Associate Director

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Job Description: Assoc. Director E&C Mexico

**Job Overview**

The Assoc. Director Ethics and Compliance Mexico is responsible for leading the integration of high performance with high integrity in Lilly Mexico. The role will partner with the Mexico Management Committee, the LATAM, IBU and Global E&C Teams, and relevant business partners to implement the Global 7 elements E&C Program and cultivate a Speak up Culture in Mexico. The role requires working with the LATAM President & Mexico GM and other affiliate functions to provide expert Ethics and Compliance guidance on affiliate strategies, decisions, and activities. (including risk assessment, policies, communications, training, monitoring, etc.) in a way that effectively supports the affiliate risk management and identifying areas to improve business systems based on monitoring findings and business needs. This position is expected to have regular interactions with internal and external stakeholders to ensure alignment with ethics and compliance objectives.

**Key Responsibilities**:
E&C Program Management:
Collaborate/consult and influence leadership to ensure the key elements of an effective compliance program are built into local governance and decision forums, business and operational processes, and training.
- Ensure reliable controls are in place and understood by the business to address key risk areas (existing and emerging) to mitigate/prevent - in the “what,” “how” and “why” so that business activities are appropriately implemented.
- Collaborate with the business together with Mexico leaders to develop and implement dynamic compliance risk assessments and integrate mitigating measures into business processes.
- Support E&C procedure localization and providing input to global procedure updates.
- Contribute to developing and driving monitoring plans, root cause analysis, and meaningful corrective actions/preventive actions in close collaboration with an integrated approach across other functions (Finance, Center of Excellence, HR, Medical, Marketing, Sales, etc.).
- Actively contribute to key meetings in E&C (e.g., monitoring forums, staff, etc.) and with business partners (e.g., lead teams, ICCG committees, etc.).
- Responsible for driving E&C-related compliance communications and training needs for the business.
- Effectively communicate the ‘state of control’ to leadership teams.
- Ensure business processes and operational procedures are consistent with Global Policies and Standards.
- Lead, together with CFO, the CAS audits implementation and follow-up at local level.

Business Influence and Cross Function Collaboration:

- Through deep business acumen and effective influence across the organization and leadership, ensure business discussions and decisions encompass and consistently take into consideration appropriate ethics and compliance elements, and that there is clear business ownership of ethics in all decisions taken.
- Influence leadership and business practices through effective communication of internal policies/standards and external environment risks.
- Ensure an open and collaborative environment that promotes teamwork, open communication, and collaborative interactions to foster a culture of integrity.
- This role collaborates with other ECOs from LATAM to improve capabilities, mitigate regional risks and establish E&C Strategy in the region.
- Represent Lilly in the local industry associations.
- Coach and develop E&C intern and work aligned with E&C Mexico Manager to achieve the goals of the Mexico E&C program.

**Basic Requirements**:

- Solid business knowledge and leadership experience - as ability to influence all areas of the affiliate. This is a critical success factor of this role.
- Ability to drive change and create positive attitude for compliance and ethics whilst demonstrating good judgment and comfort in handling topics with ambiguity and complexity.
- Solutions-oriented attitude, teamwork, learning agility, partnership & organizational change management.
- Listening to understanding, courage, and willingness to speak up.
- Ability to understand complex compliance/regulatory requirements and make them understandable to the business.
- Well-skilled in both written and spoken English (for precision, clarity, establishing context, good documentation needs, etc.)
- Bachelor's degree.

**Additional Preferences**:

- Ability to effectively communicate, lead and drive changes acro