BASAC Ethics and Compliance Sr. Manager

Play a pivotal role in strengthening ethical standards and ensuring responsible business practices across the BASAC region. This position offers broad regional exposure and the opportunity to shape a robust compliance environment in a highly respected global healthcare company.

Your new role

As Ethics & Compliance Senior Manager, you will lead Business Ethics and Compliance efforts across the BASAC region, acting as a strategic advisor to the regional leadership team. You will promote a culture where ethical conduct is central to decision-making, ensure the effective implementation of compliance programs, and provide expert guidance on complex regulatory and ethical matters.

Your responsibilities will span the full compliance lifecycle: supporting the execution of global and regional compliance plans, assessing and mitigating risks, conducting internal investigations, managing third-party due diligence processes, and ensuring alignment with both Novo Nordisk standards and local legal requirements. You will also represent the BASAC region in global and cross-regional compliance forums, contributing insights and ensuring consistent communication and collaboration. Along with that you will:

• Drive a strong ethical culture by communicating core values, fostering a Speak-Up environment, and advising leaders on ethical decision-making.
• Oversee the implementation and adaptation of Business Ethics and Compliance programs, ensuring adherence to global frameworks and local legislation.
• Identify and assess compliance risks, propose and track mitigation plans, and lead internal investigations when required.
• Provide strategic advice on compliance topics to senior leaders, ensuring well-informed and responsible business decisions.
• Act as Local Due Diligence Responsible (LDDR) for third-party compliance and support continuous improvement of compliance processes and tools.

Your Skills and Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Law degree or Master’s in Law strongly preferred.
• Solid experience as a compliance advisor in a corporate environment or law firm.
• Strong business judgment and the ability to work directly with senior leaders and external partners.
• Understanding of the pharmaceutical industry is highly desirable.
• Excellent communication skills, high integrity, and the ability to manage complexity with autonomy.
• Fluency in English required; Spanish is a plus.
• Regional experience highly valued.
• Availability to travel up to 20% of the time.

About the Department

BASAC Legal, Ethics, Compliance & Quality is a dynamic and collaborative team dedicated to ensuring Novo Nordisk operates ethically and in compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. Based in a multicultural and international environment, we provide strategic legal counsel and compliance support across the Clusters (SAM and CAC). Our team is committed to driving quality decisions, enabling strategy, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement and innovation.

Working at Novo Nordisk

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional spirit, a rare determination and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results.

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

More information

For more information, visit novonordisk.com, Facebook, Instagram, X, LinkedIn and YouTube. To complete your application, click on "Apply now", attach your CV and follow the instructions.

Deadline

Please apply before December 17th, 2025.

Novo Nordisk is currently in the process of adjusting job titles globally. Please note that the job title listed in this advertisement may be subject to change. More detailed information will be provided during the recruitment process.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants. 

We’re not your typical healthcare company. In a modern world of quick fixes, we focus on solutions to defeat serious chronic diseases and promote long-term health. Our unordinary mindset is at the heart of everything we do. We seek out new ideas and put people first as we push the boundaries of science, make healthcare more accessible, and treat, prevent, and even cure diseases that affect millions of lives. Because it takes an unordinary approach to drive real, lasting change in health.