Compliance Officer

Business Introduction GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems. Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines. Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges. Position Summary You will lead compliance activities across our India operations, working with business leaders, legal, risk, and operations teams. You will provide clear guidance on regulatory and policy matters. You will help build simple, practical compliance solutions that protect the company and patients. We value people who communicate clearly, act with integrity, and coach others to do the right thing. This role offers growth, real impact and the chance to contribute to our mission of uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. Job Purpose The {COUNTRY] Compliance Officer is Accountable for partnering with General Manager 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. Responsible for compliance and risk management advice to the Commercial business in and for mobilizing around the three key pillars of GSK Compliance: Predict, Protect, and Enable. Key Responsibilities A member of the India Compliance Leadership Team Works with GSK leaders to ensure the effective implementation a compliance programme within India 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. Partners 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 India 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. Manage internal reporting and escalation of issues that India 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 Advises 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. Supporting the closure of local Corrective and Preventative Actions (CAPAs) coming from internal audits, internal & external investigations, Independent Business 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 Flexible Thinking Demonstrates experience in quickly learning and understanding specific categories, industry challenges, marketing strategies, and related risks Systematically evaluates the advantages and disadvantages of several realistic alternative solutions to issues. Creates an overarching strategy as a result of this analysis, which maximises the benefits and minimises the risks of the original options Developing People Embeds behaviours in line with corporate governance guidelines within Pharma Creates increased awareness and responsibility for compliance 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 Customer Driven Leads initiatives designed to raise the 'value added' to customers. These activities will have a wider or longer-term effect than a specific action designed to address a particular customer issue or problem Self-motivated, dependable and accurate. Ability to manage and deliver on expectations and deliverables to and from multiple managers Building Relationships Ability to work cooperatively with diverse cross-functional teams and individuals at all levels in the organization with integrity and flexibility Build relationships with all employees and management and balance relationship-building with preventing or stopping inappropriate wrong doing or misbehaviour Sees issues through the 'eyes of another'; Is non-evaluative and non-judgmental about understanding the views of others, even when this view conflicts with own views Seeks commonality / consensus by partnering with the business and building win-win solutions. Is open with own views and feelings and encourages others to do the same Ability to maintain high level of integrity and trust around sensitive compliance issues Interpersonal & Communication Skills Excellent communication and interpersonal skills and the capability to flex communication style to the needs of stakeholders at every level of management Promotes business ownership of Compliance and Risk Management and brings solutions to management to address risk management and compliance gaps and issues by adopting a pragmatic and collaborative approach Is Proactive and provides continuous communication to all levels of the organization Knowledge and Capabilities required Extensive knowledge & experience with compliance and risk & control programmes and processes Demonstrated effective risk management, process improvement, and/or project management skills Able to communicate at a senior level Project management skills to drive multiple initiatives across multiple departments simultaneously Track record in providing high degree of self-reliance, accountability, and value-added consultat