Strategic Legal Compliance Manager

About the Role

Are you ready to actively shape the future of Legal Compliance in a globally operating company? As Strategic Legal Compliance Manager, you will lead a global compliance team and play a central role in the development and continuous strengthening of our global compliance governance framework and compliance management system. You will translate regulatory developments and compliance risks into clear governance structures, risk methodologies, controls, strategic priorities, systems, and reporting standards. By connecting these elements, you will create a consistent, scalable, and future-oriented foundation for effective compliance management throughout the company.

GLOBAL COMPLIANCE GOVERNANCE & REGULATORY INTELLIGENCE

You will continuously shape and develop our global compliance governance framework, including policies, standards, and clear governance principles. You will establish a unified approach to Regulatory Intelligence, ensuring that relevant regulatory developments are identified, assessed, and translated into practical compliance requirements, priorities, and controls.

COMPLIANCE RISK & CONTROLS

You will develop and maintain our global compliance risk framework, risk taxonomy, and associated assessment methodology. This will create a unified approach to identifying, assessing, prioritizing, and managing compliance risks. You will translate regulatory requirements and identified risks into clear global controls and standards, and continuously develop the overarching control framework.

COMPLIANCE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM & STRATEGY

You will play a central role in the development and continuous advancement of our global compliance management system, ensuring that regulatory requirements, risks, policies, controls, and reporting interlock as an integrated framework. Based on regulatory developments, emerging risks, and organizational requirements, you will contribute to defining strategic compliance priorities and translate them into clear objectives, initiatives, and roadmaps.

KPIs, REPORTING, SYSTEMS & TOOLS

You will develop meaningful compliance KPIs and reporting standards that create transparency regarding compliance risks, performance, and maturity. You will co-design global compliance reports, dashboards, and management information, providing reliable and decision-relevant information to senior stakeholders. Furthermore, you will drive the further development of compliance systems, tools, and data-driven processes, identifying opportunities to simplify, standardize, and digitize global compliance management.

STAKEHOLDER COLLABORATION & FRAMEWORK ENABLEMENT

As the global subject matter expert for compliance, you will work closely with Legal, Finance, HR, IT, Internal Audit, and other relevant departments to consistently embed our compliance framework throughout the company. You will provide practical methods, standards, and guidelines to support regional and local teams in effectively implementing global requirements. You will foster alignment, knowledge sharing, and continuous improvement across functions and markets, collaborating with external consultants as needed.

TEAM LEADERSHIP & DEVELOPMENT

You will lead, develop, and strengthen a team of compliance experts, creating clarity regarding priorities, goals, roles, and responsibilities. Through clear direction, coaching, and regular feedback, you will strengthen individual competencies and self-responsibility while expanding the team's expertise in the areas of Compliance Governance, Regulatory Intelligence, Risk Management, Controls, Systems, and Reporting. You will promote a collaborative and responsible working style focused on continuous improvement, knowledge sharing, and innovation.

Your Profile

• Extensive professional experience in Compliance Governance, Compliance Risk Management, and Compliance Management Systems in an international environment.
• Proven leadership experience, including leading and developing teams in the areas of Compliance, Legal, Risk, or Governance.
• Sound understanding of global compliance frameworks, regulatory requirements, governance principles, and Regulatory Intelligence.
• Demonstrated experience in developing compliance risk taxonomies, risk assessment methodologies, governance frameworks, and risk treatment approaches.
• Strong ability to translate complex regulatory requirements and compliance risks into practical and scalable policies, standards, controls, and business requirements.
• Sound understanding of compliance control frameworks and methodologies for assessing the design and effectiveness of controls.
• Experience in the design, implementation, or further development of global compliance management systems.
• Experience in developing strategic compliance priorities, KPIs, management reports, and global compliance statements.
• Experience in implementing and further developing compliance systems, tools, and data-driven processes.
• Strong conceptual, analytical, and solution-oriented skills, as well as the ability to connect regulatory requirements, risks, governance, controls, systems, and reporting.
• Excellent leadership, communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills.
• Demonstrated experience in leading complex global initiatives, as well as in standardization and continuous improvement across functions and jurisdictions.
• Strong project management and prioritization skills in a dynamic international environment.
• High level of integrity, sound judgment, and responsibility for ethical business practices.

What We Offer

For legal reasons, we are obligated to state that the collective agreement minimum salary for this position is EUR 3,560 gross per month. However, our attractive salary packages are based on current market salaries and are therefore significantly above the stated minimum salary.

As an employer, we value diversity and support people in unfolding their potentials and strengths, realizing their ideas, and seizing opportunities. We passionately believe that diversity among colleagues is a key element of our success. We welcome applications from all individuals equally, regardless of age, skin color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, or origin.