Job Description Summary

Job Description

The Senior Counsel, Compliance will be a member of the Ethics & Compliance organization and will report to the SVP, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer. The successful candidate will serve as the Compliance Officer for one to two BD Business Units, providing counsel on a wide range of compliance matters. They will be responsible for completing BD’s compliance strategy.

This role is a unique opportunity for an individual to serve as a trusted advisor and astute business partner who will collaborate effectively with various stakeholders and leaders to assist the Company in meeting business objectives while ensuring healthcare compliance and mitigating risk. The position requires proven understanding of the legal and compliance implications of business decisions and will play a meaningful role in enabling the Company and its professionals to develop and deliver its products and offerings to customers effectively and efficiently, while appropriately managing risks in the heavily regulated environments in which the Company operates. The successful candidate will be a “hands-on” attorney who is able to operate autonomously, yet effectively collaborate across a matrixed organization.

This position will have direct client contact at the business unit leadership level. The successful candidate will have the opportunity to make an immediate contribution to BD’s continuing growth and success. The person sought for this role will be a proven, high potential candidate with strong intellectual, technical and people skills.

Job Description

The responsibilities of the position include:

• Acting as a leader in Ethics & Compliance and providing compliance risk management oversight and guidance to colleagues in the aligned Business Units.
• Leading all aspects of a comprehensive compliance strategy and operational approach to establish a culture of accountability and compliance in the aligned Business Units.
• Serving as a strategic partner to business leaders, sales distributor leaders, and other relevant management personnel on compliance matters.
• Developing positive relationships throughout all functional areas, departments, and divisions to develop an advisory or collaborative approach to proactive compliance.
• Chairing relevant Business Unit Compliance Committees and other applicable committees to align with key partners on compliance risks and mitigation objectives and elevate key risks/trends to the appropriate business personnel.
• Maintaining current working knowledge of key laws and regulations, including the False Claims Act, Anti-Kickback Statute, the Sunshine Act and relevant state laws.
• Proactively understanding the evolution of the compliance requirements and enforcement landscape relevant to the aligned Business Units to pre-emptively address and mitigate regional compliance risks.
• Providing regular updates on compliance risk management to appropriate cross-functional partner groups within aligned Business Units (e.g., legal, internal audit, finance, regulatory, HR, medical affairs, marketing, sales).
• Developing and communicating relevant compliance metrics for internal audiences.
• Conducting, managing, and resolving compliance investigations, as vital.
• Supporting compliance due diligence for new business and product acquisitions.
• Serving as Compliance lead on integration of all acquisitions related to aligned Business Units.
• Developing and implementing auditing and supervising programs to evaluate the company’s compliance with applicable laws, regulations and company policies (includes working with third-party vendors as needed to develop such programs).
• Reviewing education and research grant proposals, charitable contributions, and sponsorship.
• Partnering with business unit, site, and functional leadership to ensure the achievement of strategic business and corporate governance requirements associated with compliance matters.
• Ensuring accurate resource planning and management of outside counsel.

Education / Certifications

• The successful candidate will hold a law degree with strong academic credentials from an accredited law school and will have acquired an undergraduate degree from a college or university of recognized standing.
• Licensed in good standing to practice law in at least one state and one federal jurisdiction within the United States without any instances of suspension, revocation, censure or other adverse events in any jurisdiction, whether or not the candidate is currently admitted to practice in that jurisdiction.

Professional qualifications

• 5+ years of relevant healthcare compliance law experience
• Solid understanding of healthcare laws and regulations, including the False Claims Ac