138 Compliance Officers jobs in Saudi Arabia

Overview

Develop and implement Legal & Compliance programs, monitor regulatory changes, conduct compliance audits, develop policies and procedures and provide awareness and training. Perform various supporting responsibilities aiming to provide timely and effective deliverables related to legal matters. Ensure to provide timely and effective deliverables in the area of legal and compliance. Ensure all Legal Services are accomplished in compliance with strategies and operational priorities.

• Develop and implement Legal & Compliance programs
• Monitor regulatory changes
• Conduct compliance audits
• Develop policies and procedures
• Provide awareness and training
• Perform supporting responsibilities to provide timely and effective deliverables related to legal matters
• Ensure timely and effective deliverables in the area of legal and compliance
• Ensure all Legal Services are accomplished in compliance with strategies and operational priorities

Develop and implement Legal & Compliance programs, monitor regulatory changes, conduct compliance audits, develop policies and procedures and provide awareness and training. Perform various supporting responsibilities aiming to provide timely and effective deliverables related to legal matters. Ensure to provide timely and effective deliverables in the area of legal and compliance. Ensure all Legal Services are accomplished in compliance with strategies and operational priorities.

• Develop and implement Legal & Compliance programs
• Monitor regulatory changes
• Conduct compliance audits
• Develop policies and procedures
• Provide awareness and training
• Perform supporting responsibilities to provide timely and effective deliverables related to legal matters
• Ensure timely and effective deliverables in the area of legal and compliance
• Ensure all Legal Services are accomplished in compliance with strategies and operational priorities

The Assistant Manager - Governance & Compliance will :

• Support the establishment and implementation of governance frameworks that ensure the integrity and compliance of the Qiddiya projects.
• Work closely with various departments to facilitate adherence to regulatory requirements and internal policies.
• Provide guidance and support to teams on compliance issues, identifying potential risks and recommending mitigation strategies.
• Assist in developing compliance programs and policies to promote ethical practices across the organization.
• Conduct regular compliance audits and assessments to ensure ongoing adherence to established policies and procedures.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure effective communication and understanding of governance and compliance requirements.
• Prepare reports and presentations for management, outlining compliance status and areas for improvement.

Key Responsibilities:

Governance Framework Development:

• Assist in designing and implementing governance frameworks in alignment with industry best practices and organizational objectives.
• Regularly review and update governance documents and compliance policies to ensure relevance and compliance with statutory requirements.
• Facilitate training and awareness programs related to governance and compliance for all staff members.

Compliance Monitoring:

• Monitor organizational activities to ensure compliance with regulators, laws, and internal policies.
• Conduct risk assessments and compliance audits, providing actionable insights to improve compliance practices.
• Assist in the investigation of compliance breaches and prepare reports with recommended corrective actions.

Stakeholder Collaboration:

• Engage with external regulators and auditors as necessary to support compliance initiatives.
• Promote a culture of compliance across the organization by fostering strong relationships with key stakeholders.
• Prepare and present compliance performance reports to senior management.

• Bachelor’s degree in Law, Business Administration, Corporate Governance, or a related field.
• 5-7 years of experience in governance and compliance roles, ideally in large organizations.
• Strong knowledge of governance principles, risk management, and compliance regulations.
• Proven experience in conducting audits and compliance assessments.
• Excellent analytical skills, with the ability to identify compliance risks and propose solutions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to engage effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Fluency in English; proficiency in Arabic is a plus.

Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Governance, Project Management, or a related field.

Years of Experience: 4-6 years of experience.

Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf

The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Major Accountabilities

• Adopt a pro-active, business focused approach by:
  • Serving as single point of contact for all Legal & Compliance tasks in Gulf and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including coordinating data privacy, antitrust, intellectual property topics with Global Leads and Teams.
  • Providing Legal & Compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
  • Managing matters and litigation (legislative matters, antibribery, unfair competition and anti-trust, labour etc.)
  • Negotiating, drafting and management of commercial agreements (focusing on sell side)
  • Managing Legal & Compliance reporting, monitoring & training, incl. transparency reporting, dawn-raid training.
  • Supporting enterprise risk management, third party risk management, contract management, risk assessment management, contract management and CORE etc.
  • Ensuring timely and high-quality analysis of legislation, legislation drafts and their potential impact on the Sandoz META Export business processes
• As a member of the Country Leadership Team, pro-actively contribute to strategy and business discussions, decisions, and outcomes.
• Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
• Support investigations conducted by authorities, Corporate Security and Speak-Up on legal and compliance issues.
• Responsible for anticipating, identifying and analysing legal issues and the development of legal strategies and solutions. Continuously monitor developments in the business, local market and legal/regulatory regime to adequately assess legal risks and opportunities for Sandoz and propose concrete actions to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.
• Ensure local management team is made aware of Group-wide norms, including policies, and are taking action to implement the same in their businesses. Oversee adjustment of all such norms, where required, to reflect local law and regulation.
• Ensure training is provided to management and associates in the areas of the law presenting the greatest risk locally.
• Act as a business partner in all actions relating to Sandoz’s contractual negotiations, compliance and statutory obligations; relating to the ownership, control and protection of inventions and confidential business information, reviewing, drafting and negotiating all legal business issues regarding Sandoz’s research collaborations, licensing activities and other significant transactions.
• Handle legal issues related to business development, labour law and corporate governance. Negotiate and draft distribution agreements, licensing agreements, promotion agreements, services agreements, acquisition and/or divestment agreements.

Key Performance Indicators

• Internal stakeholder satisfaction with amount, appropriateness, and timeliness of legal support provided (i.e pragmatic and principled, reliable, fast, customer oriented)
• Strong, collaborative leadership displayed, influencing outside area of direct responsibility with business acumen and excellent communication
• Successful enforcement/defence of contracts within Gulf and KSA
• Full integration into the respective leadership teams and strong collaboration with key stakeholders
• Strong cross-functional collaboration
• No major compliance/regulatory issue
• Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations
• Law school graduate & bar qualification (admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction)
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic essential.
• 10 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
• Experience in Saudi Arabia and Gulf is preferable
• Experience in managing Legal & Compliance teams, work and projects
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to analyse complex legal and compliance issues.
• Strong verbal & written communication skills; together with a high ability to influence and negotiate.
• Proven ability to deal positively when working within tight time pressures & demanding clients.
• Financial/business acumen and business partnering skills
• Demonstrate professional & culturally sensitive work ethics
• Change agility and resilience
• Strong analytical and organisational skills.
• Proven ability to proactively provide insightful and timely legal support to stakeholders across a functionally and geographically dispersed organisation.
• Results oriented mentality i.e. “ability to get things done” avoiding legal “over engineering” while safeguarding Sandoz rights.
• Ability to question and improve the status quo.
• Ability to set priorities and manage a wide ranging workload.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

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Job Description

The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Job Description

The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Major Accountabilities

• Adopt a pro-active, business focused approach by:
• Serving as single point of contact for all Legal & Compliance tasks in Gulf and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including coordinating data privacy, antitrust, intellectual property topics with Global Leads and Teams.
• Providing Legal & Compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
• Managing matters and litigation (legislative matters, antibribery, unfair competition and anti-trust, labour etc.)
• Negotiating, drafting and management of commercial agreements (focusing on sell side)
• Managing Legal & Compliance reporting, monitoring & training, incl. transparency reporting, dawn-raid training.
• Supporting enterprise risk management, third party risk management, contract management, risk assessment management, contract management and CORE etc.
• Ensuring timely and high-quality analysis of legislation, legislation drafts and their potential impact on the Sandoz META Export business processes
• As a member of the Country Leadership Team, pro-actively contribute to strategy and business discussions, decisions, and outcomes.
• Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
• Support investigations conducted by authorities, Corporate Security and Speak-Up on legal and compliance issues.
• Responsible for anticipating, identifying and analysing legal issues and the development of legal strategies and solutions. Continuously monitor developments in the business, local market and legal/regulatory regime to adequately assess legal risks and opportunities for Sandoz and propose concrete actions to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.
• Ensure local management team is made aware of Group-wide norms, including policies, and are taking action to implement the same in their businesses. Oversee adjustment of all such norms, where required, to reflect local law and regulation.
• Ensure training is provided to management and associates in the areas of the law presenting the greatest risk locally.
• Act as a business partner in all actions relating to Sandoz’s contractual negotiations, compliance and statutory obligations; relating to the ownership, control and protection of inventions and confidential business information, reviewing, drafting and negotiating all legal business issues regarding Sandoz’s research collaborations, licensing activities and other significant transactions.
• Handle legal issues related to business development, labour law and corporate governance. Negotiate and draft distribution agreements, licensing agreements, promotion agreements, services agreements, acquisition and/or divestment agreements.
  

