VP Compliance Program Professional

Sedgwick•Downers Grove, IL

About The Position

The VP Ethics, Privacy & Compliance Program Professional supports and advances Sedgwick’s technology-enabled global ethics, privacy, and compliance programs. The role partners across functions and the business to strengthen the enterprise’s global risk and controls posture, lead key program initiatives, and advance program maturity and effectiveness. It embeds automated controls and digital ethics into business processes to deliver proactive, technology-enabled assurance. Reporting to senior Legal and Compliance leadership, the position collaborates with attorneys, privacy, cyber, and business functions to anticipate risk, support business decisions, and create value for Sedgwick and its clients. The role also provides supervisory support and leadership, administers personnel policies, and participates in hiring and colleague performance development.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
Ten or more years of progressively responsible experience in ethics, compliance, privacy, or a related field, including experience 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 risk into practical business guidance.
Demonstrated experience supporting and advancing 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 stakeholders and work effectively across a highly matrixed, global organization without direct authority.
Strong metrics, analytical, and reporting skills, including the ability to translate data and program metrics into actionable insights and recommendations.
Strong organizational and project management skills.
Excellent interpersonal and negotiating skills.
Demonstrated experience supporting and leading cross-functional transformation and change initiatives.
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

Support the development and lead implementation of technology-enabled ethics, privacy, and compliance programs, assessing effectiveness against leading frameworks and external benchmarks.
Build and maintain compliance program documentation, policies, and training materials that keep pace with regulatory changes and business growth.
Monitor regulatory developments in ethics, privacy, and compliance, assess their impact, and recommend program actions.
Develop agile ways of working so the program can respond effectively to increased scrutiny and changing public and private market regulation.
Deliver and track privacy, compliance, and ethics program metrics and maturity indicators, providing data-driven insights and recommendations to leadership and stakeholders.
Lead key components of the annual compliance program, including the annual risk assessment, policy attestation, and training and certification cycles.
Work with Colleague Relations (HR) on matters involving ethics, privacy, and compliance, including investigations, policy alignment, and training content.
Support the design and lead 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 the enterprise cybersecurity risk management program.
Guide business and functional partners 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 by design.
Develop and implement compliance controls and guardrails that protect the enterprise while enabling responsible business innovation.
Lead cross-functional program initiatives and recommend ethics, privacy, and compliance program risks, priorities, and opportunities to Legal and Compliance leadership.
Perform other duties as assigned and travel as required.
Provide support, guidance, leadership, and motivation to promote colleague performance.
Administer company personnel policies and follow company staffing standards and training recommendations.
Interview and hire colleagues, establish performance development plans, and conduct performance discussions.