Senior Director, Ethics, Risk and Compliance

About Palladium:

Palladium is a global company working to design, develop and deliver positive impact on the lives and livelihoods of people around the globe; broaden access to health, water, power, and infrastructure; build enduring, sustainable, and transformative institutions and market systems to address global challenges; and conserve the natural world. We operate in over 90 countries and have a workforce of 4,000 talented, motivated, and diverse staff of all religions, races, languages, and gender identities.

This Opportunity:

The Senior Director of Ethics, Risk and Compliance is a leadership position responsible for expanding and growing Palladium's commitment to sophisticated risk management and corporate compliance. You will serve as Palladium's change agent with a strategic business focus. You will focus on updating and monitoring the organization's form risk governance framework and providing practical solutions to issues and concerns that impact the organization's ability to fulfill its mission. The ideal candidate will be highly motivated and skilled at collaborating with a variety of stakeholders globally. You will have a keen interest in providing guidance to business stakeholders across a variety of risk and compliance issues and be passionate about promoting our culture of integrity.

Location and Compensation:

The position is based in Palladium's Washington D.C. office.

For our prospective employees in the United States, please note that the full-time equivalent annual base salary for this position is expected to range from $143,000 - $215,000. and successful candidates may also be eligible for additional, variable incentive compensation dependent on the role.

Please be advised that a final salary offer will be based on various factors, including but not limited to your qualifications, education, experience, skills, seniority, performance, and Palladium's business or organizational needs.

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the compensation for this position, please do not hesitate to reach out to us. We value your interest in our company and appreciate the opportunity to discuss this opportunity with you.

You and Your Career:

If you are a problem-solver, collaborator, and doer, and you have expertise in providing guidance to business stakeholders on risk and compliance issues, we are interested in hearing from you.

We are a learning organization and provide growth opportunities from the start. We pride ourselves on giving you the freedom, resources, and guidance to chart a fulfilling career!

Reporting and Supervision:

• This role will report directly to the General Counsel
  

Primary Duties and Responsibilities:

• Oversee Palladium's Risk Management program, including monitoring compliance with statutory and contractual government obligations
  
• Oversee Palladium's global risk register, capturing and mitigating realized and foreseeable risks across Palladium's global activities
  
• Administer Palladium's global helpline
  
• Conduct and / or direct internal investigations, including collecting and reviewing information, interviewing witnesses and subjects, preparing investigation reports, and coordinating needed remediation
  
• Prepare and deliver executive and board presentations on risk management and compliance initiatives
  
• Supervise Palladium's Enterprise Risk Assessment and subsequent program enhancements. Drive program controls improvement efforts
  
• Help develop, improve, and maintain third-party risk management controls and associated policies and procedures
  
• Manage the company's global conflicts of interest program, including maintaining appropriate policies and procedures, overseeing conflict mitigation efforts, driving data analysis and insight, and workflow improvements
  
• Draft and maintain corporate compliance and risk management policies and procedures
  
• Assist in designing strategy and driving operationalization of policies, procedures, and guidance
  
• Design and deliver live and web-based training across the organization
  
• Prepare communication materials for diverse audiences to reinforce and support the risk management and compliance program. Assist in designing overall communications strategy
  
• Contribute to and support data protection and privacy compliance initiatives, including monitoring and responding to legal and regulatory developments
  
• Undertake special projects and support other risk management initiatives as needed
  

Key Competencies Required:

• Proficiency with U.S. federal contracting and procurement compliance obligations, including corresponding Federal Acquisition Regulation provisions
  
• Extensive experience in risk management and / or regulatory compliance industry, predominantly in supervisory or management roles
  
• Recent experience in U.S. government contracting compliance experience
  
• Excellent problem-solving, written and oral communication, and interpersonal skills
  
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills
  
• Demonstrated ability to lead, manage and facilitate change; demonstrated vision to define and effectively manage strategies, change structures, and change processes necessary to address program priorities
  
• Willingness to travel as required from 10% to 20% (both domestic and international)
  

Professional Expertise/Competencies Preferred:

• International development risk management and / or compliance experience
  
• Experience working with multiple time zones
  
• Experience and comfort working with data, including to measure program performance and effectiveness, inform priorities, and deliver insights to stakeholders
  

Equity, Diversity & Inclusion - Palladium is committed to embedding equity, diversity, and inclusion into everything we do. We welcome applications from all sections of society and actively encourage diversity to drive innovation, creativity, success and good practice. We positively welcome and seek to ensure we achieve diversity in our workforce; and that all job applicants and employees receive equal and fair treatment regardless of their background or personal characteristics. These include: (but are not limited to) socio-economic background, age, race, gender identity and expression, religion, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability, nationality, veteran, marital or Indigenous status.

Should you require any adjustments or accommodations to be made due to a disability or you are a neurodivergent individual or for any other circumstance, please email our team at accessibility@thepalladiumgroup.com and we will be in touch to discuss.

Safeguarding - We define Safeguarding as "the preventative action taken by Palladium to protect our people, clients and the communities we work with from harm". We are committed to ensuring that all children and adults who come into contact with Palladium are treated with respect and are free from abuse. All successful candidates will be subject to an enhanced selection process including safeguarding-focused interviews and a rigorous due diligence process.