation structures.
• Anticipates the impact that guidance to one part of the organization could have on other areas of the USBU and proactively collaborates and communicates with the relevant stakeholders to manage this impact.
• Demonstrates leadership within the USBU E&C organization, such as informally mentoring other team members and proactively educating other team members on relevant topics.
• Provides leadership and guidance to senior management as well as home office and field-based personnel on interpretation of Code of Conduct, Compliance Policies, and relevant SOPs, guidance documents, and other E&C program requirements.
• Delivers high-impact presentations to promote awareness and adherence to E&C principles and Takeda’s Values (e.g., sales training).
• Collaborates with E&C Operations in the creation and delivery of various E&C initiatives.
• Collaborates with Digital E&C to support Takeda’s digital and technology-driven initiatives.
• Assists in developing materials for USBU Risk, Ethics and Compliance Committee (RECC) meetings including external benchmarking, internal compliance metrics – dashboards, and compliance program vision. Presents at RECC meetings where required.
• Periodically reviews and adjusts policies and procedures to align with current Takeda Legal feedback as well as E&C team input.
• Identifies and analyzes external trends and drives into organization where needed.
• Performs periodic reviews of USBU E&C Policies and Procedures to ensure they are consistent with Takeda’s Values, OIG regulatory guidance, PhRMA Code requirements and other applicable laws, regulations and internal policies and procedures.
• External facing – Drives USBU Business Partner engagement with evolving E&C trends (PhRMA, OIG, DOJ).
• Negotiates to create solutions in harmony with leadership and business needs.
• Partners with the business as well as any third-party vendor to live monitor USBU business unit activities, such as field rides, speaker programs and advisory boards.
• Researches and responds to compliance hotline/helpline questions on an as-needed basis.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.