Compliance Officer, Germany Commercial (m/f/d)

This position is at GSK

The selection process will be fully managed by GSK.

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# **Compliance Officer Germany Commercial (m/f/d)** The posting period will end on the 9th of January in 2026 ## **Job purpose:** Reporting to the VP Compliance Officer Europe, the Germany Compliance Officer (Senior Director level) is accountable for partnering with the General Manager for the Germany LOC and senior leaders to enable the business to deliver commercial ambitions in a sustainable and compliant manner through influencing the right behaviors, driving the right accountability, and fostering the right leadership that embeds a compliance culture that protects the reputation of GSK and mitigates risk. The incumbent is responsible for compliance and risk management advice to the GSK Commercial business in Germany and for mobilizing around the three key pillars of GSK Compliance: Predict, Protect, and Enable. ## **Key responsibilities:** * Acts as a member of the Europe Compliance Leadership Team and the Germany Leadership Team * Works with GSK leaders to ensure the effective implementation a compliance programme within the Germany LOC to prevent, detect, and correct violations of company policy, including continued embedding of enterprise risk mitigation programs, including Commercial Practices, Anti-bribery and Corruption, and Privacy * Partner with business leaders to proactively identify, evaluate and manage risks in accordance with GSK’s internal control framework and in a way that enables sustainable business growth * Ensure deployment of relevant corporate policies in a simple, clear, consistent, and timely fashion that enables business leaders to drive competitive performance * Facilitate the Germany Risk Management and Compliance Board (RMCB). Proactively promote the RMCB to define effective risk management plans, integrating themes from investigations, monitoring, and auditing to provide oversight on execution of mitigation plans * Manages internal reporting and escalation of issues that Germany may face (including GSK Speak Up) * Partnering with Corporate Investigations Team, HR and Legal to ensure reported concerns are promptly and thoroughly investigated, with suitable corrective and remediation action and discipline where appropriate * Implementation of global compliance programs by translating global requirements into local specifications, including any relevant training * Advise senior leaders in the business on risk associated with emerging business strategies and pragmatic options for risk mitigation and management; provides advisory services in relation to GSK Policies and Standard Operating Procedures in designated areas * Ensures that proper internal controls are in place and in use, including management monitoring and Key Risk Indicators, and Risk Insights * Supporting the closure of local Corrective and Preventative Actions (CAPAs) coming from internal audits, internal & external investigations, Independent Business Monitoring and Third Party Monitoring * Acts as a change leader for standardisation, where appropriate, to simplify the complexity of practices while maintaining adherence to GSK policy ## **Job Related Skills:** **Learning agility** * Thrives in ambiguous and complex situations, demonstrating agility and guiding others through uncertainty * Proven experience in quickly learning and understanding industry challenges, evolving commercialisation strategies, and related risks * Proactively anticipates potential risks or unintended consequences of decisions, leveraging data and input from diverse sources to make risk-informed choices **Leading Teams:** * Cultivates self-awareness and drives continuous improvement, leading by example and welcoming feedback * Promotes collaboration, celebrates team achievements and fosters and inclusive and supportive environment to enable growth * Role-models the Compliance Enable Capabilities (Insights, Communication, Coaching and Learning Agility) and the GSK Culture Pillars (Ambitious for Patients, Accountable for Impact and Do the Right Thing) **Continuous Improvement** * Raises levels of performance by establishing an improvement process, or setting specific, measurable targets and goals linked to GSK business needs * Enhances the scope for initiatives by reducing barriers to the performance of self or others * Determination and confidence to challenge the existing ways of working and shift current thinking to embrace working in a smarter, more efficient and simpler way **Building Relationships** * Cultivates strong relationships, demonstrating emotional intelligence and effective communication skills * Ability to work collaboratively with diverse cross-functional teams and individuals at all levels in the organization with agility, integrity and flexibility, co-creating win-win solutions * Inspires trust and integrity through independent conviction and steadfast leadership; effectively balances relationship-building with the prevention or cessation of inappropriate wrongdoing or misbehaviour and maintains a high level of integrity and trust concerning sensitive compliance issues **Interpersonal & Communication Skills** * Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, and the capability to flex communication style to effectively engage and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation * Effectively promotes business ownership of Compliance and Risk Management and brings pragmatic solutions to management to integrate risk management and address compliance issues by adopting a transparent, pragmatic and collaborative approach * Is proactive and delivers continuous and relevant communication to all levels of the organization ## **Requirements:** * University Degree (Bachelor or Master) in a specialization such as Business Administration, life sciences, Risk Management or Legal * 10 years of Job experience in Compliance and / or Risk Management * Strong business acumen with a deep understanding of compliance frameworks relevant to the pharmaceutical sector * Proven experience in compliance, risk management, and control processes with a track record of success in supporting, developing or implementing compliance programs that align with an integrated approach to risk management * Skilled in risk management, process improvement, and project management. Capable of managing multiple projects across departments * Impactful communication and interpersonal skills to influence all organisational levels. Effective in a highly matrixed organization * Superior listening skills and analytical ability to diagnose problems. Creative problem-solving abilities and a strategic mindset to anticipate and address emerging compliance challenges * Ability to embrace technology, drive efficiencies, and leverage artificial intelligence and data analytics to enhance compliance processes and decision-making * Track record in providing high degree of self-reliance, accountability, and value-added consultation/support to senior business managers and other support functions * Maintains credibility, independence, integrity, confidentiality, and trust in sensitive compliance issues *LI-GSK **Why GSK?** **Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.** GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale. People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people. Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us at [[email protected]](mailto:[email protected]) where you can also request a call. Please note should your inquiry not relate to adjustments, we will not be able to support you through these channels. 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