SVP Compliance Program Professional Greater Chicago, IL Area + 2 more

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SVP Compliance Program Professional

PRIMARY PURPOSE: The SVP, Ethics, Privacy & Compliance Program Professional role builds industry-leading, tech-enabled global ethics, privacy, and compliance programs, partnering across all functions and the business to strengthen the enterprise's overall global risk and controls posture. Provides strategic leadership in advancing the maturity and effectiveness of these programs across the enterprise Understands how to embed automated controls and digital ethics into business processes, delivering proactive, technology-enabled assurance across the enterprise. This role reports to the Deputy General Counsel, Global Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer, and partners with attorneys, privacy, cyber, and business functions across Sedgwick to help advance the legal and compliance department as an enterprise intelligence center, serving as a function that anticipates risk, informs business decisions, and creates value across the enterprise and for its clients. Serves as a strategic advisor to senior leaders on significant ethics, privacy, and compliance program matters.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS and RESPONSIBILITIES

• Leads the development and advancement of industry-leading, tech-enabled ethics, privacy, and compliance programs, assessing and advancing program maturity against leading frameworks and external benchmarks.
• Builds and maintains compliance program documentation, policies, and training materials that keep pace with regulatory change and business growth.
• Monitors regulatory developments across ethics, privacy, and compliance and provides strategic guidance on their impact and required actions for the program's maturity roadmap.
• Builds strategic, agile ways of working that allow the program to pivot quickly as scrutiny and public and private market regulation increase.
• Delivers and tracks privacy, compliance, and ethics program metrics and maturity indicators, and provides strategic insights and recommendations reports progress to department leadership and key stakeholders.
• Leads the annual compliance program, including annual risk assessment, policy attestation, and training/certification cycles.
• Works closely with Colleague Relations (HR) on matters that intersect with ethics, privacy, and compliance, including investigations, policy alignment, and training content.
• Leads the design and implementation of automated controls into business processes and systems to reduce manual monitoring and increase real-time compliance.
• Partners closely with Cyber/Information Security to align compliance controls with the enterprise's cybersecurity risk management program.
• Provides strategic guidance to business and functional leader on digital ethics considerations, including the responsible use of data, AI, and other emerging technologies across the business.
• Partners with Innovation & Resilience legal counsel and business technology teams to ensure new tools and platforms are built with ethics, privacy, and compliance requirements embedded by design.

Designs compliance controls and guardrails that protect the enterprise while enabling the business to innovate and move quickly, building compliance as an enabler of responsible innovation rather than a barrier to it.

Leads complex, cross-functional initiatives and advises senior leadership on significant ethics, privacy, and compliance program risks, priorities, and opportunities.

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS and RESPONSIBILITIES

• Performs other duties as assigned.
• Travels as required

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides support, guidance, leadership and motivation to promote maximum performance.
• Administers company personnel policies in all areas and follows company staffing standards and training recommendations.
• Interviews, hires and establishes colleague performance development plans; conducts colleague performance discussions.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education & Licensing

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university required.

Experience

Twelve (12) 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/information security teams, or equivalent combination of education and experience required.

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

Skills & Knowledge

Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills

Strong business acumen; translates ethics, privacy, compliance, and regulatory risk into strategic, practical guidance for senior leadership and the business

Demonstrated experience leading and advancing enterprise ethics, privacy, and compliance program maturity against industry benchmarks; experience in heavily regulated markets strongly preferred

Working knowledge of automated controls, digital ethics, and responsible data/AI principles that enable rather than slow down innovation

Familiarity with GRC (governance, risk, and compliance) technology

Ability to influence senior leaders and establish direction across a highly matrixed, global organization without direct authority

Strong metrics, analytical, and reporting skills, with the ability to translate 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

WORK ENVIRONMENT

When applicable and appropriate, consideration will be given to reasonable accommodation.

Mental: Clear and conceptual thinking ability; excellent judgment, troubleshooting, problem solving, analysis, and discretion; ability to handle work-related stress; ability to handle multiple priorities simultaneously; and ability to meet deadlines

Physical: Computer keyboarding, travel as required

Auditory/Visual: Hearing, vision and talking

The statements contained in this document are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by a colleague assigned to this description. They are not intended to constitute a comprehensive list of functions, duties, or local variances. Management retains the discretion to add or to change the duties of the position at any time.

PAY TRANSPARENCY

As required by law, Sedgwick provides a reasonable range of compensation for roles that may be hired in jurisdictions requiring pay transparency in job postings. Actual compensation is influenced by a wide range of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and cost of specific location. For the jurisdiction noted in this job posting only, the range of starting pay for this role is $200,000 - $230,000. A comprehensive benefits package is offered including but not limited to, medical, dental, vision, 401k and matching, PTO, disability and life insurance, employee assistance, flexible spending or health savings account, and other additional voluntary benefits.

Sedgwick is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace.

If you're excited about this role but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, consider applying for it anyway! Sedgwick is building a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace and recognizes that each person possesses a unique combination of skills, knowledge, and experience. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.