42 Compliance Program jobs in Saudi Arabia

EM Legal & Compliance Manager

STADA is a leading manufacturer of high-quality pharmaceuticals. With a long-standing heritage rooted in pharmacies, we are perceived as a reliable and trustworthy partner since 1895. With our products we help people protect and regain a dignified and able life. With our proven Generics, we ensure that everyday health remains affordable.

At STADA, we follow our purpose of “Caring for People’s Health as a Trusted Partner”. In pursuit of this purpose, we are committed to further accelerating the successful trajectory of our company.

To our employees, we offer an attractive working environment in which they can develop personally.

We are looking for : Legal & Compliance Manager - Emerging Markets

Areas of Responsibilities

• Being a pro‑active attorney with demonstrated compliance and commercial experience in commercial contracts and operations related to pharma and OTC business on North African Countries and GCC with special focus on KSA;
• Able to provide legal advices and support the business operations on all legal matters, identifying and mitigating the risks for the Company;
• Able to draft, review and negotiate various types of commercial contracts related to pharma business, including by way of example and not limitation: CDA, distribution agreements, M&A and licensing, indemnification agreements; experience in distribution contract terminations understanding the implications and legal ramifications associated with them, developing strategies to mitigate any adverse effects;
• Strengthens Corporate Governance of the affiliates in KSA and Egypt, knowledge of compliance regulations, antitrust law, pharma compliance best practices;
• Able to provide clear guidelines on anti‑bribery regulation (FCPA, Trade Sanctions and UK anti‑bribery), advising the company on compliance matters and implementing compliance programs (e.g. privacy, antitrust, anti‑money laundry regulation, Code of Conduct, Conflict of Interest, interaction with HCPs and anti‑bribery policies in general);
• Ensure compliance with privacy legislation across the MENA region, including data protection and privacy laws.
• Conduct investigations into compliance and privacy‑related issues;
• Advises Management of critical project developments and any other relevant legal and compliance with specific focus on KSA;
• Stay updated on changes in laws and regulations that may impact the organization;
• Directs/coordinates the work of outside counsel, defines project objectives and manages external counsel and expenditures in accordance with internal policies;

Required Education and Experience

• Entrepreneurial thinking and action;
• Law education degree with experience in both: common law and civil law jurisdictions; qualified lawyer is an advantage;
• At least 3 years of in‑house legal and compliance experience obtained in a complex, highly regulated industry environment. Experience in the life‑science sector is an advantage;
• Fluency in English is required as it will be the primary language of communication within the company and with external stakeholders; Arabic and French knowledge is a plus;
• Ability to draft concise and effective contractual documents, summary and presentations to the management of the company;
• Proactive, flexible, responsive and resourceful;
• Requires strong organizational, analytical, interpersonal and time management skills.
• Extensive knowledge of contract drafting, negotiation, and management is essential.
• Experience in handling litigation cases and working with external legal counsel is necessary.
• Familiarity with GCC regulations, litigation procedures, and compliance is necessary.

Competency:

• Integrity
• Agility
• One STADA

If you are ready for new challenges where you can make a difference forpeople’s health, you have come to the right place. We are looking for people with great attitude and passion. The next step is yours, take a look at our open positions and become part of our global STADA team!

Please note that only successful candidates will be contacted.

Job Purpose
Provide strategic leadership and oversight for SOPC's legal compliance and legislative affairs. The Director ensures full alignment with all applicable laws, regulatory frameworks, and national legal obligations, while safeguarding the organization against legal risk. This role leads the development and implementation of legal policies, accountability frameworks, and legislative audit mechanisms. The Director also drives legal awareness, risk mitigation strategies, and cross-functional alignment with SOPC's compliance goals.

Job Specific Accountabilities
Strategic Legal Compliance & Policy Oversight
Lead the formulation and continual review of SOPC's legal policies to reflect current legislation, emerging regulatory requirements, and global best practices.

Ensure the legal compliance framework is embedded across departments, with clearly defined ownership and accountability for adherence.

Monitor new or amended legislation, assess organizational impact, and provide proactive strategic guidance to executive leadership.

Oversee the internal development of legal procedures and compliance protocols aligned with the committee's strategic goals and Olympic/Paralympic standards.

