Compliance and Ethics Lead, Italy

**Working with Us**
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams rich in diversity. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

**The Role**

We are now recruiting a **Compliance and Ethics Lead, Italy **(Office Based in Rome)**, who will be responsible responsible for leading Compliance & Ethics operations in Italy.

The position will report to the Vice President of European Markets & Japan Compliance and Ethics and will also work closely with the BMS Compliance & Ethics Leadership Team, Italy’s Legal team, and with the market’s leadership team and key stakeholders.

**Key Duties and Responsibilities**
- Promote BMS’ Integrity Culture throughout the organization and partner with the leadership team to ensure a steadfast commitment by all employees to compliance and ethics.
- Maintain the compliance program components of Model 231 and serve as a member of the market’s Model 231 Vigilance Committee.
- Сo-Chair the Compliance Committee with the General Manager, liaising effectively with BMS’ Global C&E Organization.
- Drive execution of the market’s Compliance Risk Assessment in coordination with the Global C&E Organization Center of Excellence.
- Partner well with the market Legal team as well as with other risk management functions such as BCF, EMCOE, HCP Transparency and Internal Audit to provide high quality guidance and support to the business.
- Participate in periodic internal audits, monitoring and due diligence activities in the market and, as appropriate, coordinate execution of follow-up actions.
- Periodically conduct compliance investigations requiring local C&E support.
- Develop & ensure oversight for compliance procedures, education, communications, and monitoring & analytics in close cooperation with the Global C&E Organization.
- Maintain knowledge of business and markets and compliance trends in the industry to identify and mitigate potential compliance risks.
- Represent BMS Compliance at local market industry associations compliance and ethics working groups and subcommittees.

**Qualifications, Knowledge and Skills Required**
- ** Preferred Law Degree**
- ** 7+ years of experience in compliance or legal in a highly regulated industry with at least 5 years of pharmaceutical industry legal and/or compliance experience.**
- **Superior personal integrity and ethics, including an exceptional sense of discretion.**
- Effective communicator with a demonstrated ability to establish and maintain strong relationships with stakeholders.
- Strong strategic-thinking skills with an ability to identify and recommend process improvements and best practices.
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects under deadline pressure with flexibility to work on a broad range of matters.
- Ability to discuss controversial topics with senior executive leadership and obtain their buy-in and support.
- Italian language fluency and excellent written and spoken English required.
- L’appartenenza alle categorie protette, lg. 68/99 costituirà titolo preferenziale._

**What’s important to us**

Employees are expected to display the BMS Values, which move us toward our mission to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases:
**Passion**_: Our dedication to learning and excellence helps us to deliver exceptional results. _

**Innovation**: _We pursue disruptive and bold solutions for patients. _

**Urgency**: _We move together with speed and quality because patients are waiting._

**Accountability**: _We all own BMS’ success and strive to be transparent and deliver on our commitments._

**Integrity**:_ We demonstrate ethics, integrity, and quality in everything we do for patients, customers, and colleagues._

**Inclusion**: _We embrace diversity and foster an environment where we can all work together at our full potential. _
- We have a passion for tackling the toughest diseases, which inspires innovation and speed in our daily work and a sense of accountability to the patients we serve._
- #LI-ONSITE_

**Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers**

**On-site Protocol**

BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:
Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by