Ethics & Compliance Business Partner, U.S. Oncology Business Unit

Role Summary

Director-level Business Partner, US Oncology Business Unit (US OBU) Ethics & Compliance, based in Cambridge, MA. Focused on ensuring ethical behavior plays a fundamental role in risk mitigation, acting as a forward-thinking leader in risk identification and mitigation, and building a modern E&C function within Takeda.

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 decisions which are ethical and 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 across Oncology, and across Takeda, to embed ethics and compliance as part of the way everyone works at Takeda.
• Leads implementation of E&C strategy for identified US OBU business teams and functions by influencing senior management and other stakeholders to adhere to existing and evolving E&C principles and best practices.
• Maintains and further strengthens business expertise and nurtures cross functional relationships to enable a proactive, holistic and cross functional approach to risk identification, assessment, and mitigation.
• Works closely with senior management and cross functional partners to align on, and implement, E&C controls to proactively manage identified risks.
• Develops and implements programs that empower senior management as well as home office and field-based personnel to seamlessly integrate E&C principles and Takeda Values into their day-to-day activities and leadership of others.
• 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.
• Provides E&C guidance related to company activities, such as organizational design, brand planning, needs assessments, and Incentive Compensation structures.
• Anticipates the impact guidance within US OBU could have on other BU/BF within the US region, in particular USBU, and proactively collaborates and communicates with the relevant stakeholders to manage this impact.
• Demonstrates leadership within the US OBU E&C organization, such as informally mentoring other team members and proactively educating other team members on relevant topics.
• Delivers high-impact presentations to promote awareness and adherence to E&C principles and Takeda Values (e.g., sales training).
• Collaborates with US OBU E&C Operations in the creation and delivery of various E&C initiatives.
• Collaborates with OBU Digital E&C to support Takeda’s digital and technology-driven initiatives.
• Assists in developing materials for US OBU 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 US OBU E&C Policies and Procedures to ensure they are consistent with Takeda Values, OIG regulatory guidance, PhRMA Code requirements and other applicable laws, regulations and internal policies and procedures.
• External facing - Drives US OBU 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 US OBU 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.

Qualifications

• Required: 5+ years of relevant compliance, commercial, or pharmaceutical industry experience
• Required: Bachelor's degree
• Preferred: JD or relevant advanced degree
• Required: Strong understanding of state and federal health care laws/regulations
• Required: 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

Skills

• Leadership and ability to lead change efforts through effective communication and persuasion
• Cross-functional collaboration and ability to work in matrix organizations
• Strong customer service skills and ability to demonstrate executive presence while interacting with all levels of management and stakeholders
• Exceptional skills to transform ideas into conversations and materials that resonate (presentations, written documents, email, etc.)
• Demonstrated ability to read, analyze, and interpret business and regulatory information and legal advice

Education

• Required: Bachelor's degree
• Preferred: JD or relevant advanced degree

Additional Requirements

• Up to 20% travel