Compliance Director – Business Partnering & Advisory, Japan

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Job Purpose: Serve as the senior Compliance business partner and trusted advisor to GSK Japan’s Business Units (BUs) and promoted-brand teams, enabling fast, risk-informed decisions at the point of business need while safeguarding the integrity of the enterprise. The role embeds Compliance early into brand planning, launches, HCP engagement and promotional/information-provision activities — providing real-time, pragmatic advice that accelerates performance without diluting independent challenge. It strengthens a values-based, Speak Up culture, translates MHLW, JPMA, PMD Act and GSK written standards into practical business guidance, and ensures that risks are anticipated and prevented rather than only detected — positioning Compliance as a strategic advisor. Key Responsibilities: • Act as the primary Compliance business partner and advisor to assigned Business Units and promoted brands, providing real-time, risk-informed guidance that enables faster launch, campaign and HCP-engagement decisions. • Embed Compliance early into brand strategy, business planning, speaker programs and promotional/information-provision activities, framing risk at the point of decision rather than after the fact. • Interpret and translate MHLW Guidelines, PMD Act advertising requirements, JPMA standards and GSK written standards into clear, practical business solutions and “how-to-comply” advice. • Partner with BU Heads, Marketing, Sales and Medical to evaluate risk appetite, identify proactive and pragmatic mitigations, and support well-documented, defensible business decisions. • Own and drive the local Risk Management & Compliance Board (RMCB) agenda for assigned areas, ensuring visibility, escalation and remediation of significant compliance risks to the Head of Japan Compliance and JLT. • Design, embed and continuously improve the Internal Control Framework for assigned BUs, emphasizing prevention — early-warning indicators, controls and capability-building over detection alone. • Lead root-cause analysis and CAPA for compliance issues in the business, ensuring accountable owners, due dates, evidence-based closure and effectiveness checks that withstand inspection. • Deliver targeted training, coaching and communications on the GSK Code of Conduct and key risks, building compliance capability and confident decision-making within the business. • Foster high ethical standards, Speak Up culture; promote transparency and psychological safety so employees raise concerns early, and handle sensitive matters with appropriate confidentiality. • Partner with Independent Business Monitoring, the Supervisory Division, Legal, HR and Investigations to align monitoring insights, feed lessons learned back into the business. Breadth/ Scope of Accountability: • Japan-wide advisory accountability for assigned Business Units and promoted brands across the end-to-end commercial and information-provision lifecycle. • Works across Commercial, Medical, Material Excellence, Legal, HR, the Speaker Program CoE and enabling functions, while preserving Compliance’s independent challenge role. • Advises and influences without direct commercial ownership; business and functional leaders retain accountability for their activities, risks and controls. • Accountable for the quality, timeliness and defensibility of Compliance advice, RMCB inputs and CAPA discipline for the assigned portfolio. • Trusted with highly confidential and sensitive matters; expected to escalate significant risk without delay. *Future scope of job and working location will be determined by company. Knowledge/ Education/ Previous Experience Required: A. Educational Background • Minimum Level of Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience • Area of Specialization: Law, C

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