Head Compliance - EM

Company Description

Dr. Reddy’s Laboratories Ltd. is a leading multinational pharmaceutical company based across global locations. Each of our 24,000 plus employees comes to work every day for one collective purpose: to accelerate access to affordable and innovative medicines because Good Health Can’t Wait.

We started in 1984 with a modest investment, 20 employees and a bold vision. Today, we have research and development centres, manufacturing facilities or a commercial presence in 66 countries.

For nearly four decades, we have stood for access, affordability and innovation based on the bedrock of deep science, progressive people practices and robust corporate governance. As the pharmaceutical industry evolves and undergoes disruption, we see an opportunity – to strengthen our core further (the next steps) and to build the future (the new bets).

‘The Next and the New’ is how we aim to continue to be the partner of choice – purpose-driven, future-ready and sustainable. Our aim is to reach over 1.5 Bn+ patients across the world by 2030 by growing our core businesses and building for the future with sustainability at the core of our purpose and strategy. Sustainability for us means operating in a manner that respects people, planet and purpose – helping us conserve precious resources, serve our patients, create value for stakeholders, give back to society, fulfil our potential and maintain our integrity and transparency

Dr Reddy’s maintains a work environment, free from discrimination and is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to employ & nurture all qualified diverse workforce without regard to race, colour religion, nationality, sex, age, disability status, genetics, sexual orientation, gender expression, citizenship or any other characteristic or classification protected by applicable law(s) of the country we operate in. We treasure every talent, and recognize merit and diversity in our organization.

Job Description

• Work in developing regional compliance plans for the businesses and geographies managed, i.e. markets generating annual revenue of ~INR 50 Billion serviced by 1973 employees across 22 countries
• Lead compliance scoping for new market expansion initiatives and oversee team of Compliance and Legal team leads doing the same
• Provide strategic guidance to product and business leadership regarding compliance requirements and market suitability
• Support tactical scoping for new market compliance requirements, and partner with internal teams to operationalize
• Manage local compliance officers in expansion markets
• Drive Compliance agenda while collaborating with heads of Legal in the different expansion markets
• Serve in statutory positions as permitted by regulation and where required and / or appropriate 
• Represent the organisation’s Compliance function internally in the relevant geographies and externally, including to regulators and bank partners
• Partner with Compliance leadership and Global CCO to set vision and strategy for Emerging Markets Compliance
• Establish robust and mature processes for Emerging Markets Compliance work
• Conducts regular assessments to determine whether policies are compliant with the law

4-5 direct reportees with a roll-up team of 10-12 colleagues