SVP Compliance Program Professional

Sedgwick•Downers Grove, IL

3d•$200,000 - $230,000

About The Position

The SVP, Ethics, Privacy & Compliance Program Professional provides strategic leadership to build and advance technology-enabled global ethics, privacy, and compliance programs. The role works across business and functional teams to strengthen Sedgwick’s global risk and controls posture, advance program maturity, embed automated controls and digital ethics into business processes, and provide proactive, technology-enabled assurance. Reporting to the Deputy General Counsel, Global Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, the position partners with legal, privacy, cybersecurity, and business functions. It serves as a strategic advisor to senior leaders on significant ethics, privacy, and compliance matters, helping the legal and compliance department anticipate risk, inform business decisions, and create value for the enterprise and its clients. The position leads annual compliance program activities, including risk assessment, policy attestation, and training and certification cycles. It guides the integration of privacy, compliance, and ethics controls into business processes and systems, aligns controls with cybersecurity risk management, and advises on responsible use of data, AI, and emerging technologies. The role also leads complex cross-functional initiatives and designs compliance guardrails that protect the enterprise while enabling responsible innovation. A bachelor’s degree is required, along with 12 or more years of related experience in ethics, compliance, privacy, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Experience in complex, matrixed, multinational organizations and heavily regulated markets is preferred. The role requires travel as needed and includes supervisory responsibilities.

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, with demonstrated strength in advancing program maturity, embedding automated controls, and partnering with cybersecurity or information security teams, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills.
Strong business acumen and ability to translate ethics, privacy, compliance, and regulatory risks into practical strategic guidance for senior leadership and the business.
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 analytical, metrics, and reporting skills, including ability to translate program data 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.

Responsibilities

Lead the development and advancement of 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 keep pace with regulatory change and business growth.
Monitor regulatory developments and advise on their impact and required actions for the program maturity roadmap.
Develop agile ways of working that allow the program to respond to increasing scrutiny and regulatory change.
Deliver and track program metrics and maturity indicators, and report progress with strategic insights and recommendations to leadership and stakeholders.
Lead the annual compliance program, including the annual risk assessment, policy attestation, and training and certification cycles.
Work with Colleague Relations (HR) on investigations, policy alignment, training content, and other intersecting ethics, privacy, and compliance matters.
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 in new tools and platforms by design.
Design compliance controls and guardrails that protect the enterprise while enabling responsible innovation.
Lead complex cross-functional initiatives and advise senior leadership on significant ethics, privacy, and compliance risks, priorities, and opportunities.
Provide support, guidance, leadership, and motivation to promote colleague performance.
Administer personnel policies and follow company staffing standards and training recommendations.
Interview and hire colleagues, establish performance development plans, and conduct performance discussions.
Perform other duties as assigned and travel as required.