Description

As an employee of Boehringer Ingelheim, you will actively contribute to the discovery, development, and delivery of our products to our patients and customers. Our global presence provides opportunity for all employees to collaborate internationally, offering visibility and opportunity to directly contribute to the companies' success. We realize that our strength and competitive advantage lie with our people. We support our employees in several ways to foster a healthy working environment, meaningful work, diversity and inclusion, mobility, networking, and work-life balance. Our competitive compensation and benefit programs reflect Boehringer Ingelheim's high regard for our employees.

The Associate Director, Compliance Operations - AH is responsible for leading and executing strategic Compliance & Integrity Operations for all Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health entities in the U.S. to ensure a data-led, risk-based Compliance Program.  Directs and coordinates the companies' efforts to comply with laws and obligations that govern its Compliance Program. This role is responsible for developing, implementing, and maintaining a highly effective Compliance Operations program, including optimizing applicable policies & procedures, Training & Communications, Auditing & Monitoring, Investigations, Risk-Assessment, Speak up program, corrective and preventative actions (CAPAs), Transparency, Disclosure & Government Reporting (T&D), Anti-Bribery, Anti-Corruption program (ABAC), FMV evaluations, and Compliance Analytics.

The AD, Compliance Operations - AH serves as the primary contact and provides support for the BIAH Policy Review Committee and provides oversight of data QC. This role is responsible for ensuring the program is continuously improved based on analyzing newly published CIAs and other enforcement actions and industry guidance, regulations, and best practices. The incumbent works collaboratively with, and influences through organizational credibility, senior US Animal Health Business leaders and Corporate/global Compliance leadership to ensure coordinated Compliance operational direction. This role will be an Ethics and Compliance Operations subject matter expert of various internal and external processes and systems associated with his/her assigned responsibilities.

Duties & Responsibilities

• Develops, implements, and maintains Compliance systems and tools; drafts, communicates, and maintains policies and procedures.
• Develops and executes Compliance Training Program and monitoring strategies and systems.
• Oversees all data capture and government reporting obligations (local and cross-border).
• Implements and executes Auditing, Monitoring and Risk-Assessment program, including overseeing corrective actions.
• Performs all Compliance investigations; evolves and maintains the Compliance analytics program and platforms.
• Manages the US ABAC and FMV programs and reports to senior management on Compliance issues.
• Defines and directs reporting on key performance indicators.
• Prepares and delivers communications to the Board, BIAH Compliance Advisory Council, U.S. Compliance Committee, and other senior executives.
• Coordinates with Legal, HR, IT, and other departments to ensure effective management of cross-department compliance controls, including overseeing internal and third-party audits, etc.
• Engages stakeholders to develop corrective and preventive actions.
• Designs and implements the US-wide compliance auditing, monitoring, and risk-assessment program designed to prevent, detect, and respond appropriately to compliance risks.
• Leads and manages progress and outcomes of monitoring activities.
• Coordinates the selection of monitoring activities using a data-led, risk-based approach.
• Provides oversight to ensure a consistent pattern of complete and accurate records in the appropriate systems.
• Designs, implements, and enhances Compliance analytics functionality, including risk-assessment, tracking and quantifying risks and effectively/efficiently deploying and triaging resources to identify, quantify and mitigate company risks.
• Oversees selection of all U.S.-wide auditing and monitoring target identification and activities.
• Policy and Review Committee (BPRC)Lead.
• Accountable for establishing the governance and oversight of the Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health Policy and Procedure Review Committee (BPRC), a cross-functional committee tasked with reviewing new and existing policies and procedures that are applicable to BIAH entities in the United States.
• Ensures policies and procedures are current and approved. Leads the handling of committee meetings and action items.
• Leads projects associated with system changes (i.e., Veeva Vault, SharePoint, etc.) that impact document collection, revision, reporting, and monitoring or periodic reviews.
• Effectively communicates and delivers formalized training related to these topics across the organization.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required with a minimum eight to ten (8-10) years relevant work experience, with Animal Health experience preferred; industry certification (e.g., HCCA or SCCE) also preferred.
• Expertise and experience in healthcare Compliance Operations, Investigations, ABAC, FMV, process and system implementation for government reporting, compliance data-capture and spend-reporting systems.
• Minimum of eight to ten (8-10) years' experience in Compliance within a Healthcare Compliance (or similar) function.
• Significant experience and understanding of Animal Health field preferred.
• Experience leading and managing an Auditing/Monitoring Program and a clear understanding of the elements of an effective Compliance Program, applicable laws and regulations, enforcement actions and evolving best practices, as well as prior experience overseeing a risk-assessment program.
• Must be able to work independently to resolve issues and demonstrate critical thinking and excellent professional judgment.
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively with others, the agility to rapidly adapt to changing conditions and the ability to drive accountability and results are required. Prior experience with data visualization and analytics software is preferred.
• Knowledge and demonstrated experience in training (both in terms of training strategy and training operations).
• Demonstrated experience leading projects of material risk/scope/complexity with minimal supervision.
• Substantial business, legal and regulatory knowledge, and experience in healthcare industry.
• Demonstrated ability to manage and communicate confidential information appropriately.
• Strong results-orientation.

Eligibility Requirements:

• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without restriction.
• Must be willing to take a drug test and post-offer physical (if required).
• Must be 18 years of age or older.