Legislative Risk Management & Governance
Identify, assess, and mitigate legal risks associated with non-compliance, regulatory change, or policy gaps.

Lead periodic legislative compliance reviews, audits, and gap analyses, ensuring timely resolution of compliance issues and transparent reporting.

Represent SOPC in legal and regulatory engagements with government bodies, legal institutions, and other stakeholders to protect organizational interests.

Advise the Senior Director on emerging legal risks and recommend risk controls or changes to organizational processes.

Stakeholder Engagement & Institutional Representation
Build and maintain trusted relationships with regulatory authorities, ministries, and Olympic/Paralympic legal governance entities.

Monitor legislative responses or legal submissions required by the government or oversight bodies on behalf of SOPC.

Ensure legal alignment with national sports law developments, Olympic Charter implications, and related national frameworks.

Legal Training, Awareness & Reporting
Oversee the design and rollout of legal awareness campaigns and training programs targeting executives, managers, and operational teams.

Ensure effective communication of compliance policies across the organization through user-friendly materials and accessible channels.

Review and approve departmental reporting on compliance performance, risk assessments, and policy impact studies.

Coordinate cross-functional legal initiatives and projects with other Legal Affairs branches (e.g., Advisory, Litigation) to ensure integrated service delivery.

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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Overview

Legal and Compliance Counsel Gulf and Saudi Arabia

Legal & Compliance Counsel Saudi Arabia will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading legal and compliance work and providing guidance in alignment with the strategy of the local business and the functional Legal & Compliance priorities.

• Adopt a pro-active, business focused approach by:
  • Leading compliance and risk management processes to drive business priorities while protecting the company and best serving our customers and patients
  • Developing, refine, and adapt the ethics, risk and compliance program to meet evolving requirements and promote consistently high standards and operational excellence
  • Providing legal advice and guidance to the business, as well as manage compliance with legal requirements.
  • Acting as a true business partner, adopting a pro-active, business focused approach to negotiating and drafting transactions and contracts, assisting in management decision processes, and delivering robust risk assessments.
  • Providing legal & compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
  • Reviewing, drafting and management of agreements, memoranda of understanding, distribution agreement, service level agreements, sponsorship agreements, pharmacy marketing agreements etc.
  • Supporting 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 business processes
  • Providing effective legal counsel to assigned business teams within the Gulf and Saudi Arabia on all aspects of pharmaceuticals business
  • Providing quality legal advice in areas including strategic partnerships, data and digital, business development and licensing, contracts, intellectual property and competition law
  • Delivering day-to-day legal services including drafting, negotiating, and settling commercial agreements within the scope of the assigned business teams.
  • Acting as a true business partner, adopting a pro-active, business focused approach to negotiating and drafting transactions and contracts, assisting in management decision processes, and delivering robust risk assessments.
  • Acting independently in complex legal matters and transactions.
  • Driving simplification and standardization projects and support the implementation of new tools and systems.
  • Contributing to Gulf and Saudi Arabia legal initiatives.
• Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.
• 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.

• 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 Saudi
• Full integration into the legal and compliance team and strong collaboration with key business stakeholders
• Strong cross-functional collaboration
• Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations
• Law school graduate & bar qualification /licensed attorney
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic is essential.
• 6 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
• Proven experience in providing specialized legal advice
• Prior experience in pharmaceuticals or healthcare industry is desirable.
• Experience in working in the Gulf and Saudi markets is preferable
• 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.
• 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.

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

Job Description
Legal & Compliance Counsel Saudi Arabia will drive legal and compliance excellence at country level, through directly leading legal and compliance work and providing 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:

• Leading compliance and risk management processes to drive business priorities while protecting the company and best serving our customers and patients

