Senior Director, Compliance

Zydus Therapeutics Inc.; Pennington (NJ); On-site; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Zydus Therapeutics is seeking a Senior Director of Compliance to lead and improve the company’s compliance program. Reporting to GC&CCO with dotted line to COO, the role ensures all activities meet FDA-regulated requirements and internal policies.

The Senior Director partners with Legal, Commercial, Medical, and Clinical Development to promote ethics, accountability, and compliance. Travel up to 25% is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; J.D. preferred.
• Minimum 7 years of compliance, legal, regulatory experience in pharma/biotech.
• Experience building and operating a compliant program with policies, monitoring, investigations.
• Ability to influence senior leaders and provide risk-based guidance.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and enhance a risk-based compliance program across the company.
• Monitor regulatory developments and translate into practical policies and guidance.
• Lead compliance risk assessments and develop corrective action plans.
• Oversee audits, monitoring, testing, and reporting for internal and third-party activities.
• Provide guidance on medical and scientific exchanges, payer engagement, and RIM activities.
• Manage internal investigations and document root-cause analyses.
• Prepare periodic compliance reports for executives and boards.
• Lead training programs to improve ethical decision-making and regulatory understanding.
• Support due diligence for vendors, distributors, and CRO/CMO relationships.
• Liaise with internal/external audits, regulatory inquiries, and inspections.

Skills

Regulatory compliance

Pharma industry knowledge

Policy development

Training & communication

Risk assessments

Investigations

Executive liaison

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree

J.D. preferred

Job description

Description

Zydus Therapeutics is a clinical stage, specialty-focused bio-pharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative treatments to transform lives, starting with rare and serious liver diseases. Our purpose is simple, to empower people with the freedom to live healthier and more fulfilling lives, by unlocking new possibilities in life sciences and providing quality healthcare solutions.

Our lead drug candidate, saroglitazar, is a dual peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor (PPAR) alpha / gamma agonist. Saroglitazar is an investigational treatment which has received Fast Track designation, orphan drug designation and priority review designation from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of patients with primary biliary cholangitis (PBC). Primary Biliary Cholangitis is a rare, chronic autoimmune liver disease primarily affecting middle-aged women, characterized by the progressive destruction of the bile ducts that can lead to irreversible liver damage if left untreated.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of Zydus Lifesciences, our pipeline is fueled by 1,300 researchers who are working with cutting-edge technologies to discover new medicines for tomorrow.

The opportunity to empower people with the freedom to live healthier and more fulfilling lives is what makes a career with Zydus Therapeutics so rewarding. Our team is collaborative, innovative and adaptable. We are action-oriented and strive for excellence in all we do, all underpinned by respect, trust and integrity. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and support programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives

If you are passionate about helping bring potential life-changing discoveries to patients, then you share our mission.

ROLE SUMMARY

Zydus Therapeutics is seeking a Senior Director of Compliance. Reporting to the General Counsel & Chief Compliance Officer, with a dotted line to the Chief Operating Officer, the Senior Director of Compliance will be responsible for leading and continuously improving the company’s compliance program. This role ensures that business activities comply with applicable laws, regulations, industry standards, and internal policies, including requirements related to FDA-regulated activities, promotional practices, privacy, anti-kickback and anti-corruption controls, third-party oversight, investigations, auditing and monitoring of field sales force and developing policies and training. The Senior Director will serve as a strategic advisor to senior leadership and partner closely with all business functions to promote a culture of ethics, accountability, and compliance.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• · Partner with leaders across Legal, Commercial, Medical and Clinical Development to Design, implement, maintain, and enhance a risk-based compliance program aligned with applicable pharmaceutical laws, regulations, guidance, industry codes, and company policies.
• · Monitor regulatory and enforcement developments affecting pharmaceutical operations and translate changes into development of practical policies, standard operating procedures, codes of conduct, training, and business guidance.
• · Lead enterprise compliance risk assessments, identify areas of vulnerability, and develop corrective and preventive action plans in partnership with business owners.
• · Oversee and execute compliance monitoring, auditing, testing, and reporting activities (including sunshine act reporting), for internal team, field-based team and contracted third-party team to assess adherence to policies, procedures, and regulatory requirements.
• · Provide compliance guidance on medical and scientific exchange, payer engagement strategies, drug safety, market research, healthcare professional interactions, grants, donations, sponsorships, patient support programs, third-party engagements, and other regulated activities.
• · Manage internal compliance investigations, including intake, triage, documentation, root-cause analysis, corrective actions, and escalation to appropriate stakeholders.
• · Prepare periodic reports for executive leadership and, as applicable, board or committee oversight regarding compliance risks, program effectiveness, investigations, remediation, and emerging trends.
• · Lead compliance training and communications programs that enhance ethical decision-making, regulatory expectations, and employee accountability. Clearly communicate requirements, explain the rationale behind decisions and provide regular updates on relevant changes or developments
• · Support due diligence and oversight activities related to vendors, distributors, consultants, contract manufacturing organizations, clinical research organizations, and other third parties.
• · Serve as a liaison for internal and external audits, regulatory inquiries, inspections, and compliance-related reviews, as appropriate.

REQUIREMENTS

• · Bachelor’s degree required, JD preferred.
• · Minimum 7 years of compliance, legal, regulatory experience, including significant experience in the pharmaceutical or biotechnology industry.
• · Comfortable operating in a growth-stage biotech environment with dynamic priorities, with proven ability to operate in a "hands-on" fast-paced environment. Experience supporting product launch activities preferred.
• · Demonstrated knowledge of laws, regulations, guidance, and industry standards relevant to pharmaceutical operations, such as FDA requirements, clinical trial obligations, healthcare compliance obligations, privacy requirements, anti-bribery and anti-corruption laws, and industry codes of conduct.
• · Experience developing and operationalizing compliance policies, procedures, monitoring plans, risk assessments, investigations, training, and corrective action processes. Familiarity with compliance program effectiveness frameworks preferred.
• · Strong judgment, discretion, and ability to manage sensitive and confidential matters with professionalism and integrity.
• · Proven ability to influence senior leaders, build cross-functional relationships, and provide pragmatic, risk-based guidance in a complex regulated environment.
• · Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex compliance topics clearly to business and executive audiences.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

The position will require domestic travel (up to 25%)

Work Environment

This is an office-based position, located in our office in Pennington, NJ.

Zydus Therapeutics provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. Zydus Therapeutics is committed to providing reasonable accommodation to, among others, individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans. If you need an accommodation because of a disability to search and apply for a career opportunity with Zydus Therapeutics, please contact us and let us know the nature of your request.