Senior Principal Compliance Specialist, Ethics & Investigations

Mobility Global • Centreville, VA

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About The Position

Mobility Global is seeking a Senior Principal, Ethics & Investigations to join its Compliance & Ethics team. This hands-on, global role leads complex internal investigations and helps operate the Americas Investigations Center of Excellence while building an oversight and engagement model for investigations conducted by international HR partners. The position partners with Human Resources, Legal, Cyber Defense/Information Security, Audit, and other corporate functions.

Requirements

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and admission to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction.
• 10 or more years of progressively responsible internal corporate investigations experience, including substantial experience investigating discrimination, harassment, retaliation, and workplace conduct.
• Working knowledge of employment law and demonstrated experience partnering with HR and employment counsel on sensitive investigations.
• Ability to independently lead complex, high-risk investigations, assess evidence and credibility, and produce clear, fact-based findings and policy analysis.
• Demonstrated success building, enhancing, or evolving investigation processes, governance frameworks, or programs.
• Strong process discipline, judgment, and discretion; ability to manage competing priorities and deliver in an evolving environment.
• Excellent writing and executive communication skills, with the ability to build trusted cross-functional partnerships and drive execution without direct authority.
• Ability to work without a set playbook, carry a caseload while developing processes, work independently, and adapt as priorities evolve.

Nice To Haves

• Experience coordinating investigations across jurisdictions and advising or overseeing local HR investigative partners in a multinational environment.
• Experience partnering with Cyber Defense, Information Security, or Insider Threat teams on employee-related information misuse or exfiltration investigations.
• Experience developing training, quality-review practices, and case-management reporting.
• Familiarity with NAVEX EthicsPoint or similar platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead sensitive, complex internal investigations across issue types including discrimination, harassment, retaliation, workplace conduct, conflicts of interest, fraud, data exfiltration, and misuse of company resources or information.
• Manage the investigation lifecycle from scoping through closure, including investigation plans, interviews, evidence and credibility assessment, application of company policies, defensible reports, and executive briefings.
• Handle high-risk matters involving senior personnel, complex facts, or substantial cross-functional coordination; partner with HR and Legal on follow-up.
• Maintain investigative independence, confidentiality, and objectivity.
• Ensure evidence handling, documentation, case management, and record retention meet litigation and regulatory expectations.
• Build and operationalize oversight and engagement for international HR-led investigations, defining responsibilities, planning, escalation, quality review, and consultation on findings in coordination with HR and Employment Legal and subject to local requirements.
• Develop and enhance global investigations policies, procedures, governance frameworks, and practical guidance.
• Provide HR and authorized investigators with training, tools, consultation, and quality review, incorporating local expertise and jurisdiction-specific flexibility.
• Establish and lead the Compliance & Ethics investigative partnership with Cyber Defense/Information Security to address insider threats and suspected misuse, unauthorized access, transfer, or exfiltration of confidential information.
• Define joint workflows, referral criteria, roles, escalation paths, and handoffs with Cyber Defense/Information Security, Privacy, Legal, and HR.
• Lead the conduct-investigation component of insider-risk matters, integrate technical evidence into the factual record, and identify opportunities to strengthen controls.
• Enhance Ethics Helpline operations by supporting accurate triage, categorization, routing, and assignment of concerns based on risk, complexity, and capacity.
• Improve investigation standards, workflows, playbooks, and templates for intake, evidence management, documentation, stakeholder communications, and closure.
• Help oversee investigations case-management systems, including workflow design, documentation standards, data quality, and reporting integrity; develop metrics and dashboards for timeliness, outcomes, and emerging conduct risks.
• Lead root-cause analysis of policy, process, control, or cultural factors contributing to misconduct; partner on remediation, track corrective actions, and assess effectiveness.
• Prepare reporting for senior management and governance forums on significant matters, investigation trends, systemic issues, and remediation progress.
• Support risk-based review and resolution of conflicts of interest disclosures, including employee guidance and mitigation or management plans.
• Contribute to ethics training, awareness, and speak-up initiatives, translating investigation insights into practical guidance and prevention efforts.
• Support policy drafting and governance initiatives, including the Code of Business Ethics.
• Support other Compliance & Ethics priorities and perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package, including base salary and incentive opportunities where applicable.
• Comprehensive health and wellness benefits for employees and eligible dependents.
• Retirement savings programs, including company matching contributions where available.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: Ph.D. or professional degree