Manager, Japan Compliance

ROLE SUMMARY

• This position: Manager Japan Compliance is responsible for: (i) supporting overseeing the implementation of Pfizers compliance program designed to prevent and detect systemic compliance issues in the market and cluster in alignment with the Country Compliance Lead (CCL); and (ii) leading and supporting key proactive and strategic initiatives to assess and mitigate global risks across the markets.

• Support the CCL in delivering riskbased commercial compliance and ethics oversight for the Japan market and related regional cluster (group of markets overseen together).

• Act as a key compliance partner to Commercial Medical and enabling functions (e.g. Finance People Experience Digital) by enabling business execution while supporting effective identification and management of compliance ethics thirdparty and emerging technology risks across Japan market and Cluster.

• Support driving evolution of the market compliance program toward scalable data and technology enabled risk identification monitoring and advisory models aligned with global compliance initiatives and local practices aligned with Japan regulatory expectations.

ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES

In this role you will

Risk Management & Governance Support

• Support to establish and reinforce clear risk decision frameworks enabling empowered well documented business decision making while maintaining appropriate compliance oversight and escalation pathways.

• Support Japan market risk identification prioritization and mitigation activities using Pfizers global risk management frameworks.

• Contribute to the operation of governance forums (e.g. risk committees) including preparation tracking and followup of agreed mitigation actions.

• Support clear documentation of risk ownership and mitigation status with accountability retained by the business.

Business Partnership & Advisory Support

• Partner with Commercial Medical and enabling functions to identify and assess compliance risks arising from business activities partnerships and evolving operating models.

• Provide practical riskbased guidance to support business decisionmaking escalating complex or highrisk matters as appropriate.

• Support business adoption of partnership alliance and thirdparty models by applying proportionate compliance risk considerations.

ThirdParty Risk Management

• Support endtoend thirdparty risk management activities including evaluation onboarding oversight and renewal or exit considerations.

• Apply risk and materialitybased approaches to help focus attention on higherrisk partners activities and products.

• Assist in monitoring mitigation progress and surfacing insights from audits monitoring or issues.

Data AI and Scalable Risk Practices

• Support CCL in strategic oversight for emerging technology digital data and AIrelated compliance risks ensuring alignment with evolving regulatory and ethical expectations.

• Support the integration of data and AIenabled approaches into compliance risk assessment monitoring and advisory activities.

• Contribute to the development and use of scalable advisory tools selfsupport guidance and standard decision frameworks consistent with Empowered Risk Decision Making (clear risk ownership and documented business decisions).

Culture SpeakUp and Capability Building

• Strengthen speakup and compliance culture through structured engagement mechanisms including Compliance Champions (businessbased compliance representatives) feedback loops and thematic analysis of concerns and trends.

• Support compliance culture and speakup initiatives by partnering with business stakeholders and the Compliance Champion Network.

• Contribute to awareness and adoption of compliance expectations through targeted communication and engagement including the ability to design and deliver clear practical and riskrelevant training or briefing sessions that resonate with business audiences.

Incident & Remediation Support

• Support global-led investigations and remediation activities by providing local context documentation and tracking without assuming ownership of outcomes.

• Assist in monitoring remediation progress and identifying themes or improvement opportunities.

QUALIFICATIONS

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors degree required (e.g. Law Business Compliance Risk Management).

• Approximately 35 years of experience in compliance risk management legal or regulated commercial environments.

• Foundational understanding of life sciences / healthcare compliance risks.

• Businesslevel fluency in Japanese and English.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting compliance activities in a global or matrix organization.

• Exposure to thirdparty risk management partnerships or commercial operations.

• Ability to assess data digital or AIrelated risks at a practical businessimpact level.

• Strong analytical skills and ability to translate risk considerations into clear actionable guidance.

Pfizer is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable equal employment opportunity legislation in each jurisdiction in which it operates.