Compliance Specialist

Medtronic Plc; Gauteng; Hybrid; ZAR 400 000 - 600 000; Full time

Job summary

A global medical technology leader is seeking a Compliance Specialist to support compliance programs in Johannesburg. This hybrid role requires 3 years of experience in compliance, a proactive approach, and fluent English. Responsibilities include developing compliance policies and ensuring alignment with legal standards. Join a mission-driven company dedicated to transforming healthcare and empowering employees.

Benefits

Competitive Salary

Flexible Benefits Package

Short-term incentive plan

Qualifications

• 3 years of experience in compliance or similar position.
• Proficient in managing multiple projects simultaneously.
• Fluent in English and one European language.

Responsibilities

• Develops and implements compliance policies and procedures.
• Ensures alignment with legal and ethical standards.
• Provides compliance advice and investigates complaints.

Skills

Ability to prioritize tasks

Good communication skills

Proactive attitude towards stakeholders

Fluent in English and one European language

High analytical skills

Good understanding of compliance requirements

Proficiency in Microsoft Office

Job description

Compliance Specialist page is loaded. Compliance Specialist, remote type: Hybrid, locations: Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. Time type: Full time. Posted on: Posted Today. End Date: December 2. Job requisition ID: R. 27 days left to apply.

• At Medtronic you can begin a life-long career of exploration and innovation, while helping champion healthcare access and equity for all.

You’ll lead with purpose, breaking down barriers to innovation in a more connected, compassionate world.

A Day in the Life

In partnership with the business, we lead a world class Integrity and Compliance program that mitigates risk, while fostering and championing a culture of ethics and compliance.

We help the business deliver results in the right way, every day.

As Compliance Specialist, you will be the primary point of contact for the countries and operating units you will support.

You will partner with Centres of Expertise and Legal Business Partners to ensure the business can achieve its strategic objectives while mitigating risks.

We believe that when people from different cultures, genders, and points of view come together, innovation is the result—and everyone wins.

Medtronic walks the walk, creating an inclusive culture where you can thrive.

Bring your talents to an industry leader in medical technology and healthcare solutions – we’re a market leader and growing every day.

You can be proud to be a part of technologies that are rooted in our long history of mission-driven innovation.

You will be empowered to shape your own career.

We support your growth with the training, mentorship, and guidance you need to own your future success.

Together, we can transform healthcare.

For this position, you will be based in Johannesburg yet support countries outside South Africa, exposed to multicultural and international environment within this global company.

Responsibilities may include the following and other duties may be assigned

• Develops, implements, administers and certifies compliance policies, procedures, and practices.
• Ensures alignment with legal and ethical standards of the organization.
• Provides compliance advice, investigates complaints and verifies deficiencies are corrected.
• Develops employee communication and training programs that focus on the elements of a companywide compliance program.
• Enforces anti‑bribery and anti‑competition laws.
• Analyzes metrics and audits functional compliance program.
• Maintains current knowledge of laws for financial, advertising and marketing reporting, regulations, and industry guidance that impact the company’s compliance program.
• Understand the current governance and reporting processes and tools, identify gaps or areas of expansion and opportunity and propose, develop, and implement improvements.
• Monitor external, internal, and peer industry trends and changes relating to compliance program reporting and effectiveness.
• Lead by example to model a culture of ethics and integrity; exercise sound judgment and courage as a trusted advisor to the team.

Required Knowledge and Experience

• 3 years of experience in compliance or similar position
• Ability to prioritize tasks, and manage multiple projects or tasks simultaneously
• Good communication skills and proactive attitude towards stakeholders
• Fluent in English and one European language
• High analytical skills
• Good understanding of compliance requirements and procedures
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other relevant software is highly advantageous in this role.

Physical Job Requirements

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this position, but they are not an exhaustive list of all the required responsibilities and skills of this position.

Benefits & Compensation

• Medtronic offers a competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
• A commitment to our employees lives at the core of our values.
• We recognize their contributions.
• They share in the success they help to create.
• We offer a wide range of benefits, resources, and competitive compensation plans designed to support you at every career and life stage.
• This position is eligible for a short‑term incentive called the Medtronic Incentive Plan (MIP).

About Medtronic

We lead global healthcare technology and boldly attack the most challenging health problems facing humanity by searching out and finding solutions.

Our Mission — to alleviate pain, restore health, and extend life — unites a global team of 95 + passionate people.

We are engineers at heart— putting ambitious ideas to work to generate real solutions for real people.

From the R&D lab, to the factory floor, to the conference room, every one of us experiments, creates, builds, improves and solves.

We have the talent, diverse perspectives, and guts to engineer the extraordinary. Learn more about our business, mission, and our commitment to diversity.

Build

• a better future, amplifying your impact on the causes that matter to you and the world

Grow

• a career reflective of your passion and abilities

Connect

• to a dynamic and inclusive culture that welcomes the challenge of life‑long learning

Experiences that put people first

Respect for people is the hallmark of our humanity.

It fuels our team to positively impact even a single life.

And it means we put our people first at Medtronic as well, creating a culture of belonging and always pushing to get you the career‑building resources you need.

Life‑transforming technologies

No matter your role, you contribute to technologies that transform lives.

What we build empowers patients to live life on their terms.

Better outcomes for our world

Here, it’s about more than the bottom line.

Our Mission to improve human welfare drives us.

We advance healthcare, society, and equity with every design, inside and outside our walls.

Insight‑driven care

Fresh viewpoints.

Cutting‑edge AI, data, and automation.

You're shaping the future of healthcare technology and defining the next generation of breakthroughs in care. It is the policy of Medtronic to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and / or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

In addition, Medtronic will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. For sales reps and other patient facing field employees, going into a healthcare setting is considered an essential function of the job and we expect our employees to comply with all credentialing requirements at the hospitals or clinics they support. This employer participates in the federal E‑Verify program to confirm the identity and employment authorization of all newly hired employees.

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