• Internal stakeholder satisfaction with amount, appropriateness, and timeliness of legal support provided (i.e pragmatic and principled, reliable, fast, customer oriented)
• Strong, collaborative leadership displayed, influencing outside area of direct responsibility with business acumen and excellent communication
• Successful enforcement/defence of contracts within Gulf and KSA
• Full integration into the respective leadership teams and strong collaboration with key stakeholders
• Strong cross-functional collaboration
• No major compliance/regulatory issue
• Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations
• Legal team talent acquisition & development (mentoring, coaching, delegating)
  
  

• Law school graduate & bar qualification (admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction)
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic essential.
• 10 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
• Experience in Saudi Arabia and Gulf is preferable
• Experience in managing Legal & Compliance teams, work and projects
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to analyse complex legal and compliance issues.
• Strong verbal & written communication skills; together with a high ability to influence and negotiate.
• Proven ability to deal positively when working within tight time pressures & demanding clients.
• Financial/business acumen and business partnering skills
• Demonstrate professional & culturally sensitive work ethics
• Change agility and resilience
• Strong analytical and organisational skills.
• Proven ability to proactively provide insightful and timely legal support to stakeholders across a functionally and geographically dispersed organisation.
• Results oriented mentality i.e. “ability to get things done” avoiding legal “over engineering” while safeguarding Sandoz rights.
• Ability to question and improve the status quo.
• Ability to set priorities and manage a wide ranging workload.
  
  

• Seniority level Executive

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Legal
• Industries Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf

The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Major Accountabilities

• Adopt a pro-active, business focused approach by:
  • Serving as single point of contact for all Legal & Compliance tasks in Gulf and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including coordinating data privacy, antitrust, intellectual property topics with Global Leads and Teams.
  • Providing Legal & Compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
  • Managing matters and litigation (legislative matters, antibribery, unfair competition and anti-trust, labour etc.)
  • Negotiating, drafting and management of commercial agreements (focusing on sell side)
  • Managing Legal & Compliance reporting, monitoring & training, incl. transparency reporting, dawn-raid training.
  • Supporting enterprise risk management, third party risk management, contract management, risk assessment management, contract management and CORE etc.
  • Ensuring timely and high-quality analysis of legislation, legislation drafts and their potential impact on the Sandoz META Export business processes
• As a member of the Country Leadership Team, pro-actively contribute to strategy and business discussions, decisions, and outcomes.
• Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
• Support investigations conducted by authorities, Corporate Security and Speak-Up on legal and compliance issues.
• Responsible for anticipating, identifying and analysing legal issues and the development of legal strategies and solutions. Continuously monitor developments in the business, local market and legal/regulatory regime to adequately assess legal risks and opportunities for Sandoz and propose concrete actions to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.
• Ensure local management team is made aware of Group-wide norms, including policies, and are taking action to implement the same in their businesses. Oversee adjustment of all such norms, where required, to reflect local law and regulation.
• Ensure training is provided to management and associates in the areas of the law presenting the greatest risk locally.
• Act as a business partner in all actions relating to Sandoz's contractual negotiations, compliance and statutory obligations; relating to the ownership, control and protection of inventions and confidential business information, reviewing, drafting and negotiating all legal business issues regarding Sandoz's research collaborations, licensing activities and other significant transactions.
• Handle legal issues related to business development, labour law and corporate governance. Negotiate and draft distribution agreements, licensing agreements, promotion agreements, services agreements, acquisition and/or divestment agreements.

Key Performance Indicators

• Internal stakeholder satisfaction with amount, appropriateness, and timeliness of legal support provided (i.e pragmatic and principled, reliable, fast, customer oriented)
• Strong, collaborative leadership displayed, influencing outside area of direct responsibility with business acumen and excellent communication
• Successful enforcement/defence of contracts within Gulf and KSA
• Full integration into the respective leadership teams and strong collaboration with key stakeholders
• Strong cross-functional collaboration
• No major compliance/regulatory issue
• Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations
• Law school graduate & bar qualification (admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction)
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic essential.
• 10 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
• Experience in Saudi Arabia and Gulf is preferable
• Experience in managing Legal & Compliance teams, work and projects
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to analyse complex legal and compliance issues.
• Strong verbal & written communication skills; together with a high ability to influence and negotiate.
• Proven ability to deal positively when working within tight time pressures & demanding clients.
• Financial/business acumen and business partnering skills
• Demonstrate professional & culturally sensitive work ethics
• Change agility and resilience
• Strong analytical and organisational skills.
• Proven ability to proactively provide insightful and timely legal support to stakeholders across a functionally and geographically dispersed organisation.
• Results oriented mentality i.e. "ability to get things done" avoiding legal "over engineering" while safeguarding Sandoz rights.
• Ability to question and improve the status quo.
• Ability to set priorities and manage a wide ranging workload.

