Compliance Specialist, APAC

Purpose Statement

The role of Compliance Associate is to provide compliance advice and support to franchises across the APAC Boston Scientific business. In this role, you will oversee the review and approval process of the company’s interactions with healthcare professionals across the region to ensure local and corporate compliance policy requirements are met and adhered to.

You will be required to liaise with multiple stakeholders including sales and marketing teams, Asia Pacific countries leadership, functional teams and the company’s global legal and compliance team. You will also play a key role in implementing and continuously enhancing the Asia Pacific compliance program.

This position will be based in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It will be part of a newly launched Asia Pacific Compliance Centre of Excellence, within Boston Scientific’s growing Asia Pacific Legal & Compliance organization. 

Job Responsibilities

• Maintain a thorough working knowledge of internal compliance policies and industry code of practice across APAC.
• Coordinate with business functions, franchises, global compliance, and external stakeholders to ensure compliance to policies.
• Implement, maintain and enhance Boston Scientific’s compliance review and monitoring process of interactions with healthcare professionals across APAC to ensure compliance to company policies.
• Perform risk analysis on findings across APAC and work with local stakeholders to develop, implement remediation plans and monitor to ensure effectiveness of the program.
• Identify gaps in current processes, develop solutions to enhance the APAC compliance program by collaborating with local and global compliance team.

• Learn, understand and keep current with the various APAC medical device industry standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a related field.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience in a compliance audit, assessments, and monitoring role any field
• Experience in healthcare / life sciences industry will be advantage.
• Excellent analytical skills and attention to detail, with the ability to interpret complex regulations and apply them to practical situations.
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written, with the ability to convey compliance requirements to stakeholders at various levels of the organization.
• Strong organizational and project management abilities, with the capability to prioritize and handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Proficiency in using software MS Office 

Skill Requirements:

Relationship Building & Collaboration

• Establish and maintain strong relationships internally.
• Contributes to a culture of respect, diversity and inclusion.
• Works effectively with others across the team to achieve goals.

Customer Focus

• Identify customer needs and ensure the effective delivery of high-quality solutions and services that meet or exceed customer expectations.
• Able to balance and meet compliance and commercial requirements.

Planning & Execution

• Maintains well organised files, system and reports.
• Plans and prioritises own work routine and influences other stakeholders to meet established deadlines.
• Makes sure all parts of a job are completed in full, within deadlines, including follow up plans and paperwork.

Adaptability

• Responds resourcefully, flexibly and positively when faced with new challenges and demands.

Languages

• English and Mandarin will be advantage.

As a leader in medical science for more than 40 years, we are committed to solving the challenges that matter most – united by a deep caring for human life. Our mission to advance science for life is about transforming lives through innovative medical solutions that improve patient lives, create value for our customers, and support our employees and the communities in which we operate. Now more than ever, we have a responsibility to apply those values to everything we do – as a global business and as a global corporate citizen.

So, choosing a career with Boston Scientific (NYSE: BSX) isn’t just business, it’s personal. And if you’re a natural problem-solver with the imagination, determination, and spirit to make a meaningful difference to people worldwide, we encourage you to apply and look forward to connecting with you!