Site Compliance Officer

Roche; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Roche India is seeking a Site Compliance Officer to lead local compliance initiatives, implement global policies, and support SOP development.

You will advise employees on compliance obligations, conduct investigations, maintain risk registers, and partner with site leadership to uphold ethical conduct.

The role includes staff training, audits with GA&RA, engagement with regulators, and sustaining Roche's standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in audit, compliance, risk, or governance roles.
• Strong knowledge of local compliance policies and regulations.
• Healthcare compliance experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation of global policies and local SOPs, aiming for simplification.
• Advise employees on compliance obligations, lead investigations and corrective actions.
• Maintain Risk & Opportunities registers for the entity.
• Partner with site leadership to uphold ethical and legal conduct.
• Promote the compliance management system and foster a speak-up culture.

Skills

Audit & Compliance

Risk & Governance

Regulatory Knowledge

Ethics & Integrity

Training & Awareness

Education

University Degree

Job description

At Roche you can show up as yourself, embraced for the unique qualities you bring. Our culture encourages personal expression, open dialogue, and genuine connections, where you are valued, accepted and respected for who you are, allowing you to thrive both personally and professionally. This is how we aim to prevent, stop and cure diseases and ensure everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Join Roche, where every voice matters.

The Position

Role- Compliance Officer

As the Site Compliance Officer, you are responsible for:

• Support the implementation of global policies and directives, regional initiatives and support local SOP/process development, striving for simplification.
• Responsible for local handling of BEI cases and reporting.
• Advise Roche employees regarding compliance obligations, risks, actual or potential compliance related issues, lead all investigations and resolution of issues, as well as take corrective actions, collaborate with the BA (RIS, RDS, RDT and other business) compliance stakeholders for Business Area investigations for free and fair investigations
• Maintain Risk and Opportunities register for legal entity 6221 -The regular execution of risk analysis, its evaluation and the definition of appropriate opportunities
• As a member of the site Leadership Team (SLT) partners with local management to ensure the company`s dedication to ethical and legal conduct is upheld throughout the organization. This involves a contribution to the development of the compliance framework and foster a culture of integrity and ethical business practices, consistent with the Roche values and external requirements
• Promote Roche's comprehensive compliance management system.
• Fostering open communication and speak-up culture
• Foster alignment and collaboration with key stakeholders from site leadership team and global compliance team to ensure the effective implementation of compliance initiatives, promote the sharing of successful strategies and effective procedures and establish clear accountabilities for specific topics within the partnership

Additional tasks:

• Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of the products, initiatives, priorities and goals of the business
• Support analysis of general trends and compliance effectiveness. Support analysis of and report on divisional compliance status, using existing metrics and data
• Contribute to setting and simplification, harmonization and improvement of standards as appropriate (guidance, directives SOPs etc.)
• Establish and facilitate appropriate forums, processes, controls to fulfill accountabilities and provide the respective assurances to group compliance
• Advocate for development and provision of effective means and materials to educate and train staff as well as collaborating parties on behavior in business and compliance and verify training effectiveness
• Uphold tracking of mandatory global training programs. Share knowledge and learnings with the Compliance network
• Raise awareness so employees can raise concerns about compliance topics with Line Management or the local Compliance Officer
• Serve as a liaison to Group Audit & Risk Advisory (GA&RA) and Group Compliance
• Build and sustain relationships with regulatory/industry bodies in India
• Identifying and following national and international political decision-making processes to safeguard the interests of Roche
• Providing advice to and participating in governance bodies of a particular Legal entity
• Supporting and providing input to the representative of Roche in the local Trade Association, including in broader Indian industry and similar associations
• Accountable for the compliance education of employees
• Own the Data Privacy Office
• Support with the Local Export Control & Sanctions Officer (LECO) activities
• Prior experience working in Global Capability Center in India or similar matrixed organization is highly preferred

Education:

• University Degree (or MBA or other relevant Post Graduate qualification), preferably in the Legal, Finance, Economics, Business, Administration, Audit area

Professional experience/duration:

• Experience in Audit, Compliance, Risk, Assurance or Governance is preferred
• Strong knowledge of relevant local compliance policies and regulations

Specialist knowledge:

• Passionate professional with high ethical and integrity standards. You demonstrate energy, passion, courage, vision and the drive to be part of an organization at the forefront of the industry, delivering benefits for patients, our people, and our business. You have high ethical and integrity standards.
• Proficiency in compliance management. Proven business experience in healthcare, including comprehensive understanding of strategy, priorities, products and market conditions
• You are able to manage complexity through the ability to quickly understand and analyze facts and situations.
• You have excellent active listening skills, fostering open communication and speak-up culture
• “Can-do” attitude, embracing business thinking and ideas, hands‑on.
• You are able to establish common ground with stakeholders, balancing out conflicting interests and reach consensus.
• You have a good sense for pragmatism in approach
• Enterprise mindset that can break down silos. You thrive on collaboration, ability to bring people together to work towards the same purpose across organization boundaries.

Who we are

A healthier future drives us to innovate. Together, more than 100’000 employees across the globe are dedicated to advance science, ensuring everyone has access to healthcare today and for generations to come. Our efforts result in more than 26 million people treated with our medicines and over 30 billion tests conducted using our Diagnostics products. We empower each other to explore new possibilities, foster creativity, and keep our ambitions high, so we can deliver life‑changing healthcare solutions that make a global impact.

Let’s build a healthier future, together.

Roche is an Equal Opportunity Employer.