Vice President, Compliance (Biopharma)

Role Summary

Vice President, Compliance will serve as the company’s senior compliance leader responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing a comprehensive and effective global healthcare compliance program aligned with applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards. The role is both strategic and hands-on: a leader who can set the vision while building processes from the ground up. The VP, Compliance will be a trusted advisor to Nuvalent leadership and a partner across business units.

Responsibilities

• Partner with the legal team and key stakeholders to build, implement, and maintain a robust and effective U.S. and global comprehensive healthcare compliance program that is right sized for Nuvalent as it transitions to a commercial organization
• Develop, refine and update policies and practices to facilitate global compliance and best practices.
• Advise on compliance matters including interpretation and application of Nuvalent's Code of Business Conduct, and Company policies.
• Lead implementation of our compliance training program.
• Lead implementation of our monitoring and auditing program, oversee audits and monitor the implementation of our compliance operations.
• Foster a strong internal compliance, ethics, and “speak-up” culture by creating an environment in which employees see Compliance as a strategic partner
• Lead the evaluation, investigation, and resolution of compliance issues/concerns within the organization
• Conduct periodic risk assessments and develop and implement a work plan to address risk.
• Develop process for and oversee compliance with applicable state and federal transparency and aggregate reporting laws (and non-US country laws, as appropriate) and regulations
• Lead and mentor compliance team and ensure appropriate and cooperative allocation of responsibilities.
• Serve as a well-respected, credible subject matter expert throughout the organization, with the ability to provide business-oriented, practical guidance
• Stay current on new laws, regulations, best practices, and enforcement trends.
• Such other responsibilities as assigned from time to time by Chief Legal Officer.

Skills

• A professional leadership presence/demeanor, as well as a highly positive and responsible working attitude
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, results-driven, highly accountable environment, with a demonstrated ability to parallel process multiple projects with competing timelines
• Ability to communicate effectively with personnel at all levels of the organization and to inspire confidence and support for compliance initiatives
• Demonstrated ability to think strategically and pay close attention to detail
• Ability to work collaboratively in teams with a practical, solution-oriented approach
• Strong project management skills and ability to handle multiple responsibilities simultaneously and still meet high quality and timeliness standards under pressure
• Self-motivated, able to work independently and be reliable, responsible, and accountable

Education

• Bachelor’s degree required; law degree preferred but not required.

Additional Requirements

• Willingness to travel up to 25% of time and conduct in-person training meetings.