At ALSAC you do more than make a living; you make a difference.
We like people who are different…because we’re different, too. As one of the world’s most iconic and respected nonprofits, we know what it’s like to stand out. That’s why we’re looking at you. Your background, perspective, and desire to make an impact set you apart. As we work to help St. Jude cure childhood cancer, we're calling on the game-changers, innovators and visionaries to join our family. Not just for the kids of St. Jude, but also for you. Because at ALSAC, we develop and celebrate our employees. So, bring your whole, authentic self and become part of our shared mission: Finding cures. Saving children.®
Job Description
The Compliance Program Strategist is responsible for implementing enterprise compliance initiatives and best practices throughout the organization. This position acts as a trusted advisor to the Sr. Director of Legal and Compliance, providing leadership, consulting, and strategic support for the Compliance Program across the organization. The Compliance Program Strategist champions a compliance-aware culture and advocates for the adoption of processes, strategies, and tools to enable and support individual employees and business process leaders in understanding their compliance responsibilities.
This position will be based at our National Executive Office in Memphis, TN and eligible for a hybrid work schedule.
Key Responsibilities:
- Implement tactics and execute programs to embed Compliance awareness into the culture.
- Manage internal relationships at various levels to support compliance initiatives.
- Understand critical business functions to identify gaps and inefficiencies in the compliance program and business processes.
- Act as a strategic consultant and change agent, evaluating, planning, and implementing Compliance initiatives to reduce organizational risk.
- Develop and deploy the organizational training program to address key areas of risk.
- Conduct compliance assessments and/or monitoring.
- Serve as a business partner to develop compliance processes and a compliance-aware culture.
- Develop and deploy strategic compliance communications to support compliance initiatives and mitigate risks.
- Identify and diagnose problems, finding innovative solutions to improve operational efficiency and effectiveness.
- Lead cross-functional projects, establish and measure performance standards and goals, and prepare executive-level reporting and recommendations.
Qualifications:
Project Management/Organization: Ability to track program initiatives, move them forward to completion, complete tasks individually as needed, collaborate with others, and manage towards completion as required.
Strategic Thinker: Deep knowledge of the organization's development and non-development operations, preferably with knowledge of effective compliance program requirements to identify areas of opportunity for improvement and program maturation.
Persuasive Relationship Builder: Strong communicator who strategically collaborates and communicates with leaders and individual contributors throughout the organization to champion and support ongoing compliance program initiatives.
Technical Systems Understanding: Preferably knowledgeable in technical systems and platforms, able to liaise with the Collaboration team or third-party vendors to ensure Compliance technology tools meet organizational needs and provide ongoing support for day-to-day needs and improvements.
Dynamic Skillset: Demonstrated ability to apply a dynamic skillset to learn and master new subject areas, deliver project deliverables or improvements in an organized and timely manner, and proactively communicate on status and challenges.
Education and Experience Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree required, MBA preferred.
- 10+ years of experience in business operations, program management, compliance, strategy, process improvement, information systems, or communications.
- 5 years of project management or large-scale project management experience.
- Demonstrated ability for critical thinking and problem-solving skills, as well as tactical execution to meet strict deadlines in compressed time periods.
- Knowledge of data analytics, reporting, data processing, and systems applications.
- Highly developed relationship management, influencing, conflict resolution, and leadership skills.
- Experience in leading new organizational projects both strategically and technically, developing people and teams, and motivating others to take action.
- Strong collaborative problem solver and analytical thinker.
- Experience with PowerPoint and e-learning design and development applications and methodologies to support the development of compliance.
- Ability to compile information in a way that is easy for the organization to understand and use.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills for internal and external communications.
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Benefits & PerksThe following Benefits & Perks apply to Full-Time Roles Only.We’re dedicated to ensuring children and their families have every opportunity to enjoy life’s special moments. We’re also committed to giving our staff excellent benefits so they can do the same.
- Core Medical Coverage: (low cost low deductible Medical, Dental, and Vison Insurance plans)
- 401K Retirement Plan with 7% Employer Contribution
- Exceptional Paid Time Off
- Maternity / Paternity Leave
- Infertility Treatment Program
- Adoption Assistance
- Education Assistance
- Enterprise Learning and Development
- And more
ALSAC is an equal employment opportunity employer.
ALSAC does not discriminate against any individual with regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, transgender status, disability, veteran status, genetic information or other protected status.
No Search Firms:
ALSAC does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All resumes submitted by search firms to any ALSAC employee or ALSAC representative via email, the internet or in any form and/or method without being contacted and approved by our Employee Experience team and without a valid written search agreement in place will result in no fee being paid if a referred candidate is hired by ALSAC.
What We Do
ALSAC is the largest healthcare-related charity in the United States. Founded in 1957 by Danny Thomas, our sole mission is to raise the funds and awareness needed to operate and maintain St. Jude Children's Research Hospital®. While our headquarters can be found in Memphis, Tennessee, we have additional offices in more than 30 locations across the country and in Puerto Rico with positions in fundraising, marketing, digital, information technology, legal, finance and many other disciplines all supporting our lifesaving mission - Finding cures. Saving children. ®
At ALSAC, we believe in hiring the best and brightest from around the globe, and in 2020 we were named #1 on Fast Company's 100 Best Workplaces for Innovators. With a concerted focus on diversity and inclusion, we value and respect the contributions of all of our employees. Our work environment encourages everyone to be their authentic selves as we strive together towards a day when “no child dies in the dawn of life.”
As we look to the future, we understand that we must be relentlessly innovative. Our work helps fuel the groundbreaking research and treatment at St. Jude and ensures that families never receive a bill from St. Jude for treatment, travel, housing or food — because all a family should worry about is helping their child live.
View our career opportunities at https://www.stjude.org/jobs/alsac.html and follow ALSAC across social media using @stjude.
To learn more about the research hospital, follow St. Jude Children's Research Hospital on LinkedIn. For specific career opportunities available through the hospital, visit www.stjude.org/JoinOurMission.
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