Vice President, Corporate Compliance and Governance, Global

Vantage Data Centers•Denver, CO

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Vantage Data Centers powers, cools, protects and connects the technology of the world’s well-known hyperscalers, cloud providers and large enterprises, operating across North America, EMEA and Asia Pacific. The company has evolved data center design to deliver dramatic gains in reliability, efficiency, and sustainability. The Procurement Department leads efforts from conception through commissioning, working with various internal teams and vendor partners to achieve vertically integrated designs and deliver projects on schedule and budget, aligning long-term operational sustainability with value engineering and cost metrics. The Vice President, Corporate Compliance & Governance, Global will lead the enterprise-wide corporate compliance and governance agenda across Vantage's global, multi-entity operating environment. This role is responsible for setting strategy, policy, and operating mechanisms to ensure ethical conduct, regulatory adherence, and disciplined third-party and procurement governance, enabling reliable growth, resilient operations, and transparent supplier and spend controls across regions. Key scopes include global accountability for corporate compliance and governance standards covering supplier/third-party engagement, purchasing controls, and operational compliance interfaces. The role owns enterprise policies and frameworks for Supply Chain Sustainability, Third-Party Risk Management (TPRM), Global Purchasing Policy, Contingent Workforce governance (procurement-side), Source-to-Pay (S2P) controls, Supplier Management, and Logistics governance. It also involves establishing operating cadences, decision forums, escalation paths, and performance reporting, partnering with Legal, Finance, Procurement, Information Security, EHS, Operations, and Internal Audit to embed end-to-end controls.

Requirements

15+ years of progressive leadership experience in corporate compliance, governance, risk management, procurement governance, or related fields in a global environment.
Demonstrated experience designing and operating governance frameworks (policies, controls, committees, metrics, escalations) across multiple regions and business units.
Deep knowledge of third-party risk management and supplier governance, including due diligence, contractual standards, monitoring, and remediation.
Strong understanding of source-to-pay controls and how to embed compliance into procurement and finance processes and systems.
Experience partnering with Legal, Finance, Information Security, Internal Audit, and Operations on enterprise risk and compliance programs.
Proven ability to lead complex change programs, influence executives, and drive adoption through standard work, training, and performance management.
Bachelor’s degree required.
Travel required is expected to be up to 20% but may increase over time as the business evolves.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree and/or relevant certifications (e.g., compliance, risk, audit, supply chain sustainability) preferred.

Responsibilities

Define and execute the global compliance and governance strategy aligned to business growth, risk appetite, and operating model maturity.
Design and run governance forums (e.g., steering committees, risk committees), including agenda setting, decision logs, escalation management, and executive reporting.
Set global standards for controls embedded in procurement, supplier onboarding, contracting, and payment readiness—ensuring consistent execution across regions while respecting local requirements.
Establish a measurement system that integrates leading and lagging indicators (policy adoption, cycle times, exceptions, audit findings, supplier risk posture, corrective actions).
Lead investigations/escalations related to supplier/third-party compliance and governance breaches in partnership with Legal, HR, Security, and Internal Audit, as appropriate.
Own the supplier sustainability governance framework (policy, requirements, controls, and reporting) across the supplier lifecycle—from qualification through performance management and renewal.
Embed sustainability requirements into sourcing, contracting, and supplier management (e.g., responsible sourcing, human rights/modern slavery, ethical labor practices, environmental standards, and transparency expectations).
Partner with Sustainability, EHS, Procurement, and Operations to define supplier requirements, audit/assessment approaches, corrective action plans, and escalation thresholds.
Implement supplier sustainability risk assessment and monitoring, including data collection standards and integration with third-party risk workflows.
Provide executive-level reporting on supplier sustainability risk, compliance status, and remediation progress across regions and key categories.
Own the global TPRM strategy, policy, standards, and governance cadence; ensure consistent risk-based onboarding and ongoing monitoring for vendors, contractors, consultants, and other third parties.
Ensure due diligence, risk tiering, approvals, and monitoring activities are executed with clear role accountability (business owners, risk SMEs, procurement, compliance, etc.).
Drive system enablement and workflow orchestration for third-party intake, risk assessments, approvals, and lifecycle monitoring in partnership with Procurement Operations, IT, and Security.
Set and manage service levels for TPRM intake and review; monitor bottlenecks and implement process improvements to reduce cycle time while maintaining rigor.
Oversee management reporting for TPRM risks, exceptions, conditional engagements, and remediation actions; escalate material issues to executive leadership.
Own and maintain the global purchasing policy and associated standards (delegations/approvals, competitive sourcing requirements, conflicts of interest, contracting thresholds, and exception handling).
Define minimum control requirements for requisition-to-order-to-invoice workflows, including segregation of duties and auditability, in partnership with Finance and Internal Audit.
Establish global policy governance: training expectations, adoption measurement, periodic reviews, and updates driven by regulatory changes and business evolution.
Design and govern policy exception processes (risk-based approvals, documentation, and post-hoc reviews) to balance speed and control.
Support audit readiness by ensuring policies, procedures, and evidence requirements are clear, accessible, and consistently applied.
Establish governance for contingent labor engagement in partnership with HR/People Operations, Legal, Information Security, and Procurement, ensuring appropriate onboarding, access controls, and contract compliance.
Set standards for contingent worker supplier/agency selection, rate and term governance, background screening requirements (as applicable), and offboarding discipline.
Ensure contingent workforce processes align with third-party risk and purchasing controls (e.g., vendor approval, contract requirements, purchase order and payment compliance).
Monitor contingent workforce risk indicators (inactive accounts, lapsed contracts, exceptions) and drive remediation and controls strengthening.
Define governance and control requirements across the S2P lifecycle (sourcing, contracting, supplier onboarding, purchase orders, receipting, invoicing, and payment).
Partner with Procurement Operations and Finance to standardize supplier master data governance, including supplier creation/changes, banking verification controls, and ongoing data quality management.
Establish supplier management governance: segmentation, performance management, scorecards, corrective action plans, and escalation for strategic/critical suppliers.
Ensure supplier lifecycle decisions incorporate risk, sustainability, and compliance requirements (including TPRM gates and contractual standards).
Drive process adherence and continuous improvement using data (cycle times, compliance rates, exception drivers, leakage, and audit findings).
Establish governance standards for global logistics and freight-related third parties, including contracting, performance expectations, and risk controls.
Partner with Supply Chain, Security, and Legal to define controls for shipping/receiving integrity, chain-of-custody expectations, and incident escalation/response.
Ensure logistics providers are onboarded and monitored through appropriate third-party risk processes, including information security and operational resilience considerations.
Define compliance requirements for trade, customs, and cross-border movements as applicable; ensure clear accountability for execution and documentation.
Additional duties as assigned by Management.

Benefits

Medical coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
Life and AD&D
Short and long-term disability coverage
Paid time off
Employee assistance
Participation in a 401k program that includes company match
Many other additional voluntary benefits
Above market total compensation package
Comprehensive suite of health and welfare, retirement, and paid leave benefits exceeding local expectations
Recognition, training and development