Health Care Compliance Officer for Portugal

**Function**
- Legal & Compliance

**Sub function**
- Health Care Compliance

**Category**
- Senior Manager, Health Care Compliance (P8)

**Location**
- Porto Salvo / Portugal

**Date posted**
- Jun 11 2025

**Requisition number**
- R-018429

**Work pattern**
- Hybrid Work

Description

**Job Function**:
Legal & Compliance
** Job Sub Function**:
Health Care Compliance
** Job Category**:
Professional
** All Job Posting Locations**:
Porto Salvo, Portugal
** Job Description**:
**Health Care Compliance Officer for Portugal**

**Contract: Full Time - Hybrid**

**Location: Porto Salvo, Lisbon - Portugal**

**Overall Purpose of this Job**:
Leads and drives the Health Care Compliance (HCC) program to ensure business practices and activities are in compliance with related J&J internal guidelines, local laws and regulations and anti-corruption laws including the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Serves as a strategic business partner for management and coaching towards all covered employees, to assure that the company culture of compliance is a natural element in day-to-day business.

This Senior Manager position reports to the HCC Director MedTech Midsize Markets & HCCO MedTech Benelux

This position is based in Lisbon and oversees HCC Programs in Portugal for MedTech (including Vision). The incumbent must work from the Lisbon office (Porto Salvo) for a minimum of three days per week and is required to be physically based in Lisbon.

**Essential Duties and Responsibilities**:

- Partner with company executive leadership to ensure that the HCC program effectively prevents and/or detects violations of law, regulations, policies, or the Code of Conduct by:

- Establishing & chairing the local Compliance Committee, the committee responsible for designing and implementing an effective compliance program and key decision making related to compliance matters
- Working together with sr. Business leaders to ensure compliant and ethical business practices are part of the day-to-day business
- Translating global strategies into local level, based on appropriate local needs, goals and objectives, taking into account local external regulatory trends and environment.
- Assuring adequate representation in local business governance structures and establishing discussion platforms to get general business buy-in and impact analysis
- Acting as a consultant, and where appropriate, or required by the HCBI Guide assure review and approval for Health Care Professional (HCP)/Government Official (GO) oriented activities
- Stimulating and contributing to innovative approaches towards HCPs and GOs consistent with the HCC/HCBI guidelines and Framework and performing business plan reviews
- Working with the J&J Government Affairs and Policy, Regulatory, Legal, and external organisations (primarily trade associations) to shape & influence the environment and industry codes of conduct, including but not limited to the MedTech Europe Code of Ethical Business Practice
- Providing and coordinating appropriate guidance, education, training, and regular communications on HCC relevant matters to all covered employees
- Conducting risk assessment activities on a continuous basis as part of the Quarterly Risk Review (QRR) Process, to detect process gaps & inconsistencies with the overall Healthcare Compliance Program
- Developing a monitoring plan to demonstrate that the HCC Program is effective and participate in execution where appropriate and engage Board participation in roll out
- Coordinating preparations and support for Corporate Internal Audits
- Coordinate the establishment of the Management Action Plan, and guide the business partners to close gaps and implement corrective actions
- Managing day-to-day allegations and investigations related to HCC
- Participating in and leading investigations of non-compliance and fostering the escalation process for serious allegations, as appropriate
- Leads and drives the locally required MENAC corruption prevention program (RCN role); cross-functional and external coordination to secure all MENAC related compliance requirements with special focus on regulatory compliance and the promotion of a culture of integrity
- Coordinate the work of surveying the ethical values for the entity or organization, as well as appropriate compliant conduct and compliant promoting
- Ensuring the participation and involvement of all, namely top and middle-management
- Coordinate the monitoring of corruption risks and deviations, risk identification, risk analysis and preventive measures, ensuring the involvement and collaboration of the entire organization
- Preparation and updating of the Risk Prevention Plan as well as monitoring its implementation;
- Ensure compliance with the deadlines for communication, disclosure and publicity of the Code of Conduct, Risk Prevention Plan and the corresponding evaluation reports of its implementation;
- Monitor and verify compliance with the requirements of the Internal Whistleblowing C