Compliance Investigations Manager
Application deadline: 17 March 2026
Location: Ballerup 2275, Denmark, Denmark
Contract type: Permanent
Job ID: 4293
Role Description
Compliance Investigations Manager
This role plays a critical part in safeguarding the company’s integrity, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory obligations (including whistleblower protection requirements), and strengthening the organisation’s investigative capability.
Join us in creating a future legacy in medical dermatology
At LEO Pharma, we are global leaders in medical dermatology. We have 115 years’ experience in bringing innovation to healthcare. And we are eager to do much more. Each year, close to 100 million people have a better day because of our medicines.
Your role
This role plays a critical part in safeguarding the company’s integrity, ensuring compliance with legal and regulatory obligations (including whistleblower protection requirements), and strengthening the organisation’s investigative capability including managing external counsel where required, identifying trends and systemic risks, and supporting the ongoing training and development of investigation capability across the business.
Key responsibilities:
- Lead and conduct high‑risk, sensitive, and complex investigations, including whistleblower matters, in compliance with applicable laws (including the EU Whistleblower Directive), ensuring confidentiality, fairness, and protection against retaliation.
- Manage investigations end‑to‑end, from intake and scoping through evidence gathering, interviews, analysis, reporting, and remediation, in line with legal requirements and best‑practice standards.
- Assess allegations and determine appropriate investigation pathways, including escalation, referral, and regulatory considerations, ensuring timely and defensible decision‑making.
- Coordinate and advise the Investigation Group and senior stakeholders, providing clear status updates, well‑reasoned findings, and practical recommendations.
- Engage and manage external legal counsel and specialists, and support interactions with regulators, law enforcement, and other external bodies as required.
- Drive governance, reporting, and continuous improvement by identifying trends and root causes, enhancing whistleblower and investigation frameworks, and delivering training to promote a strong speak‑up culture.
Your qualifications
To succeed in this role, we imagine that you have the following qualifications:
- Minimum 5 years’ experience conducting investigations in compliance, legal, regulatory, audit, HR, or risk environments, including independent management of high‑risk and complex matters.
- Demonstrated expertise in whistleblower investigations and strong working knowledge of the EU Whistleblower Directive (or equivalent legislation), including confidentiality, timelines, and non‑retaliation obligations.
- Proven ability to apply sound investigative methodologies, manage evidence appropriately, and ensure procedural fairness throughout investigations.
- Experience instructing and managing external legal counsel and working effectively within regulated or highly governed environments.
- Excellent analytical judgment, problem‑solving, and communication skills, with the ability to clearly present complex issues to senior leadership.
- High levels of integrity, discretion, and resilience, with the ability to operate independently, manage multiple sensitive matters, and engage confidently with senior stakeholders.
Your application
You do not need to upload a cover letter, but feel free to add a few sentences in your resume or CV on why this position has your interest. Please refrain from adding a photo to your CV.
Beyond the skin
Become part of LEO Pharma, a global leader in medical dermatology, as we go beyond the skin to make a lasting impact. We are are the legacy-builders of the future – enabling people to have a better today and tomorrow. With the world as our lab, we are
transforming innovative ideas into more effective and easier-to-use medicines. Through collaboration and partnerships, we can do much more.
At LEO Pharma, we believe in the power of individuals to drive change. Our flat organizational structure empowers you to make a visible impact and offers versatile roles for professional growth. We value diversity and welcome applications from all qualified candidates, recognizing that our different perspectives, backgrounds, and attitudes enable us to make the best decisions. Join our passionate team at LEO Pharma and be yourself as we work together to make a fundamental difference.
For certain positions, LEO Pharma might complete a background check conducted by a third party.
Join us and make an impact in, on and far beyond the skin. Apply now!