Ethics and Compliance Partner - Sweden and Finland

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Job Description

Ethics & Compliance (E&C) Partner - Senior Manager, Nordics (Sweden & Finland)
Location: Stockholm, Sweden
Reports to: Head of E&C Nordics

Role Description

The E&C Partner is a strategic and operational leader within the Nordics E&C team, responsible for implementing Takeda’s Ethics & Compliance Program across Sweden and Finland.

Key Responsibilities:

E&C Program Implementation & Culture Building

• Facilitate Risk Assessment & Risk Tolerance discussions and review/implement mitigation plans for high-risk activities.
• Conduct Monitoring, address Audit findings, lead Investigations, and follow up with corrective actions for continuous program improvement.
• Develop and/or update E&C policies, SOPs, Communications and deliver E&C training to build E&C capability across the organization.
• Promote speak-up culture and psychological safety.
• Catalyze a Values-based culture by embedding ethical decision-making and shaping organizational mindset around PTRB (Patient, Trust, Reputation, Business)
• Act as a trusted business partner to local leadership teams, enabling decisions that prioritize patients, trust, and reputation before business outcomes.

External Representation:

• Represent Takeda in local industry associations, contributing to shaping ethical standards and compliance best practices. 

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in law, business, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Several years’ experience in ethics and compliance, audit, or risk management, preferably in the life sciences industry.
• Fluency in English and Swedish. In addition, Finnish is an advantage.

The successful candidate will be comfortable working remotely with Finnish stakeholders (traveling to Finland periodically to support key meetings and initiatives).

Future-Ready Competencies

• Business Acumen: Understand commercial drivers and integrate compliance into business strategy.
• Technology Acumen: Leverage digital tools and data analytics for risk monitoring and program effectiveness.
• Organizational Agility: Navigate complexity and lead change with resilience.
• Leadership & Communication: Inspire trust, communicate with clarity, and influence at all levels.
• Cross-Functional Engagement: Build strong partnerships across teams (Commercial, Medical, Finance, Operations, Patient Value and Access, Legal, etc.) to align on priorities, drive shared outcomes, and embed compliance through collaboration.
• Innovation & Curiosity: Seek new approaches to compliance challenges and continuously improve processes.

Please note that we are reviewing applications on ongoing basis, therefore the position will be filled as soon as the successful candidate has been found. 

More about us:

At Takeda, we are transforming patient care through the development of novel specialty pharmaceuticals and best in class patient support programs. Takeda is a patient-focused company that will inspire and empower you to grow through life-changing work.

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Locations

SWE - Stockholm

Worker Type

Employee

Worker Sub-Type

Regular

Time Type

Full time