Compliance Manager, International

The Compliance Manager, International will play a key role in constructing, implementing, and embedding best-in-class compliance and legal practices primarily into CONMED’s International markets. The Compliance/Legal Manager’s first responsibility will be updating, implementing, and maintaining CONMED’s compliance program and strategies, and helping to ensure CONMED leaders, employees and distribution, sales and business partners understand and comply with laws to do business consistently with CONMED values, while preserving CONMED’s strong reputation of business with integrity. Along with this work will be some on-going contract drafting and review with respect to compliance-reviewed contracts as to distribution partners, physician consultants and medical education, in addition to distributor audit and trainings on compliance matters.

Key Duties & Responsibilities:

• Management of Due Diligence screening process for Distributors
• Standards, Policies & Procedures: Ensure appropriate compliance strategies, infrastructure, and processes. Manage process to draft, implement, update, and maintain standards, policies, procedures, and controls for CONMED internationally, consistent with CONMED’s Code of Business Conduct and Ethics, to prevent and detect conduct that is illegal or could harm the Company’s reputation for business with integrity.
• Risk Assessment: Design and conduct risk assessments based on the external environment, prioritize risk, and develop risk mitigation plans.
• Communication, Education & Tools: Develop and manage delivery of effective and engaging compliance training and communication structure, program, materials and tools for sales teams, distributors, and other stakeholders, in view of identified risks. Support and maintain a culture where people feel comfortable speaking up regarding compliance and ethics.
• Investigating and Addressing Concerns: Establish and maintain channels, other than the CONMED Corporate hotline, for people to raise compliance concerns or allegations, and controls to ensure retaliation does not occur for the good faith reporting of concerns. Assess and prioritize matters for investigation, oversee and/or conduct investigations, and drive remedial actions where appropriate to address concerns and prevent future misconduct. Collaborate with other internal organizations locally and internationally (i.e., Finance, Human Resources, etc.) as appropriate to investigate and resolve compliance issues.
• Monitoring & Improvement: Monitor and establish metrics and benchmarks for the effectiveness of the compliance program and function, including with regards to healthcare compliance adherence, and use that information as well as risk assessments to update and improve the compliance program and controls. Perform transactions related to reports monitoring, third party vendors and others.
• Teamwork: Actively participate in CONMED’s Compliance Department to share best practices, standardize processes, drive initiatives and provide critical input.

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree from accredited university required.
• 5+ years of experience in a compliance leadership role or a role with significant compliance responsibilities in a global company (life sciences technology industry experience preferred, not required).
• Experience with requirements of US publicly traded company and FCPA requirements.

Other Attributes:

• Located in Either UK or Ireland.
• Ability to travel internationally and up to 25%.
• Highest standards of personal and professional integrity and character, maintains confidentiality.
• Ability to identify compliance risks and identify changes in the global risk environment facing the company.
• Strong knowledge of healthcare compliance.
• Ability to navigate ambiguities, prioritize and manage numerous simultaneous projects under deadline pressure.
• Strong project and resource management skills.
• Strong oral and written communication and presentation skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills with proven ability to achieve outcomes by influencing people across functions and regions.
• An appreciation for, and sensitivity toward, a wide range of cultural differences.
• Ability to resolve issues effectively, efficiently and diplomatically.
• Fluency in English.
• Possess gravitas, judgment and self-confidence, but also respect for others, regardless of position, and desire to work as a team member with all levels of management.
• Possess keen intellect, excellent communication skills and credibility so as to interact effectively and influence management at all levels.
• Genuine desire to work in an international setting with a high-level enthusiasm for the diversity of work.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Graduate degree and/or professional accreditation preferred
• Fluency in French or German preferred