Executive Director - Compliance

About the role

Leads the US Compliance program and team, ensuring adherence to healthcare laws, regulations, and industry standards while enabling growth. This person will strategically partner with and advise senior management and the teams of Pharming Healthcare, Inc., embedding compliance into business strategy, decision-making, and company culture. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on execution.

This role can be based in our Warren, NJ office (with a hybrid work schedule), but we are also open to fully remote candidates who meet the required and preferred qualifications and are able to travel to the NJ office on at least a quarterly basis in addition to the other travel required for the position.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, implementation, monitoring, and evolution of the U.S. Compliance program, including policies, procedures, trainings, and development and implementation of internal controls.
• Coach and lead the U.S. Compliance team (currently 1 direct report).
• Serve as a strategic business partner and trusted advisor to senior leadership and other functional teams, providing pragmatic guidance that balances risk and facilitates compliant growth.
• Promote a culture of integrity, accountability, and patient-centric decision-making.
• Partner with global Compliance colleagues to harmonize company-wide policies, procedures, and training, based on U.S. requirements and evolving business needs.
• Conduct periodic risk assessments, analyze trends and root causes, develop mitigation strategies across key areas, and track outcomes to help ensure continuous improvement.
• Leverage technology-enabled monitoring and data analytics tools, where applicable, to enhance risk detection.
• Review, assess risk, and advise on business programs and activities related to interactions with healthcare stakeholders to ensure compliance with U.S. policies, requirements, and best practices.
• Chair the US Compliance Committee.
• Support process reviews and improvements in alignment with Pharming’s Global Compliance strategies.
• In coordination with other functions including Legal and Human Resources, conduct compliance-related investigations in the U.S.
• Report on an as-needed basis to the Board of Directors and/or relevant committees on healthcare compliance risks in the US.
• Continuously educate U.S.-based employees on matters related to the compliance program and related industry developments, including through trainings, internal communications, and the U.S. Compliance Intranet page.
• Implement KPIs, create dashboards, and report to senior management and, as needed, the Board of Directors.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree plus compliance certification or equivalent professional education.
• Minimum of 10 years of experience in US pharmaceutical compliance roles; exposure to global pharmaceutical compliance preferred.
• In-depth knowledge and experience with US laws (e.g., Anti-Kickback Statute, False Claims Act, FDA promotional regulations, Sunshine Act/Open Payments, and state transparency laws), policies, standards, financial or auditing practices in healthcare compliance.
• Familiarity with relevant industry and trade associations, their codes, and related policies.
• Ability to lead and implement complex, multi-faceted projects and related compliance systems involving multiple stakeholders and functions.
• Ability to travel as needed for training, monitoring, company-wide meetings, and other stakeholder collaboration (up to 20%).
• Demonstrated experience building and implementing compliance programs preferred.
• Management experience preferred.
• Commitment and alignment to Pharming’s vision and values.

About Pharming

We’re built on a simple belief: people living with rare diseases deserve more. Pharming is a global biotechnology company taking on some of the toughest rare disease challenges. We develop and commercialize innovative therapies for rare and ultra-rare immunological and genetic diseases with significant unmet need, where our scientific and commercial expertise, long-term commitment, and real partnership can help advance care.

We put patients at the heart of our work. Their insights, along with those of caregivers, clinicians, scientists, and partners, shape our strategy, guide our decisions, and help turn science into meaningful progress. We keep it simple, act with urgency, and get it done – expanding access to approved therapies, advancing high-value pipeline programs, and building a leading global rare disease company.

Our vision is simple: a world where people living with rare diseases don’t wait for progress or care. Together with the communities who inspire us, we’re opening new possibilities – proving that breakthroughs aren’t just discovered. They’re created together.

What it's like to work here

At Pharming, every role helps move rare disease therapies closer to the people who need them. We make it happen together, across teams, disciplines, and borders, because breakthroughs don’t happen in silos. Rare diseases are complex, and meaningful progress takes people who ask better questions, challenge each other, and turn insight into action.

Here, you won’t work on the sidelines. Pharming is a place for builders, problem-solvers, and bold thinkers who move with urgency, take ownership, and stay focused on what matters most: improving the lives of people living with rare diseases. Advancing rare disease care isn’t the work of one team or one leader. It’s all of us, building what’s next together.

Pay

The base salary range for this job is from $250,000 to $300,000 per year.

Benefits

• Annual target bonus
• Long-term incentive program
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• 13 Company Holidays per year
• Excellent benefit plans including medical, dental, and vision
• Flexible spending accounts
• Company-provided life insurance, short-term disability, and long-term disability plans
• Optional accident, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and pet insurance plans
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Health and wellness program
• Choice of company-provided mobile phone or cell phone stipend