Why Sandoz?

Generic and Biosimilar medicines are the backbone of the global medicines industry. Sandoz, a leader in this sector, provided more than 900 million patient treatments across 100+ countries in 2024 and while we are proud of this achievement, we have an ambition to do more!

With investments in new development capabilities, production sites, new acquisitions, and partnerships, we have the opportunity to shape the future of Sandoz and help more patients gain access to low-cost, high-quality medicines, sustainably.

Our momentum is powered by an open, collaborative culture driven by our talented and ambitious colleagues, who, in return for applying their skills, experience an agile and collegiate environment with impactful, flexible-hybrid careers, where diversity is welcomed and where personal growth is supported!

This site is intended for a global audience

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Job Description

The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Job Description

The Head Legal & Compliance Kingdom of Saudi and Gulf will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading and supervising legal and compliance work and guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

Major Accountabilities

• Adopt a pro-active, business focused approach by:
• Serving as single point of contact for all Legal & Compliance tasks in Gulf and Kingdom of Saudi Arabia including coordinating data privacy, antitrust, intellectual property topics with Global Leads and Teams.
• Providing Legal & Compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
• Managing matters and litigation (legislative matters, antibribery, unfair competition and anti-trust, labour etc.)
• Negotiating, drafting and management of commercial agreements (focusing on sell side)
• Managing Legal & Compliance reporting, monitoring & training, incl. transparency reporting, dawn-raid training.
• Supporting enterprise risk management, third party risk management, contract management, risk assessment management, contract management and CORE etc.
• Ensuring timely and high-quality analysis of legislation, legislation drafts and their potential impact on the Sandoz META Export business processes
• As a member of the Country Leadership Team, pro-actively contribute to strategy and business discussions, decisions, and outcomes.
• Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
• Support investigations conducted by authorities, Corporate Security and Speak-Up on legal and compliance issues.
• Responsible for anticipating, identifying and analysing legal issues and the development of legal strategies and solutions. Continuously monitor developments in the business, local market and legal/regulatory regime to adequately assess legal risks and opportunities for Sandoz and propose concrete actions to mitigate risks and exploit opportunities.
• Ensure local management team is made aware of Group-wide norms, including policies, and are taking action to implement the same in their businesses. Oversee adjustment of all such norms, where required, to reflect local law and regulation.
• Ensure training is provided to management and associates in the areas of the law presenting the greatest risk locally.
• Act as a business partner in all actions relating to Sandoz's contractual negotiations, compliance and statutory obligations; relating to the ownership, control and protection of inventions and confidential business information, reviewing, drafting and negotiating all legal business issues regarding Sandoz's research collaborations, licensing activities and other significant transactions.
• Handle legal issues related to business development, labour law and corporate governance. Negotiate and draft distribution agreements, licensing agreements, promotion agreements, services agreements, acquisition and/or divestment agreements.
  

• Internal stakeholder satisfaction with amount, appropriateness, and timeliness of legal support provided (i.e pragmatic and principled, reliable, fast, customer oriented)
• Strong, collaborative leadership displayed, influencing outside area of direct responsibility with business acumen and excellent communication
• Successful enforcement/defence of contracts within Gulf and KSA
• Full integration into the respective leadership teams and strong collaboration with key stakeholders
• Strong cross-functional collaboration
• No major compliance/regulatory issue
• Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations
• Legal team talent acquisition & development (mentoring, coaching, delegating)
  
  

• Law school graduate & bar qualification (admitted to practice law in a jurisdiction)
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic essential.
• 10 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
• Experience in Saudi Arabia and Gulf is preferable
• Experience in managing Legal & Compliance teams, work and projects
• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to analyse complex legal and compliance issues.
• Strong verbal & written communication skills; together with a high ability to influence and negotiate.
• Proven ability to deal positively when working within tight time pressures & demanding clients.
• Financial/business acumen and business partnering skills
• Demonstrate professional & culturally sensitive work ethics
• Change agility and resilience
• Strong analytical and organisational skills.
• Proven ability to proactively provide insightful and timely legal support to stakeholders across a functionally and geographically dispersed organisation.
• Results oriented mentality i.e. "ability to get things done" avoiding legal "over engineering" while safeguarding Sandoz rights.
• Ability to question and improve the status quo.
• Ability to set priorities and manage a wide ranging workload.
  