• Developing, refine, and adapt the ethics, risk and compliance program to meet evolving requirements and promote consistently high standards and operational excellence
• Providing legal advice and guidance to the business, as well as manage compliance with legal requirements.
• Acting as a true business partner, adopting a pro-active, business focused approach to negotiating and drafting transactions and contracts, assisting in management decision processes, and delivering robust risk assessments.
• Providing legal & compliance advice and determining appropriate actions/ processes in line with local strategy, local legal trends and legislation changes.
• Reviewing, drafting and management of agreements, memoranda of understanding, distribution agreement, service level agreements, sponsorship agreements, pharmacy marketing agreements etc.
• Supporting 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 business processes
• Providing effective legal counsel to assigned business teams within the Gulf and Saudi Arabia on all aspects of pharmaceuticals business
• Providing quality legal advice in areas including strategic partnerships, data and digital, business development and licensing, contracts, intellectual property and competition law
• Delivering day-to-day legal services including drafting, negotiating, and settling commercial agreements within the scope of the assigned business teams.
• Acting as a true business partner, adopting a pro-active, business focused approach to negotiating and drafting transactions and contracts, assisting in management decision processes, and delivering robust risk assessments.
• Acting independently in complex legal matters and transactions.
• Driving simplification and standardization projects and support the implementation of new tools and systems.

• Contributing to Gulf and Saudi Arabia legal initiatives.

• Consistently explore opportunities to improve and strengthen the culture of compliance, looking for ways of addressing risks in an efficient and agile manner.

• 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.

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 Saudi
• Full integration into the legal and compliance team and strong collaboration with key business stakeholders
• Strong cross-functional collaboration
• Successful outcomes to significant investigations & litigations

Minimum Requirements

• Law school graduate & bar qualification /licensed attorney
• Fluency in written and spoken English and Arabic is essential.
• 6 years post qualification experience required: ideally gained within a healthcare / pharmaceutical environment, and/or, with a top-tier law firm representing healthcare.
• Proven experience in providing specialized legal advice
• Prior experience in pharmaceuticals or healthcare industry is desirable.
• Experience in working in the Gulf and Saudi markets is preferable
• 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.
• 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

Join us

This position is a seconded position to the Royal Commission Crisis and Disaster Management Department. The role will be dependent on the need of the Royal Commission into the future.

The person appointed will work within the Crisis & Disaster Management Department (CDMD).

• The role is to provide technical Risk Management (RM) expertise, advice and guidance to the Royal Commission RM Section.
• The purpose of the Section is to implement a RM strategy and structure across Royal Commission Jubail (RCJ) and Royal Commission Ras-Al-Khair (RC RIC).
• Within that role the following tasks will be expected to be delivered:
• Oversee the coordination and development of organization wide risk management plans.
• Provide detailed advice on risk management best practice to the whole organization from Departments to the C-Suite.
• Lead in the implementation of a Risk management system across 2 major organisations.
• Developing risk management frameworks. Review and enhance existing risk management systems, ensuring compliance with local and national regulatory requirements.
• Tracking metrics: Define and report on key risk indicators and performance measures to highlight emerging issues and trends.
• Engaging stakeholders: Act as a trusted advisor, providing training and fostering accountability across teams.
• Assist in obtaining ISO 31000 certification for RCJ. Assist in maintaining ISO 31000 certification for RC RIC.
• Develop and deliver training materials and presentations to internal and external groups.
• Reporting capability: Demonstrated experience creating tools, frameworks, and dashboards.
• Leads risk mitigation and response protocols according to the latest trends and best practices if faced with a crisis.
• Engages in continuous personal learning and development that enhances individual performance and organization capabilities.

• Bachelor’s degree in business or related field with 10-13 of relevant experience or 14-17 years of relevant work experience.
• Experience in operational Risk Management essential. Ideally in the context of a large diverse organization.
• Extensive knowledge across the following resilience fields: Business Continuity and Crisis Management.
• Experience in planning and program management.
• Skill in oral and written communication. Fluency in English Language mandatory.
• Ability to provide strong, active leadership to adopt and enforce a consistent approach that nurtures a culture of quality, creativity, innovation and empowerment.
• Emotionally mature and intelligent with ability to train, coach and develop direct reports, peers and colleagues.
• Able to work in a culturally diverse environment.

• Knowledge of industry/ regulatory codes and standards.
• Experience with risk assessment and risk management. Ability to manage a large number of Risk Registers.
• Familiarity with ISO 31000 certification process.
• Familiarity with emergency evacuation and shelter plans, crisis communications procedures and business continuity management.
• Experience working in KSA or Middle East, preferable.
• Successful implementation of mentoring programs for young career minded professional.
• Hands-on approach, solution and delivery oriented.

