Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

For our office in Wiesbaden we are looking for a

Associate Ethics & Compliance Director Germany (all genders)

Make an impact:

• Create and maintain a best-in-class compliance program in partnership with the Affiliate Compliance Insights Forum (ACIF) to support AbbVie’s business in Germany. As Associate Ethics & Compliance Director you will support preparation and leading the ACIF Meetings and ensure representativeness, effectiveness and alignment between all its members.

• Foster a compliance culture across entire organization and levels through active thought leadership and being a role model in compliant behavior. Actively influence compliant decision making in formal and informal settings.

• Provide guidance and support in Germany on national industry codes and regional/international industry codes (e.g., FSA. IFPMA and EFPIA Codes), government regulations on anti-corruption and other initiatives sponsored by the Office of Ethics & Compliance.

• Act as a strategic partner to the business by providing ethics & compliance guidance on proposed Affiliate programs, tactics, activities and strategies, identifies basic legal, regulatory or other relevant issues and refers matters to respective departments, analyzes alternatives and proposes solutions to the business.

• Perform compliance risk assessments, trend analyses and provide and implement best practices recommendations.

• Detect, anticipate and prevent risks.

• Implement, manage and interpret compliance policies, procedures and practices.

• Contribute to the Global compliance program and OEC International Goals by developing, implementing and managing initiatives across multiple geographies.

• Develop, implement, and coordinate awareness, education and training programs that focus on the elements of the Code of Business Conduct, policies and procedures and applicable industry codes and regulations.

• Create and maintain effective lines of communication on compliance topics.

• Ensure ethics and compliance records, documents and databases are organized, completed and maintained.

• Participate in local Industry group meetings, when applicable, shaping the external environment and identifying changes and trends, communicating them to Ethics & Compliance Director Europe – Region North & Germany, the ACIF and the OEC Area & International Leadership, and implementing necessary changes in the Affiliate Compliance Program.

• Develop, implement, modify and oversee the execution of the Affiliate monitoring plan to ensure compliance with policies and procedures.

• In consultation with Legal where applicable, and working with ACIF, ensure any country-specific externally-mandated anti-bribery/anti-corruption systems (co-ordination, governance, process) are implemented and functioning as required. Examples include participating to Supervisory Body meetings, contributing to the creation of the model itself, coordinating the Affiliate Audit Team (internal or external) by defining the Audit Plan, Sample Methodology, analysis of any observations, and definition of the corrective and preventive measures.

• Detect, report, track and recommend/align remediation with business partners for Affiliate non-RCIs (non-reportable compliance incident).

• Coordinate locally Internal Investigations communicating with and at the direction of AbbVie Internal Investigations as necessary.

• Assist the Affiliate during Compliance external Audits or Investigations from External Authorities working closely with other functions involved (e.g. Legal, GM) and reporting to AbbVie Office of Ethics & Compliance Organization.

• Assist Affiliate with compliance internal audits, oversee the fulfillment of auditors’ requests, act as liaison between the different Affiliate’s functions and business and auditors during on-site activities, evaluate and respond to all basic and routine preliminary findings and recommendations, guides the business in preparing corrective action to address basic and routine findings and recommendations, and ensure timely completion by conducting periodic follow ups.

• Ensure awareness, management and reporting of potential Conflict of Interest as well as any concerns from employees reported to the Ethics & Compliance Helpline.

• Partner with peers in other geographies to advance the Global compliance program.

• Located in Wiesbaden (focus 2-3 day/week) and Ludwigshafen (approx. 1 day/week) with travel up to 10% of the time within Germany and abroad.

Qualifications

This is how you can make a difference:

• Bachelor’s degree in law or similar

• At least 8 years of relevant professional experience in a Compliance function, and exposure to functions such as Legal, Regulatory, Finance or Government Affairs in a global environment.

• Pharmaceutical and Global industry experience preferred.

• Experience in collaborations with senior management.

• Has a learning mindset, digs deep for insights to guide actions and routinely measures to determine impact.

• Sets clear direction, prioritizes effectively and can make informed choices that drive impact. Has the ability to balance strategic thinking with tactical execution of the Compliance program, and easily switch between both

• Can influence decisions as a fully integrated member of the cross-functional team, both on-site and remotely as necessary.

• Can effectively and continuously identify, monitor, enhance, sustain and update OEC Policies, Procedures and Trainings

• Acts wisely under pressure and is self-assured in representing the team, function or organization. Has the ability to deal with ambiguity and manage grey zones.

• Strong verbal and written communication in German, including fluent command of English.

• Proactively plans, executes and socializes work to drive superior results. Can structure workload and is able to manage multiple priorities in short deadlines.

What we offer you:

• A diverse area of work where you can make a real difference

• An open company culture

• Flexible work models for a healthy work-life balance

• Corporate health management with comprehensive health and exercise programm

• Diverse career options in an international organization

• High-level, attractive career development opportunities

At AbbVie, your individual contributions count – help us achieve more together. Be a part of it and grow with us – go above and beyond!

Sounds like the perfect career opportunity for you? We look forward to receiving your application. All you need is a complete CV – anything else will be discussed in person, where possible, if general suitability is determined.

Have questions? Email us at TalentAcquisition.de@abbvie.com – we look forward to hearing from you!

Additional Information

AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.