Associate Director, Corporate Compliance - Operations

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The job details are as follows:

Who We Are

We are the first publicly-traded biotech or pharmaceutical company to take the form of a public benefit corporation. Our public benefit purpose is to provide a brighter future for patients through the development of novel pharmaceutical therapies; and technologies that expand the availability of transplantable organs.

United Therapeutics (Nasdaq: UTHR) seeks to travel down the corridors of indifference to develop treatments for rare, deadly diseases. We were founded in 1996 by a family seeking a cure for their daughter’s pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). Today, we have six FDA-approved therapies that treat PAH, pulmonary hypertension associated with interstitial lung disease (PH-ILD) and neuroblastoma, a rare pediatric cancer. Our near-term pipeline seeks to develop additional therapies for PAH and pulmonary fibrosis (PF).

The cure for end-stage life-threatening diseases like PAH, PH-ILD, PF, and many others is an organ transplant, but only a small percentage of donated organs are available to address the vast need. For this reason, we are working to create manufactured organs to address the shortage of kidneys, hearts, lungs, and livers available for transplant. We believe an unlimited supply of tolerable, transplantable organs will eliminate the transplant waiting list and cure end-stage organ diseases for which transplant is not currently an option.

Who You Are

The Associate Director, Corporate Compliance - Operations is an experienced compliance operations leader who combines strategic thinking with strong execution. This role serves as a go-to lead for compliance systems, process governance, and reporting enablement, with responsibility for shaping scalable operational solutions that support a modern and effective Corporate Compliance program. The Associate Director is comfortable leading complex cross-functional initiatives, improving data quality and process performance, and addressing operational and regulatory challenges with thoughtful, practical solutions.

Systems Leadership and Governance: Lead the design and optimization of compliance systems, workflows, and governance structures that support key operational processes such as HCP engagement, external funding, and fair market value. This role is responsible for advancing a compliance systems and data roadmap, overseeing enhancements and release readiness, and ensuring that processes remain well controlled, sustainable, and aligned with business and regulatory expectations. The ideal candidate can anticipate issues, solve complex problems, and guide the organization through process and system changes with confidence and clarity.

Data Strategy and Reporting Enablement: Provide leadership for data governance across compliance-owned systems and datasets by establishing quality standards, definitions, documentation, and control expectations. This role enables more effective reporting and analytics by improving data completeness, accuracy, and usability and by partnering with stakeholders to define business requirements for dashboards, extracts, and other reporting outputs. The Associate Director understands how strong data governance supports both day-to-day operations and broader compliance oversight.

Third-Party Risk Program Development: Play a leadership role in building and maintaining a third-party risk management program for healthcare compliance risk, including risk-based intake, due diligence, governance, onboarding, renewal, and termination processes. This role partners across functions to embed appropriate compliance controls into vendor lifecycle activities and helps ensure that operational design keeps pace with evolving business needs and regulatory expectations.

Enterprise Partnership and Influence: Work across functions and levels of the organization to influence decisions, align priorities, and move initiatives forward. The successful candidate brings strong analytical skills, executive-ready communication, sound judgment, and the ability to lead through complexity. This person is collaborative, adaptable, and trusted to handle sensitive matters while driving high-impact operational improvements across the compliance program.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in business, finance, life sciences, healthcare, information systems or related field with 12+ years of relevant experience in the life sciences industry (pharmaceutical, medical device or biotech) or,
• Master's Degree with 10+ years of relevant experience in the life sciences indu