Qualifications/Skills:
- Law degree required for external candidates; admission to practice in China preferred
- Minimum 12 years’ relevant experience; 3–5 years in a compliance BP role preferred
- Experience in multinational pharmaceutical companies preferred
- Strong knowledge of pharma sales & marketing practices and industry Codes of Conduct preferred
- Familiarity with the U.S. FCPA, UK Bribery Act and relevant Chinese anti‑corruption laws advantageous
- Practical, commercially focused compliance and legal advice skills
- Regularly review and analyze compliance dashboards and metrics to identify trends and prioritize actions
- Proactive issue‑spotting and escalation; drives timely, appropriate resolutions
- Proven leadership and sound judgment; experience managing teams
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills; experience in training, interviews and investigations
- Fluent in English and Chinese (written and spoken)
Areas of Responsibility:
Under the supervision of Head of Legal & Compliance, China, the position will lead a team of 4 members and should have the following responsibilities:
- Compliance partnering: leading a compliance BP team to provide daily compliance related consultations and answer ad hoc enquiries from related MSD business;
- Compliance programs and policies: actively thinking about continual improvement and development of the existing compliance programs, familiar with MSD global compliance policies and programs, ensuring full consistency in terms of the policy localization in MSD China
- Compliance initiatives and projects: working on new compliance programs and designing new control and monitoring measures for new business activities and practices
- Monthly Compliance Committee Meeting: collecting meeting topics and creating its agenda accordingly, taking meeting minutes, and ensuring and tracking the follow-up actions in a timely manner
- Compliance trainings: preparing tailor made training materials targeting different internal clients and conducting necessary trainings accordingly, properly tracking all relevant records
- Investigation: leading or participating in internal investigations, including data analysis, document review and interviews
- Team management: leading the compliance BP team, supporting Head of Legal and Compliance, China in daily business
- Other compliance related issues and work upon requests