SVP Compliance Program Professional

Sedgwick•Downers Grove, IL

About The Position

The SVP, Ethics, Privacy & Compliance Program Professional builds and advances global, technology-enabled ethics, privacy, and compliance programs. The role partners across business and functional teams to strengthen enterprise risk and controls, embed automated controls and digital ethics in business processes, and provide proactive, technology-enabled assurance. It reports to the Deputy General Counsel, Global Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, and works with attorneys, privacy, cyber, and business functions to help the legal and compliance department anticipate risk, inform decisions, and create value. The position serves as a strategic advisor to senior leaders on significant ethics, privacy, and compliance matters. The role leads program maturity efforts, documentation, policies, training, regulatory monitoring, metrics, annual risk assessment and attestation cycles, and cross-functional initiatives. It also advances automated controls and cybersecurity alignment, provides guidance on responsible use of data and AI, and helps ensure new tools and platforms incorporate ethics, privacy, and compliance requirements by design. The position includes supervisory responsibilities and travel as required.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
Twelve or more years of related experience in ethics, compliance, privacy, or a related field, including demonstrated strength in advancing program maturity, embedding automated controls, and partnering with cybersecurity or information security teams; an equivalent combination of education and experience is accepted.
Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills.
Strong business acumen and ability to translate ethics, privacy, compliance, and regulatory risk into practical strategic guidance for senior leadership and the business.
Demonstrated experience leading and advancing enterprise ethics, privacy, and compliance program maturity against industry benchmarks.
Working knowledge of automated controls, digital ethics, and responsible data and AI principles.
Familiarity with governance, risk, and compliance (GRC) technology.
Ability to influence senior leaders and establish direction across a highly matrixed, global organization without direct authority.
Strong metrics, analytical, and reporting skills, including translating data and program metrics into strategic insights and recommendations.
Strong organizational and project management skills.
Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills.
Demonstrated experience leading complex cross-functional transformation and change initiatives across a global organization.
Ability to meet or exceed performance competencies.

Nice To Haves

Experience operating within a complex, matrixed, and/or multinational organization.
Experience in heavily regulated markets is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Lead development and advancement of industry-leading, technology-enabled ethics, privacy, and compliance programs, assessing program maturity against leading frameworks and external benchmarks.
Build and maintain compliance program documentation, policies, and training materials that adapt to regulatory change and business growth.
Monitor regulatory developments in ethics, privacy, and compliance and advise on their impact and required program actions.
Develop agile ways of working that allow programs to respond to increased regulatory scrutiny.
Deliver and track program metrics and maturity indicators, and provide progress reports, strategic insights, and recommendations to leadership and stakeholders.
Lead the annual compliance program, including annual risk assessment, policy attestation, and training and certification cycles.
Work with Colleague Relations (HR) on investigations, policy alignment, and training content relating to ethics, privacy, and compliance.
Lead the design and implementation of automated controls in business processes and systems to reduce manual monitoring and increase real-time compliance.
Partner with Cyber/Information Security to align compliance controls with enterprise cybersecurity risk management.
Advise business and functional leaders on digital ethics, including responsible use of data, AI, and emerging technologies.
Partner with Innovation & Resilience legal counsel and business technology teams to embed ethics, privacy, and compliance requirements into new tools and platforms.
Design compliance controls and guardrails that protect the enterprise while enabling responsible innovation.
Lead complex cross-functional initiatives and advise senior leadership on significant program risks, priorities, and opportunities.
Provide support, guidance, leadership, and motivation to promote colleague performance.
Administer personnel policies and follow staffing standards and training recommendations.
Interview and hire colleagues, establish performance development plans, and conduct performance discussions.
Perform other duties as assigned.
Travel as required.