Compliance- Health Industries - Pharma Life Sciences- Senior Associate

PricewaterhouseCoopers•Chicago, NY

About The Position

As a Compliance Senior Associate in Health Industries—Pharma Life Sciences, you will support regulatory risk and compliance work for clients in the pharma and life sciences space. You will help interpret regulatory requirements, assess compliance needs, and develop practical approaches for complex operating environments. You will analyze multifaceted issues, manage assigned workstreams, build client relationships, and guide junior team members while developing technical skills and business context within PwC’s Risk and Compliance practice. You will contribute to compliance strategies, evaluate controls and data, and help clients respond to evolving regulatory expectations across health industry operations. The role may cover pharma, med tech, payer, and provider environments, as well as areas such as third-party risk, privacy, records management, sanctions, anti-money laundering, and ethics. Travel requirements are up to 60%.

Requirements

At least a bachelor's degree.
At least 3 years of experience.

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting compliance or regulatory risk in pharma or life sciences.
Knowledge of health industry regulatory requirements and operational risks.
Experience interpreting data and recommending compliance-focused actions.
Familiarity with compliance frameworks, controls, and governance activities.
Experience using critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
A history of building client relationships and mentoring junior team members.

Responsibilities

Analyze regulatory compliance requirements for healthcare and life sciences clients and translate them into practical workstream activities.
Assess client controls, policies, and procedures to identify gaps in compliance, governance, and risk management.
Develop compliance reviews, testing approaches, and documentation tied to regulatory expectations across pharma, med tech, payer, and provider environments.
Interpret data and operational evidence to support findings, recommendations, and issue tracking.
Prepare client deliverables summarizing risks, observations, and actions for remediation planning.
Support compliance program implementation in areas such as third-party risk, privacy, records management, sanctions, anti-money laundering, and ethics.
Coordinate with client teams to gather information, clarify process details, and advance assigned tasks.
Mentor junior team members on methods, documentation quality, and task execution, and review their work for completeness.
Build client relationships through responsive support and an understanding of industry-specific compliance challenges.