Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer

The Challenge

The Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer (CECO)  is primarily responsible for two areas at OneTrust:

• OneTrust’s Chief Ethics and Compliance Office – delivering a best in class Global Ethics and Compliance program that showcases how Trust, Integrity and Culture can align with purpose, accelerate growth and create competitive advantage. 
• OneTrust's Ethics and Compliance Center of Excellence (COE) – the COE is customer and community facing and requires thought leadership, strong networking skills and global regulatory experience and credibility. The COE also works closely with product team to create product content and shape product priorities.

The CECO is a proven and recognized leader in the field who is comfortable shaping and sharing best practices, and driving thought leadership in the ethics and compliance profession.  Reporting to the Chief Legal and Business Officer, the CECO manages OneTrust’s ethics and compliance team. Key responsibilities including designing and overseeing OneTrust’s ethics and compliance program, shaping the product content agenda and strategic communications, delivering compelling insights and effective guidance to the product team and customers. 

Through constant learning, discovery and collaboration, you will help customers deliver on their mission-critical priorities, grow your career, and increase your industry impact.

Your Mission

• Build, manage and develop OneTrust’s ethics and compliance team
• Provide periodic board updates on the state of ethics and compliance at OneTrust
• Produce executive education content for the Ethics and Compliance office
• Research trends in compliance and ethics, and produce insightful and actionable thought leadership content for OneTrust focused on the business value of ethics and compliance; this content may be delivered through written and speaking sessions  
• Drive the creation of a market leading ethics and compliance literacy program to aid customers on the people and process side of succeeding with ethics and compliance  
• Provide customer and prospect facing support to educate on best practices  
• Contextualize and deliver enterprise compliance spending forecasts and other quantitative analysis for customers   
• Develop must-have qualitative research around market trends and competitive landscapes for the ethics and compliance market   
• Drive compelling interactions via inquiries, remote and in-person briefings, and conferences on a broad variety of ethics and compliance topics, targeting business leaders in customer and prospect organizations.  
• Keep abreast of policy developments that have a significant global impact on the ethics and compliance market
• Provide sales support by engaging with prospective and existing clients virtually or face-to face and by delivering impactful insight based on client needs  
• Become a regular commentator to media following major ethics and compliance events  
• Manage relationships with key organizations and event partners  
• Work closely with the social media and communications team to appropriately amplify thought leadership activities

You Are:

• An innovative thinker who can think strategically and has attention to the details
• An effective writer and communicator who produces clear and compelling materials and briefs
• A strong relationship builder and collaborator
• An independent, objective and agile thinker who can resolve complex challenges
• Able to manage diverse activities, meet deadlines, and be flexible to changing situations and priorities
• A leader who understands how to integrate thought leadership content within digital platforms

Your Experience Includes:

• Bachelor's degree in business or law; Master’s or JD preferred
• Minimum 10 years of compliance and/or business leadership experience, and 5 years of ethics experience
• A proven track record of developing policies and procedures, and successful program execution.
• Extensive knowledge of business risk, risk assessment and risk-based decision making.
• Substantial experience in the ethics and compliance space, credible with customers as an expert and thought leader
• Demonstrated skill in proactively building relationships with customers, media and event partners, and industry organizations
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analysis, writing, data visualization and presentation skills
• Communication skills as evidenced by prior work experience presenting to or advising senior executives, investors, boards, or industry peers

Extra Awesome

• Experience in successfully positioning your subject matter to achieve national and/or industry specific recognition
• Experience creating unique and compelling stakeholder events and experiences

Resources 

Check out the following to learn more about this role: 

• R&D at OneTrust 
• R&D Culture 
• About the team 
• Why should you join the team 
• What makes OneTrust unique 

Benefits  

• As an employee at OneTrust, you will be a part of the OneTeam. That means equity, bonuses, unlimited PTO, and 100% paid medical benefits (and that’s just the beginning!).   
• Our employee rewards philosophy spans mental, physical, and emotional well-being because we want our people to succeed both in and out of the office. Some benefits differ depending on region, but here’s what you can expect from our OneTeam Total Rewards Program:  
• Competitive Compensation: We offer top pay for top talent with competitive total packages including equity for all, performance bonuses, and retirement savings with match. We’re also committed to fair and equitable pay practices.  
• Workstyle Flexibility: At home or in the office, we trust you to get the job done. Our people have the option to work in the office, fully remote, or a hybrid based on their role. Explore a new country with our short- and long-term global mobility program, and go green with commuter program discounts, and in-office perks (free food, drinks, and happy hours, anybody?).  
• Career Development: You’re not just joining any company; you’re joining the category-defining software platform for trust. You can become an expert and earn industry certifications with training and exams paid for by us and access to our learning & development program and guest speaker series.  
• Employee Recognition: We celebrate our accomplishments the best way we know how – together. Our people are invited to attend employee appreciation social events (including our awesome annual holiday party), participate in ticket giveaways for local city events based on your home office location, and celebrate one another through our #CheersforPeers channel.  
• Focus on Wellbeing: Take the vacation or volunteer - we have unlimited PTO globally. You’ll also have access to ClassPass memberships, generous company holidays and your birthday off, paid sick days, Employee Resource Groups (or, as we call them, Employee Trust Groups), and other ways to get connected or support company diversity, equity, and inclusion goals.   
• Health Benefits: No package is complete without great health benefits. This role may receive company-paid employee healthcare premiums, parental leave, and access to mental health benefits and employee assistance programs. Specific benefits differ by location, so please check with your recruiter to specify what this role will receive. 

Our Commitment to You  

• When you join OneTrust you are stepping onto a launching pad — the countdown has begun. The destination? A career without boundaries working alongside a diverse and inclusive crew who is passionate about doing meaningful work. As a pioneer, your voice and expertise will help chart the direction of an entirely new industry — Trust. Our commitment to putting people first starts with you. Your growth is part of the mission. Our goal is to give you the power to embark on the next phase of your uniquely, unique career.  
• OneTrust provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.