Compliance Manager

ABOUT KATE FARMS Kate Farms is a company with heart. Our company was founded on the belief that good nutrition leads to good health, and good health opens the door to endless possibilities. That’s why our mission is to make nutrition the cornerstone of healthcare so people can live their best lives. We are a medical food company that makes complete nutrition formulas for people who have a medical need for liquid nutrition.  Kate Farms works to be the place where a diverse mix of talented individuals want to come, stay, and do their best work. Ensuring a diverse and inclusive workplace where we learn from each other is at the core of Kate Farms’ values. We are an equal-opportunity employer and fully focused on equality; we believe deeply in diversity of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, national origin, and all the other fascinating characteristics that make us different. We invite you to do the best work of your life with us at Kate Farms.   POSITION OVERVIEW Our legal team plays a crucial role in supporting this mission by ensuring compliance, managing legal risks, and facilitating strategic initiatives.  The Compliance Manager is an important member of the Legal and Compliance Team responsible for providing end-to-end process management of the Content and Claims Review Team (CRT) process and the Compliance program.  This position effectively manages these two areas by documenting and enforcing processes, as well as continuously improving them. The Compliance Manager will support other members of the legal team in the areas of claims review and compliance. WHAT YOU WILL DO Manage the Kate Farms Content and Claims Review Team (CRT) process by: ·        Managing the submission calendar, collecting documents for review, facilitating review meetings, tracking signoffs and communicating outcomes. ·        Managing CRT document control, including receiving final submissions, confirming required changes have been made, and approving final documents. ·        Serving as the business process owner for the CRT tool, Veeva Vault PromoMats, including defining business requirements, providing system training, and supporting IT in their management of the application and its provider. ·        Providing training, reporting KPIs, and facilitating continuous improvement of the CRT process. ·        Facilitating annual review of the CRT SOP.   Manage the Kate Farms Compliance Program by: ·        Ensuring all compliance training on all applicable policies is completed in each department and/or function including our code of conduct, interactions with HCP policy, the CRT SOP and other policies as determined by the Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer. ·        Maintaining compliance software tools including an ethics hotline and policy hub. ·        Ensuring all material policies are reviewed according to their applicable review period. ·        Participating as a key member of the Company’s Legal, Compliance and Security Team organizing and leading meetings as necessary. ·        Responsible for the compliance messaging plan. ·        Responsible for reporting to the Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer upon program metrics. WE ARE LOOKING FOR SOMEONE WHO ·        Basic/developing abilities in and understanding of project management knowledge areas (e.g., requirements management, schedule management, risk management, etc.) and process groups (i.e., initiating, planning, executing, monitoring and controlling, closing). ·        Can manage simpler project with autonomy, leading cross-functional projects teams through given work structures, defining clear project objectives and plans and executing them. ·        Highly organized with ability to manage a lot of detailed information. ·        Can manage multiple projects simultaneously and shift priorities quickly; work with a sense of urgency. ·        Critical thinking and problem-solving skills; can identify issues and facilitate cross-functional discussions to solve them. ·        Solid written, visual, and verbal communication skills; can credibly communicate with clarity and accuracy at all levels of the organization, and interact with network of internal stakeholders effectively. ·        Minimum 2 years of business experience including participation in cross-functional projects, preferably in food/beverage. ·        Has a basic understanding of functional org structures and the roles & responsibilities of each function. ·        Can effectively use standard MS Office applications (i.e., Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint). ·        Have a basic understanding of legal concepts related to claims review, regulatory, compliance and other legal related topics.  ·        Strong commitment to company mission and values. ·        Ability to work independently and collaboratively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment. ·        Respectfully shares and accepts feedback willingly from all levels of the organization. PHYSICAL DEMANDS The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. ·        Effectively handle lifting of various objects weighing up to 12 pounds. ·        While performing the essential functions of the job, the employee will be required to bend, stoop, kneel, reach, and climb stairs. ·        Possess the ability to sit at a computer for extended periods of time.   WORK ENVIRONMENT The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of the job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.   This position will work in a home/office environment with occasional trips to the corporate office or other meeting locations.  Requires 5% travel.   It is Kate Farms policy that any position that requires regular interaction with healthcare professionals require that, if hired, you be vaccinated against COVID-19 unless you need a reasonable accommodation due to sincerely held religious beliefs, medical needs, or other reasons protected by applicable federal, state, and local law. Compensation for this role is in the form of base salary plus a variable component that together comprise the On-Target-Earnings (OTE). Some positions may include additional compensation in the form of equity. The typical starting salary range for new hires in this role is listed below. This range represents the lowest to highest salary range we reasonably and in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. Please note that base pay offered may vary depending on factors including your geographic location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.  All job offers are contingent upon successful completion of background verification. $90,750 - $110,000 Annual Base Salary. For full-time salaried or hourly workers, our total rewards package also include the option to enroll in a company-matched 401k plan, as well as participate in Company-sponsored medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance plans for the employee and the employee’s eligible dependents.  Employees will also receive a generous  PTO benefit with a starting accrual of 15 days per year (prorated upon hire and increased by tenure),  two weeks of paid “Refresh” leave, 80 hours of paid sick leave annually, and 11 paid holidays throughout the calendar year.  Kate Farms offers a range of other benefits offered with an emphasis on employee well-being such as paid disability leave, paid parental / pregnancy leave, Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), tuition reimbursement, an Employee Assistance Program, and more.