  

• Seniority level Executive

• Employment type Full-time

• Job function Legal
• Industries Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

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Legal Governance and Regulatory Compliance Manager

Our holding company is a diversified conglomerate with a portfolio of subsidiaries across multiple industries. We are seeking a strategic and diligent Legal Governance and Regulatory Compliance Manager to serve as a cornerstone of our corporate integrity and risk management framework.

This role is pivotal in developing, implementing, and overseeing the corporate governance and regulatory compliance programs across the entire group of companies. The successful candidate will act as a central hub of expertise, providing guidance and support to our subsidiaries to ensure they operate within legal boundaries and adhere to the highest standards of ethical conduct and corporate governance.

Key Responsibilities:

• Develop, implement, and maintain robust corporate governance policies, charters, and frameworks for the holding company and its subsidiaries.
• Advise the Board of Directors and subsidiary boards on corporate governance best practices, fiduciary duties, and regulatory responsibilities.
• Manage the schedule for board and committee meetings, prepare agendas, and ensure accurate minute-taking and follow-up on action items.
• Ensure compliance with relevant corporate laws and governance regulations in all jurisdictions of operation.
• Design and implement a group-wide compliance management system (CMS) to proactively identify, assess, monitor, and mitigate regulatory risks.
• Continuously monitor the regulatory landscape for new and amended laws, regulations, and standards that impact the group's diverse operations (e.g., anti-corruption, antitrust, data privacy, sector-specific regulations).
• Translate complex regulatory requirements into clear, actionable policies and procedures tailored for various subsidiaries.
• Conduct regular compliance audits and risk assessments across subsidiaries and report findings to senior management.
• Serve as the primary point of contact and subject-matter expert for subsidiary legal, compliance, and management teams.
• Facilitate group-wide training and awareness programs on governance, compliance, and ethics.
• Monitor and report on subsidiary adherence to group-wide policies, escalating critical issues to holding company leadership.
• Foster a unified culture of compliance and integrity throughout the organization.
• Develop and maintain key group-wide policies, including the Code of Conduct, Whistleblowing Policy, and Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy.
• Manage the group’s whistleblowing and reporting channels, ensuring all concerns are investigated appropriately and confidentially.
• Prepare and present regular reports to executive management and the board on the status of the governance and compliance program, key risks, and mitigation efforts.

Essential Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Law (LLB) from a recognized institution. A master’s degree (LLM) in Commercial Law, Corporate Law, or a related field is a strong advantage.
• Professional certification in compliance (e.g., ICA International Diploma, CCEP) is highly desirable.
• Minimum of 8-10 years of progressive experience in corporate governance, legal, and compliance roles, with at least 3-5 years in a management or advisory capacity.
• Proven experience working within a holding company structure or a large multinational with multiple, distinct business units is essential.
• In-depth knowledge of corporate law, company regulations, and governance codes relevant to the operating regions.
• Demonstrable experience in developing and implementing corporate governance frameworks and compliance programs from the ground up.
• Strong risk assessment skills with the ability to design and execute effective monitoring and audit plans.
• Superior ability to influence and gain buy-in from subsidiary leadership and stakeholders without direct managerial authority. This is a non-negotiable skill for a holding company role.
• Flawless verbal and written communication skills, with the talent to distill complex legal concepts into clear, actionable guidance for non-lawyers.
• A collaborative and service-oriented mindset, acting as a trusted business partner and advisor to subsidiary teams.
• A proactive, hands-on approach to problem-solving and the ability to anticipate and mitigate risks before they materialize.
• The highest ethical standards and the discretion to handle sensitive and confidential information.

This role is strategically positioned at the holding company level to provide centralized expertise and ensure cohesive governance. It is critical for:

• Establishing Consistency: Creating a unified standard for governance and compliance across all subsidiaries, ensuring each meets the holding company's benchmark for integrity and risk management.
• Providing Centralized Expertise: Acting as a dedicated center of excellence, providing specialized guidance that would be cost-prohibitive for individual subsidiaries to maintain independently.
• Enabling Effective Oversight: Giving the holding company’s leadership and board clear visibility into the compliance health and governance practices of its investments.
• Driving Efficiency & Knowledge Sharing: Capturing and disseminating best practices across the entire group, elevating the performance and compliance maturity of all portfolio companies.
• Ensuring Strategic Alignment: Guaranteeing that all subsidiaries' operations and strategic decisions are aligned with the core values, risk appetite, and legal obligations of the holding company.