Remote Director, Commercial Compliance & Risk

Cencora; Harrisburg (Dauphin County); Remote; USD 119,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Backup dependent care

Parental leave

Mentorship programs

Job summary

Cencora is seeking a Director, Commercial Compliance to serve as the primary compliance partner for U.S. pharmaceutical and biosimilar commercialization.

You will lead a risk-based framework, advise senior leaders, and ensure compliant execution of the commercialization model while coordinating with third parties across product development and external capabilities. The role requires extensive experience in U.S.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, life sciences, healthcare, public policy, compliance, or a related field; advanced degree or relevant compliance certification preferred.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressive pharmaceutical, biotechnology, healthcare, or life-sciences compliance experience, including substantial U.S. commercial compliance responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience developing, implementing, or enhancing a pharmaceutical commercial compliance program across ongoing commercialization activities.
• Strong knowledge of U.S. pharmaceutical compliance requirements and industry expectations, including the Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, FDA promotional requirements, HCP interactions, patient-support programs, Medical Affairs independence, privacy, and transparency obligations.
• Experience translating legal and regulatory requirements into practical policies, controls, training, monitoring, investigations support, remediation, and business processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead a risk-based commercial compliance strategy aligned with commercialization priorities and business growth.
• Advise senior leaders and cross-functional teams on pharmaceutical promotion, HCP and patient interactions, patient-support programs, Medical Affairs independence, medical information, market access, pricing, government price reporting, and other commercialization risks.
• Develop and operationalize compliance policies, procedures, governance, training, certifications, guidance, documentation, and escalation standards for commercial activities.
• Establish controls that protect independent decision-making, confidential information, appropriate access, and management of actual or perceived conflicts of interest.
• Design and oversee commercial compliance risk assessments, monitoring, testing, investigations support, issue escalation, corrective action, and validation of remediation.
• Assess new commercial programs, partnerships, channels, and operating models to identify compliance requirements and address control gaps.
• Provide compliance guidance regarding interactions and arrangements with GPOs, distributors, MSOs, specialty pharmacies, provider organizations, and other commercial partners.
• Partner with Legal, Regulatory, Medical, Quality, Commercial, Market Access, Technology, Audit, and other control functions to embed clear compliance accountabilities.
• Provide concise executive reporting on material risks, compliance readiness, control effectiveness, trends, resource needs, and unresolved issues.
• Promote ethical decision-making, speak-up culture, and individual accountability through visible leadership and practical compliance guidance.

Skills

Risk assessment

Executive communication

Cross-functional leadership

Change management

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or life sciences

Advanced degree or compliance certification

Job description

Cencora is seeking a Director, Commercial Compliance to serve as the primary compliance partner for U.S. pharmaceutical and biosimilar commercialization.

You will lead a risk-based framework, advise senior leaders, and ensure compliant execution of the commercialization model while coordinating with third parties across product development and external capabilities. The role requires extensive experience in U.S.