Director - Ethics, Compliance, and Investigations

vor 6 Monaten


Basel, Schweiz Lonza Vollzeit

Switzerland, BaselToday, Lonza is a global leader in life sciences operating across three continents. While we work in science, there’s no magic formula to how we do it. Our greatest scientific solution is talented people working together, devising ideas that help businesses to help people. In exchange, we let our people own their careers. Their ideas, big and small, genuinely improve the world. And that’s the kind of work we want to be part of.

We are looking for professionals to grow with us and we have an exciting opportunity in our Legal group. The Director, Ethics & Compliance is responsible for handling internal investigations in the Americas and collaborating with those who handle in other regions, to ensure objective, consistent investigation and management of allegations of wrongdoing.

The Director, Ethics, Compliance and Investigations is responsible for handling internal investigations globally and collaborating with those who handle in specific regions, to ensure objective, consistent investigation and management of allegations of wrongdoing. This role will be responsible for knowing applicable law and regulator expectations with respect to internal investigations, compliance programs and reporting; will develop and implement policies and procedures regarding the same; will support data management and assessment in support of improvements in company initiatives that focus on risk management, improved compliance and employee engagement; and will be responsible for the overall compliance training program. This role will prepare reports for senior management, as well as reporting of program metrics for external reporting (Sustainability Report) and manage our internal compliance training program, as directed by Vice President, General Counsel, Head of Ethics & Compliance.

**Key responsibilities**:

- Investigations: Lead, conduct and document investigations into alleged violations of company policies or other wrongdoing, including conducting root cause analyses of any substantiated allegations and recommend remedial measures in each case in collaboration with other stakeholders (Legal, HR, Quality, IT, EHS, outside counsel, etc.)
- Training & Communication: Develop and execute the global E&C training strategy and program (including relationship with and execution of program with third party vendor) and related communications campaign to drive risk mitigation, increased awareness of compliance obligations (effective training) and employee engagement.
- Policies and Procedures: Identify, recommend, develop and implement global policies and procedures related to internal investigations and reporting and additional risk areas, incorporating requirements of internal (HR, Legal, Quality, IT, etc.) and external (regulators, customers, investors) stakeholders. Provide guidance to other E&C investigators and internal stakeholders on the same.
- Data Management and Risk Assessment: Support data management efforts and reporting to support proactive risk identification, trends and opportunities for improvement in E&C in the organization. Support audits and assessments of compliance programs. Provide leadership and guidance to E&C colleagues around the world regarding US and other applicable regulator expectations and best practices.
- Systems: Manage and oversee hotline reporting and disclosure tool (including relationship with and execution of system with third party vendor), in collaboration with other members of E&C team, including system administrator.
- Other: Perform other duties as assigned by General Counsel, Head of E&C and/or Group General Counsel

Key requirements:

- Bachelors degree in Law, LLM (Masters of Law), or JD (Graduate studies in law)
- 10+ years in house Investigation experience
- Ability to assess and manage complex investigations objectively, professionally and consistently and identify root cause without clear indicators.
- Ability to stay abreast of trends, requirements and expectations of stakeholders in internal investigations and E&C programs, generally.
- Ability to strategically assess how isolated incidents and other data indicate emerging risks that may have global business impact; define/implement global mitigation/prevention actions in response to findings and trends.

People come to Lonza for the challenge and creativity of solving complex problems and developing new ideas in life sciences. In return, we offer the satisfaction that comes with improving lives all around the world. The satisfaction that comes with making a meaningful difference.

Lonza is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a qualified individual with disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
- Reference: R60365



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