Minimum Knowledge & Experience required for the position:
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University degree in Law, Compliance, Ethics, Business Administration, Organizational Development, or related field
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Minimum 5 years of experience in governance, ethics, or compliance, including in global/regional roles
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Deep understanding of governance models, enterprise ethics programs, risk assessment, and organizational culture dynamics
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Strong writing, reporting, and presentation skills
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Ability to influence and engage employees across cultural and functional boundaries
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Experience working with senior leaders and governance bodies
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Familiarity with digital compliance tools and data-based decision making
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Full professional proficiency in English; additional languages (e.g., Spanish, French) are a plus
Skills & Capabilities:
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Strong governance expertise, with the ability to translate corporate governance principles, ethical expectations, and regulatory trends into practical guidance and support for global functions and regions.
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Clear and persuasive communication skills, capable of distilling complex governance topics, risk insights, and culture trends into concise, actionable messages for senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
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Sound judgment and high integrity, particularly in evaluating governance impacts, handling sensitive ethical matters, and navigating nuanced escalation pathways.
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Analytical mindset applied to governance, able to interpret data from culture assessments, KPIs, risk assessment, and governance system outputs to identify gaps, synthesize insights, and guide program improvements.
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Fluency with governance systems and digital controls, including policy management platforms, whistleblower tools, certification trackers, and governance analytics, ensuring consistency, oversight, and reliable reporting.
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Cross-functional coordination and execution skills, enabling effective alignment across Compliance, Legal, People, Internal Audit, and regional teams, and supporting the implementation of governance initiatives in a global, matrixed environment.
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Cultural sensitivity and ethical leadership, fostering trust, transparency, and engagement across diverse geographies, and modeling behaviors that reinforce Werfen’s governance and ethical expectations.
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Adaptability and prioritization, able to operate effectively in dynamic environments, balance governance rigor with business realities, and manage multiple governance workstreams with focus and accountability.
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Deep commitment to ethics and accountability, modeling the behaviors and standards expected throughout the organization.
Travel requirements:
Up to 20% domestic and international travel when required.
People Manager Core Competencies:
Building Talent
Planning and supporting the development of individuals’ knowledge, skills, and abilities so that they can fulfill current or future job responsibilities more effectively.
Customer Focus
Ensuring that the internal or external customer’s perspective is a driving force behind strategic priorities, business decisions, organizational processes, and individual activities; crafting and implementing service practices that meet customers’ and own organization’s needs; promoting and operationalizing customer service as a value.
Decision Making
Identifying and understanding problems and opportunities by gathering, analyzing, and interpreting quantitative and qualitative information; choosing the best course of action by establishing clear decision criteria, generating and evaluating alternatives, and making timely decisions; taking action that is consistent with available facts and constraints and optimizes probable consequences.
Driving for Results
Setting high goals for personal and group accomplishment; using measurement methods to monitor progress toward goals; tenaciously working to meet or exceed goals while deriving satisfaction from that achievement and continuous improvement.
Driving Innovation
Creating an environment (culture) that inspires people to generate novel solutions with measurable value for existing and potential customers (internal or external); encouraging experimentation with new ways to solve work problems and seize opportunities that result in unique and differentiated solutions.
Emotional Intelligence Essentials
Establishing and sustaining trusting relationships by accurately perceiving and interpreting own and others’ emotions and behavior; leveraging insights to effectively manage own responses so that one’s behavior matches one’s values and delivers intended results.
People Manager Accountabilities:
Effectively carries out the expectations of Werfen People Managers as defined in Werfen’s Role of the Manager program. Among others this includes maintaining regular, at minimum once a month, and transparent communication with the team through effective use of formal one-on-one meetings with direct reports and team meets. Managing performance issues and conflict proactively; uses judgement in consulting with department leadership and Human Resources. Responsibility for the team´s compliance in terms of training, and fulfilment of their tasks and objectives as well as onboarding of new employees and development of the existing team.
Work Environment (US only):
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate. The employee will be required to stand and/or walk up to 8 hours per day and/or sit for up to 8 hours per day. Must be able to use hands to feel objects, including keyboard, telephone and other equipment. May need to reach with hands and arms, climb stairs, balance, stoop, kneel or crouch. Will be required to talk and hear and have specific vision abilities, including close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus. May occasionally have to lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The noise level in the work environment will vary but is usually moderate. This position is very active and requires varying levels of mobility.
