Senior Manager Controlled Substances

## Senior Manager Controlled Substances Apply remote type:
Hybrid locations:
St Paul, MNtime type:
Full time posted on:
Posted Todayjob requisition :
R110404
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**** One of the distinguishing marks of our company is the talented people who embrace the people-first, always advancing, and results-driven culture. Professional growth abounds in this motivating environment. We value the diverse talents and experiences our employees bring to Patterson and believe that they build a stronger and successful organization.

The Senior Manager Controlled Substances leads the development, implementation, and oversight of policies, procedures, and controls that ensure organizational adherence to federal, state, and international regulatory requirements. This role manages a compliance team, sets annual strategic direction, and partners with internal and external stakeholders—including regulators—to mitigate risk and advance an effective, data driven compliance program. The Senior Manager Controlled Substances serves as a subject matter expert and escalation point for complex compliance issues requiring expert judgment.

** Essential Functions
*** Develops, implements, and oversees compliance policies, procedures, and internal controls to ensure alignment with applicable laws, regulations, and industry standards, including state and federal controlled substance regulations.
* Leads the organization’s compliance audit and monitoring program, ensuring proactive risk identification, timely issue remediation, and accurate reporting of findings to leadership and relevant stakeholders.
* Monitors emerging and evolving regulatory requirements, interprets legislation, and develops strategies and action plans to ensure organizational compliance domestically and internationally.
* Oversees investigations of alleged misconduct, regulatory violations, or unethical behavior, ensuring impartial fact finding, documentation, resolution, and appropriate follow up actions.
* Provides strategic leadership in compliance training, developing and delivering training programs to strengthen regulatory awareness, operational compliance, and accountability across the organization.
* Serves as a primary liaison with regulatory authorities, responding to inquiries, coordinating regulatory submissions, and facilitating inspections or audits.
* Directs and develops a high performing compliance team, including staffing decisions, performance management, coaching, and establishing goals aligned with functional and organizational priorities.
* Collaborates cross functionally with Legal, Operations, Sales, Supply Chain, and other business areas to provide compliance guidance, support business initiatives, and embed compliance into operational processes.
* Oversee ARCOS reporting and suspicious order monitoring to ensure full compliance with DEA reporting mandates and diversion control requirements, including accuracy, timeliness, and investigative follow through on detected anomalies.
* Direct and coordinate investigations involving controlled substances, including suspected diversion, loss or theft events, suspicious order patterns, and discrepancies. Coordinate DEA Form 106 filings and collaborate with DEA field offices as needed.
* Ensure full compliance with controlled substance operational requirements governing the receipt, storage, distribution, transportation, inventory, and disposal of controlled substances across all Company locations, including oversight of required records, inventories, and operational safeguards designed to prevent diversion.
* Comply with Company and department policies and standards; performs other duties as assigned
** People Management
*** Accountable for team staffing and managing direct reports to include development, performance management, goal setting, and other managerial duties
* Ensures direct reports are aware of and follow ethical business practices and Company’s Code of Conduct to maintain a supportive and productive working environment.
** Minimum Requirements
*** Bachelor's Degree in Business, Regulatory Compliance, or related field, or…