What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior Manager - Enterprise Support and Business Development position at Novo Nordisk?
About the Department
At Novo Nordisk, we’re committed to building the best Ethics, Compliance & Privacy (ECP) team in the pharmaceutical industry. Operating at the highest ethical & privacy standards and ensuring adherence to corporate and legal regulations, this team is constantly called upon to design and implement creative solutions to complex issues. From training on new procedures, to auditing against local and corporate policies, to reporting compliance-related issues, ECP keeps us accountable every step of the way as we develop life-changing therapies and bring them to market. At Novo Nordisk, you will be part of a company respected equally for its financial results and its business ethics. Are you ready to make a difference?
The Position
The purpose of this job is to ensure that compliance considerations are fully integrated into strategic initiatives including those related to business development activities and enterprise initiatives. This role ensures alignment across E&C and NAO to address emerging risks and integrates compliance processes throughout the business lifecycle and supporting Compliance Program governance. Additionally, the position identifies and mitigates potential ethics and compliance risks, drives continuous improvement, and enhances the E&C program based on industry trends and best practices.
Relationships
Reports to the Director, E&C Strategy & Operations. Works closely with the E&C Leadership team, E&C Privacy team, NNI Legal team, Global Business Services (GBS) teams in Bangalore and Mexico, E&C colleagues across Novo Nordisk globally, and leaders across lines of business. Works closely with Business Development colleagues and / or commercial colleagues working on new enterprise to provide counsel on Compliance considerations. Coordinates with North American affiliates, including Novo Nordisk US-based research and production affiliates. External relationships include vendors and consultants as well as developing and maintaining relationships with the broader ethics and compliance network within the industry.
Essential Functions
- Supports NN’s business development and enterprise activities across NNI and other north American companies, aligning efforts to execute E&C strategy and initiatives, and addressing emerging risks
- Develops and maintains a detailed E&C playbook for business development and major enterprise initiatives, outlining compliance and privacy processes and considerations for transactions at various stages of the business development and strategic initiative lifecycle
- Provides support on enterprise-wide initiatives that have E&C considerations and implications on a routine and ad hoc basis, including planning and execution of special projects
- Supports Director, E&C Strategy & Operations with E&C Program governance and associated special projects
- Identifies, analyzes, and supports the mitigation of potential ethics and compliance risks to the organization, including risks identified through transaction due diligence, maintaining regular communication and partnership with the Director of E&C \ Strategy & Operations
- Coordinates with E&C Privacy team to incorporate Privacy risks and considerations into E&C playbook for business development and strategic enterprise priorities
- Encourages continuous improvement and develops recommendations for enhancements to the E&C program based on regulations, professional testimony, industry trends, best practices, and business development opportunities
- Maintains familiarity with laws surrounding NNI business objectives, the business development environment and leverages professional testimony, as needed
- Supports the Director, E&C Strategy & Operations in facilitating and raising awareness of the Ethics & Compliance program while fostering accountability for ethics & compliance throughout the organization
- Assists in developing plans to address new or updated risks and executes projects to respond to those risks, including understanding specific laws and business tactics
- Champions a proactive approach to ethics and compliance, focusing on partnership, risk mitigation, prevention, and the advancement of business development areas, including processes surrounding emerging therapeutic areas
- Supports E&C teams with special projects, as needed
Physical Requirements
10-20% overnight travel required.
Qualifications
We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.
At Novo Nordisk we recognize that it is no longer good enough to aspire to be the best company in the world. We need to aspire to be the best company for the world and we know that this is only possible with talented employees with diverse perspectives, backgrounds and cultures. We are therefore committed to creating an inclusive culture that celebrates the diversity of our employees, the patients we serve and communities we operate in. Together, we’re life changing.
Novo Nordisk is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by local, state or federal laws, rules or regulations.
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