Job Description

Are you passionate about compliance and ethics? Do you want to play a key role in ensuring compliance and ethics high standards in the pharmaceutical industry? If yes, we are looking for a Compliance and Ethics Partner to join our team in Karachi, Pakistan. Read on and apply today!

Your new role

The role is responsible for strengthening the organization’s ethical culture, embedding an ethical mindset across affiliates, developing and delivering compliance training, and leading monitoring activities.

As a Compliance and Ethics Partner at Novo, you will:

• Drive and strengthen the affiliate's ethics and compliance culture.
• Develop and deliver compliance and ethics training programs across the organization.
• Provide guidance to employees on compliance-related matters and ethical decision-making.
• Lead compliance monitoring activities and assess adherence to internal policies and external regulations.
• Identify compliance risks, control gaps, and opportunities for process improvement.
• Promote a culture of integrity, transparency, accountability, and speak-up behavior.
• Support the integration of compliance as a business enabler across affiliate operations.
• Escalate significant compliance risks and breaches through established governance channels.

Your new department

You will be part of the Legal, Compliance and Quality department at Novo Pakistan, based in Karachi. This team is dedicated to maintaining the highest standards of quality, compliance, and legal integrity. The department fosters a collaborative and professional atmosphere. With a focus on innovation and excellence, you will work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment that supports personal and professional growth.

Your skills & qualifications

We are looking for a candidate with the following qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Compliance, Law, Business, Risk Management, Finance, or a related field.
• 4-5 years of experience in Compliance, monitoring and ethics. Demonstrated experience developing and delivering training programs.
• Familiarity with corporate compliance frameworks, codes of conduct, risk assessments, and remediation processes.

On a personal level we are looking for a proactive and trusted business partner who can work independently while building strong collaborative relationships across the organization. The ideal candidate demonstrates excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, sound ethical judgment, and a high level of personal integrity. A strong analytical mindset, coupled with the ability to assess risks and make balanced decisions, will be key to success in this role.

Working at Novo

Every day we seek the solutions that defeat serious chronic diseases. To do this, we approach our work with an unconventional spirit, a rare determination and a constant curiosity. For over 100 years this unordinary mindset has seen us build a company unlike any other. One where a collective passion for our purpose, mutual respect and a willingness to go beyond what we know delivers extraordinary results.

What we offer

There is, of course, more on offer here than the uniqueness of our culture and the extraordinary results we produce. Being part of a global healthcare company means opportunities to learn and develop are all around us, while our benefits are designed with your career and life stage in mind.

Deadline

09 October 2026. Applications are reviewed on an ongoing basis.

Internal candidates are requested to inform their line manager before applying.

We commit to an inclusive recruitment process and equality of opportunity for all our job applicants.