Ethics and Compliance Manager

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 X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Joining AbbVie means you will be part of a team of outstanding professionals dedicated to making a remarkable impact on patients lives. At AbbVie, we conduct ground-breaking science on a global scale every day. AbbVie Canada is one of the Best Workplaces in Canada.

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AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, eye care, virology, women’s health, and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

The Ethics and Compliance Manager in Canada is a key contributor to AbbVie’s ethical and compliance culture by being a strong business advisor to AbbVie’s mission and vision to deliver innovative medicine to Canadian patients and by providing proactive strategic support and guidance on key business initiatives.

Key responsibilities:

• As a subject matter expert on Ethics and Compliance matters, you will collaborate and support our teams to ensure we are delivering value to the healthcare system and to the patients we are serving.
• Proactively identify, assess and mitigate risks and provide strong advice in a highly regulated and challenging environment. 
• Build and provide training to AbbVie’s employees on Ethics and Compliance matters.
• Develop and drive awareness campaign on ethics and compliance matters at all levels of the Canadian Organization.
• Lead and drive the annual monitoring program in collaboration with the Office of Ethics and Compliance Global Operation team and represent the Canadian organization in Global initiatives related to the program by implementing and sharing best practices.
• Support the OEC Director in implementing and driving the Global risks assessment in Canada and work closely with all Canadian leaders to build risk matrix and annual assessment plan.
• Participation and support business unit partners for internal and external audits.
• Lead policies simplification and integrate external changes impacting our Compliance and policy framework.
• Find and identify strategic solutions to support impactful initiatives and strategic projects in alignment with our compliance and regulatory framework.
• Representing the Canadian organization in Global and Regional projects.

Qualifications

Education/Experience required:

• A minimum of a Bachelor Degree in law, business, finance, public administration or related field.

Relevant business experience:

• In a highly regulated industry.
• In a position of a key contributor to the Ethics and compliance matters.
• Proven experience and exposure to risks assessment process.
• Proven experience in leading a monitoring program.
• Understanding the Canadian healthcare environment, Health Canada approval process and the Canadian structure around pricing and access.

Essential skills & abilities:

• French and English (oral and written).
• Excellent communication skills.
• Comfortable in managing difficult conversation and challenging status quo.
• Comfortable navigating through regulations and policies.
• Solution oriented.
• Willingness to contribute and protect AbbVie’s reputation and enhance the pharmaceutical industry’s reputation.
• Willingness to contribute to better care for patients and to the sustainability of the healthcare system.

Key Leadership competencies:

• Strong leadership and influencing skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with senior management team.
• Ability to communicate with tact, diplomacy & sensitivity.  High degree of interpersonal savvy.
• Strong active listening skills to understand customers’ needs, issues and opinions and ability to translate these into strategic support and guidance.
• Has the ability to handle more than one project at a time, constantly shifting priorities.
• Project management skills.
• Persistent and resilient when confronted with obstacles.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, Aboriginal people, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities to apply.

Additional Information

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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