Health Care Compliance Officer Abiomed EMEA

at  Johnson Johnson

OVERALL, PURPOSE OF THIS JOB:

The HCC Officer EMEA Abiomed leads and drives the Healthcare Compliance (HCC) program for EMEA Abiomed to ensure business practices and activities are in compliance with related J&J internal guidelines, laws, regulations and industry codes (MedTech Code) and anti-corruption laws including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
The HCC Officer serves as a strategic business partner for management and acts as a coach for all covered employees assuring a company culture of compliance is a natural element in day-to-day business. The HCCO supports planning, trainings, assessments, testing & monitoring and other HCC activities for EMEA Abiomed.
This position is located in Aachen, Germany and reports to the HCC Director EMEA MedTech Regional Offices.

THE RESPONSIBILITIES & THE IMPACT YOU WILL HAVE:

Partner with the EMEA Abiomed executive leadership to ensure that the HCC program effectively prevents and/or detects violations of law, regulations, policies, or the Code of Conduct. That includes but is not limited to:

• Establishing and chairing the EMEA Abiomed Compliance Committee, the committee responsible for designing and implementing an effective compliance program and key decision making.
• Assuring adequate representation in relevant business governance structures e.g., management board and establish discussion platforms to get general business alignment and impact analysis.
• Communicating on status of the HCC program regularly to the line manager and the relevant board(s).
• Translating global HCC strategies into EMEA Abiomed strategy based on appropriate needs, goals, and objectives, considering EMEA external regulatory trends and environment.
• Developing and coordinating the implementation of EMEA strategy, aligning with the businesses and J&J HCC.
• Stimulating and supplying innovative ways towards HCPs and GOs consistent with the HCC/HCBI guidelines and framework and performing business plan reviews.
• Ensuring disclosure requirements of MedTech Europe and local legislation are met.
• Developing and providing appropriate guidance, procedures, education, training, and regular communications on HCC to business partners.
• Conducting self-assessment and risk assessment processes to detect process gaps & inconsistencies.
• Driving the establishment of the Management Action Plans and guiding the business partners to close gaps and implement corrective actions.
• Developing a testing & monitoring plan to demonstrate that the HCC program is effective and participate in execution where appropriate. Engage EMEA Abiomed executive leaders’ participation in roll out.
• Supporting the preparation of Corporate Internal Audits.
• Consulting on HCC matters, policies, and procedures with business partners. Performing HCC reviews & approvals for HCP/HCO/GO related activities as required.
• Participating in and leading investigations of non-compliance and implementing the escalation process for allegations, as appropriate
• Partnering with the global/regional HCC community to share approaches to HCC.
• Collaborating with Legal and Privacy regarding HCC and Privacy requirements and interpretation.