
Ethics & Compliance Manager
Rome, LatiumThe Europe & Canada (EUCAN) Business unit supports Takeda's mission at a regional level and as the leader in rare diseases and specialty care, we champion better health and a brighter future for patients, healthcare providers and our people.
Across the EUCAN BU, patients come first in every decision we make. We develop strategic partnerships which deliver value for society and create a culture within which our people can thrive and reach their full potential.
Our mission is to empower and enable our people to fulfill their potential by embracing diversity and creating a high-performance, collaborative working environment. In the EUCAN region integrity is one of our key values. We put patients, trust and reputation before business and this is one of the main reasons why our people choose to work here.
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Job Description
ROLE OBJECTIVE
Ethics & Compliance (E&C) focuses on catalyzing a company-wide culture in which all Takeda employees are empowered and accountable for ethical actions that serve patients, people and the planet and advance sustainable growth.
E&C team has to respond rapidly to changing environment and business needs, it is close to the market and encourages ethical behavior in line with Takeda’s values. By working in an agile manner E&C ensures the balance between stable structures, governance, processes and systems, and dynamic approaches to delivering innovative solutions to appropriately manage our risks.
E&C commits to:
Act as role model for Takeda's values, ethics and values-based decision making, fostering this mindset in clients, partners and team.
Enable the organization to take decisions which are ethical and in line with the Takeda-ism and our priorities of Patient, Trust, Reputation, and Business.
Collaborate and partner with stakeholders in BU / BF to embed ethics and compliance as part of the way everyone works at Takeda.
ACCOUNTABILITIES
Ensure implementation and execution of the Ethics & Compliance Program and act as business partner in supporting the local teams in shaping the organizational mindset around PTRB (Patient-Trust-Reputation-Business)-Model to firmly embed ethical decision-making principles.
Provide expert local support in-sight on regulatory environment as well as identifying and escalation emerging issues in market.
Support cross-functional teams on Transparency Reporting, procedure development, training, and related compliance projects and initiatives and internal control environment enhancement.
Support the implementation of LOC’s healthcare compliance and ethics written standards, procedures, controls and guidance documents, including the design, development and implementation of policy infrastructure and framework in line with Takeda’s global Compliance Policies and Procedures.
Support and execute the Compliance Risk Assessment, the Enterprise Risk Assessment, risk mitigation and monitoring (ensure analysis of results to identify trends, outliers and opportunities for the LOC remediations)
Ensure timely resolution of audit findings and related remediation plans.
Support the deployment of live and web-based compliance training to LOC, employees, and consultants and other Third Parties raising awareness on compliance-relevant matters such as global, regional & local enforcement trends.
Communicate progress on compliance program and initiatives to functional leads, various levels of management and to EUCAN Compliance verbally and in written materials.
Participate in and provide market feedback to global / BU / BF agile projects.
Support local CoC Ambassador Network.
Maintain in-depth knowledge for regulatory environments concerning events & HCP regulations.
Acts as role model for Takeda’s values, ethics and values-based decision making.
SKILLS and CAPABILITIES
Education and Experience:
Master’s degree in business administration, Law, or related field
Healthcare or pharmaceutical industry experience is strongly preferred
Proven experience in healthcare compliance, at least 4+ years
Experience in managing cross-functional teams
Demonstrated knowledge of key laws, regulations and industry best practice standards.
Fluent in written and spoken English.
Skills:
High interpersonal and communication skills including ability to challenge and provide guidance to business.
Experience in aligning potential, present and future compliance risks related to the business, including risk identification, controls & risk mitigation of potential non-compliance.
Deep insights into ethical business decision making and very strong stakeholder-facing interactions and informal leadership abilities.
Personal and professional maturity, able to motivate and inspire.
Leading and influencing, also without authority, including cross-functional projects.
Solution oriented strategic partner with a hands-on mind set.
Ability to build alliances, bridging.
Strong business acumen.
Capable of managing and prioritizing multiple tasks and objectives.
Manages well complexity and ambiguity: ability to develop and apply pragmatic solutions to complex legal, regulatory and industry best practice standards and requirements.
Mindset of curiosity, learning agility and interest in innovative ways of doing things.
Combines enterprise thinking and business focus.
Strong operations, process-orientation, data analytics, or technical expertise to effectively design, develop and implement compliance and relevant business processes, controls, and workflows.
Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities in a fast-paced environment
Locations
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What makes a successful team member within EUCAN at Takeda?
- Agile
- Analytical
- Enthusiastic
- Ambitious
- Collaborative
- Entrepreneurial
Believe in your own ability to do things you want to do. If you do that, things will happen.

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