Associate Director, Compliance - North America

BeiGene continues to grow at a rapid pace with challenging and exciting opportunities for experienced professionals. When considering candidates, we look for scientific and business professionals who are highly motivated, collaborative, and most importantly, share our passionate interest in fighting cancer.

General Description:

BeiGene is seeking a dynamic compliance professional at the Associate Director level who thrives in fast-paced environments, takes a proactive and pragmatic approach to risk management, and is eager to make an impact. This role will report to the Head of Compliance, North America and New Markets, supporting BeiGene’s Compliance program across North America, including both U.S. and Canadian operations.

We are looking for a collaborative and business-minded individual who can effectively partner with teams across the organization to reinforce our culture of integrity and compliance. The ideal candidate will help ensure adherence to regulatory and ethical standards while offering practical, solutions-oriented guidance. In this role, you will work closely with key stakeholders to support compliance initiatives that align with BeiGene’s business objectives and ongoing commitment to ethical practices.

This position will be in the United States, either remote or at BeiGene’s offices in San Carlos, CA, Hopewell, NJ or Cambridge, MA.

Essential Functions:

• Compliance Business Partnership
  • Serve as a trusted compliance partner to the Sales, Marketing, Market Access, and Medical teams, attending meetings and providing targeted compliance training that ensures alignment with company policies and regulatory requirements.
  • Offer real-time guidance on commercial and scientific activities, HCP interactions, and promotional practices.

• HCP Engagement Oversight: Lead the HCP Engagement process, including annual planning, policy updates, FMV assessments, and process improvements to enhance efficiency and compliance.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Risk Mitigation: Collaborate across risk management functions (e.g., Legal, Finance, Procurement) and initiatives (e.g., Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), Enterprise Risk Management (ERM)) to optimize due diligence and monitoring solutions.

• Compliance Committee & Governance Support: Prepare for and serve as secretary of the U.S. Compliance Committee, maintaining accurate records and tracking follow-ups to support committee effectiveness.

• Compliance Champion Program Leadership: Manage the North America Compliance Champion Program, fostering a culture of compliance through training, engagement initiatives, metric tracking, and continuous improvement efforts.

• Regulatory & Industry Standards Expertise: Maintain expert-level knowledge of compliance-related laws, regulations, and industry guidance, including Anti-Kickback Statute, FDCA, HIPAA, Federal Sunshine Act (Open Payments), State Transparency Laws, and PhRMA Code.

• Policy & Procedure Management: Lead compliance policy development, review, and updates, supporting the Policy Review Committee in overseeing a structured policy management framework.

• Training & Continuous Compliance Education: Design and deliver engaging compliance training programs that promote awareness and reinforce compliance obligations across the organization.

• Monitoring and Auditing
  • Conduct live and remote compliance monitoring and support ongoing back-end monitoring activities, tracking and reporting compliance performance.
  • Support and coordinate internal and external audits, ensuring adherence to compliance standards and supporting corrective actions as needed.
  • Oversee the creation of appropriate tracking mechanisms based on problem identification and addressing instances of non-compliance and ensuring consistency in the application of disciplinary action.

• Data-Driven Compliance Insights & Continuous Improvement
  • Use monitoring and audit data to identify trends, present insights to leadership, and drive compliance improvements.
  • Regularly seek stakeholder feedback to enhance compliance support and refine training and communication strategies.
  • Assist with the creation and maintenance of Legal and Compliance-related dashboards and reports and assist with the development, management and reporting of data analytics to manage compliance risks

• Ethics & Compliance Culture
  • Actively promote and reinforce a culture of integrity, ensuring compliance is embedded into daily business operations and decision-making.
  • Manage compliance communication resources, including the ethics hotline and compliance intranet content, ensuring transparency and accessibility.

Minimum Requirements – Education and Experience:

• Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science required; J.D. or other advanced degree preferred but not required.
• Minimum of eight years of combined experience in healthcare compliance, including in-house experience.

Other Qualifications:

• Ability to work effectively in a global environment and good at managing work under a matrix organization structure and comparably complicated environment.
• Management experience and ability to mentor and supervise a team of professionals.
• Strong expertise in compliance with laws, regulations, and industry codes relevant to the development and commercialization of pharmaceutical products.
• Working knowledge and experience with U.S. healthcare fraud and abuse laws (e.g., Anti-kickback statute, False Claims Act), FDCA, FDA guidance, OIG Compliance Program Guidance, OIG advisory opinions, and federal and state transparency and compliance program disclosure laws, and U.S. and international industry codes (e.g., PhRMA, EFPIA, IFPMA).
• Excellent communication skills (oral and written; strong interpersonal skills in both one-on-one and group settings.
• Ability to maintain a high degree of confidentiality in dealing with sensitive matters.
• Acts with a sense of urgency, with high motivation and ability to take initiative, follow through and complete projects in a professional and expeditious manner.
• Strong presentation skills, including creating and delivering presentations to various size audiences at all levels of the organization.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong collaborative, interpersonal and oral communication skills.

Supervisory Responsibilities:  N/A

Travel: 

• Travel approximately 20%
• Able to travel within the region, as required

Computer Skills:  

• Proficiency in the Microsoft suite of tools including Outlook, Word, PowerPoint and Excel

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BeiGene Global Competencies

When we exhibit our values of Patients First, Collaborative Spirit, Bold Ingenuity and Driving Excellence, through our twelve global competencies below, we help get more affordable medicines to more patients around the world.

• Fosters Teamwork
• Provides and Solicits Honest and Actionable Feedback
• Self-Awareness
• Acts Inclusively
• Demonstrates Initiative
• Entrepreneurial Mindset
• Continuous Learning
• Embraces Change
• Results-Oriented
• Analytical Thinking/Data Analysis
• Financial Excellence
• Communicates with Clarity

BeiGene is committed to fair and equitable compensation practices. Actual compensation packages are determined by several factors that are unique to each candidate, including but not limited to job-related skills, depth of experience, certifications, relevant education or training, and specific work location. Packages may vary by location due to differences in the cost of labor. The recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for a preferred location during the hiring process.  Please note that the listed range reflects the base salary or hourly range only. Non-Commercial roles are eligible to participate in the annual bonus plan, and Commercial roles are eligible to participate in an incentive compensation plan. All Company employees have the opportunity to own shares of BeiGene Ltd. stock because all employees are eligible for discretionary equity awards and to voluntarily participate in the Employee Stock Purchase Plan. The Company has a comprehensive benefits package that includes Medical, Dental, Vision, 401(k), FSA/HSA, Life Insurance, Paid Time Off, and Wellness.

We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer and we value diversity. BeiGene does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.