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Department:
Risk Management

Employment Type:
Full Time

Location:
KSA

Reporting To:
Ahmed Almughriyah

Description
About the role:

The
Risk Management Analyst
will support the Risk Manager in developing, implementing, and maintaining effective risk management strategies that protect the organization from potential threats and vulnerabilities. This role requires a detail-oriented and analytical thinker who can conduct risk assessments, assist in compliance monitoring, and support business continuity planning.

The Risk Management Analyst will work closely with various departments to gather risk-related information, provide insights for decision-making, and ensure alignment with regulatory requirements and organizational goals. The ideal candidate will have experience in risk management processes, data analysis, and reporting, contributing to the continuous improvement of the organization's risk management practices.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in Risk Management Processes
• Support the Risk Manager in identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks across the organization.
• Assist in the development and implementation of risk management strategies and frameworks.
• Conduct Risk Assessments
• Perform risk assessments to evaluate potential risks and vulnerabilities.
• Assist in developing risk mitigation plans and strategies.
• Compliance Monitoring
• Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and industry standards.
• Assist in preparing compliance reports and maintaining documentation for audits.
• Data Analysis and Reporting
• Analyze risk data and generate reports to support decision-making processes.
• Monitor key risk indicators and prepare regular reports for senior management.
• Support Business Continuity Planning
• Assist in the development and maintenance of Business Continuity Plans (BCPs) and Disaster Recovery Plans (DRPs).
• Participate in BCP and DRP testing and updates.
• Collaboration and Communication
• Collaborate with various departments to gather risk-related information and ensure alignment on risk management objectives.
• Communicate risk findings and recommendations to relevant stakeholders.
• Continuous Improvement
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of risk management processes and practices.
• Stay updated on emerging risks and industry trends to provide timely insights.

Skills, Knowledge & Expertise

• At least 3 years of experience in risk management or a related field.
• Experience in conducting risk assessments and developing risk mitigation strategies.

Skills And Competencies

• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret complex data.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Proficiency in risk management tools and software.
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team-oriented environment.
• Detail-oriented with strong organizational skills.

Technical Expertise

• Familiarity with risk management frameworks such as ISO 31000 or COSO ERM.
• Understanding of compliance requirements and industry regulations.

Job Benefits

We are seeking an experience
Legal GRC Risk Supervisor
that he will be a key member of the GRC team, responsible for overseeing the organization's
enterprise risk management (ERM)
program. This role involves the proactive
identification, assessment, and mitigation
of risks across all business units. The supervisor will lead a team of risk analysts, conduct in-depth risk analyses, and prepare comprehensive reports for management to support strategic decision-making and ensure the organization's resilience.

Key Responsibilities

• Risk Identification & Assessment:
  Supervise the process of identifying potential risks, including operational, financial, strategic, and reputational threats. Conduct quantitative and qualitative risk assessments to determine the probability and potential impact of identified risks.
• Risk Mitigation & Monitoring:
  Develop and implement effective
  risk mitigation strategies
  and internal controls to reduce exposure. Track and monitor the status of key risks and the effectiveness of control measures.
• Risk Reporting & Communication:
  Maintain and manage the corporate
  risk register
  , ensuring all information is accurate and up-to-date. Prepare and present regular risk reports to senior management, highlighting top risks and trends.
• Team Leadership:
  Lead, mentor, and provide guidance to a team of risk analysts. Assign tasks, manage project timelines, and ensure the team meets its objectives efficiently.

Qualifications and Skills

• Education:
  Bachelor's degree in a relevant field such as Business, Law, Finance, or a related discipline.
• Experience:
  Proven experience in a risk management, GRC, or internal audit role. Prior experience in a
  supervisory or leadership position
  is essential.
• Skills & Competencies:
  Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with a deep understanding of
  risk management principles
  and methodologies (e.g., ISO 31000, COSO ERM).
• Certifications (Preferred):
  CRISC (Certified in Risk and Information Systems Control) or FRM (Financial Risk Manager).
• 5+ years of experience in Governance, Corporate Affairs, or Legal/Compliance.
• Strong knowledge of governance codes, corporate laws, and regulatory frameworks.
• Experience supporting Boards, Committees, or corporate secretarial functions.
• Excellent communication, drafting, and organizational skills.
• Bilingual (Arabic & English) preferred in GCC context.