Senior Counsel, Compliance

About Site

Our Bridgewater location is the corporate office for Catalent. The facility is located approximately 45 minutes from Newark Liberty airport.

Position Summary

We have an opportunity for a Senior Counsel, Compliance to join our team. This role involves leading internal investigations, managing compliance programs, and supporting global privacy initiatives. The position requires collaboration with Human Resources, outside counsel, and senior leadership to ensure consistent and effective compliance practices. The successful candidate will play a key role in maintaining ethical standards and supporting the company’s global compliance framework.

Location: Bridgewater, NJ
Monday - Thursday: Onsite

The Role

• Conduct internal investigations, including scoping, witness interviews, written reports, and remediation recommendations, and support other investigations as assigned, including cross-border matters involving local Human Resources and outside counsel.
• Coordinate with Human Resources, sites, and outside counsel on investigation matters and help maintain the investigation playbook to promote timely, consistent outcomes.
• Manage the Business Conduct Helpline and Speak Up program, including case management, anti-retaliation monitoring, and vendor oversight, consistent with the EU Whistleblower Directive and other applicable laws.
• Prepare helpline, investigation, and program-effectiveness reporting for senior leadership.
• Oversee the company’s global data privacy program (including General Data Protection Regulation, UK General Data Protection Regulation, and U.S. state laws), including data subject requests, impact assessments, data processing agreements, Data Privacy Framework certification, and coordination with local Data Protection Officers.
• Support the company’s AI Council by providing privacy and compliance input on proposed AI use cases.
• Help maintain and update the Standards of Business Conduct and Ethics & Compliance policies.
• 10% global travel expectations annually.

The Candidate

Minimum Requirements

• Juris Doctor degree from an accredited law school.
• Minimum five years of legal experience, including at least five years in compliance investigations and/or privacy, from a law firm and/or in-house.
• Familiarity with AI governance and comfort leveraging AI-enabled tools to improve compliance operations.Preferred Skills & Background

• Experience at a pharmaceutical or biotechnology company or counseling life-science clients.
• Working knowledge of global privacy, anti-corruption (Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and UK Bribery Act), and whistleblower laws; Certified Information Privacy Professional, Certified Information Privacy Manager, and/or Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional certifications.
• Multi-jurisdictional experience (particularly European Union, United Kingdom, and Asia).

Pay

The anticipated salary range for this position in NJ is $215,000 – $225,000 plus bonus. The final salary offered to a successful candidate may vary and will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: the type and length of experience within the job, type and length of experience within the industry, skillset, education, and business needs. Catalent is a multi-state employer, and this salary range may not reflect positions that work in other states.

Why You Should Join Catalent

• Competitive Paid Time Off plus 8 paid holidays.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage options.
• Generous 401(k) match.
• Tuition reimbursement.

Catalent offers rewarding opportunities to further your career!  Join the global drug development and delivery leader and help us bring over 7,000 life-saving and life-enhancing products to patients around the world. Catalent is an exciting and growing international company where employees work directly with pharma, biopharma and consumer health companies of all sizes to advance new medicines from early development to clinical trials and to the market. Catalent produces more than 70 billion doses per year, and each one will be used by someone who is counting on us. Join us in making a difference. 

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