Head of Compliance

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Switzerland.

📋 Description

• Lead the strategy and governance for compliance.

• Develop and enhance beqom’s global compliance framework across applicable jurisdictions.

• Establish and uphold policies, standards, controls, governance forums, and reporting procedures.

• Conduct compliance risk assessments and maintain the compliance risk register.

• Implement monitoring, testing, and issue-management processes to identify and rectify gaps.

• Provide regular updates to the COO/CFO and executive leadership on risks, incidents, trends, and remediation efforts.

• Drive compliance with privacy regulations and standards.

• Oversee the company’s approach to data protection and privacy compliance, including GDPR and related obligations, in collaboration with Legal and Security.

• Ensure the company demonstrates accountability through clear documentation, reporting, and governance practices.

• Assist in regulatory-readiness activities and coordinate external inquiries when necessary.

• Collaborate with customers and commercial teams.

• Serve as a senior compliance lead for customer due diligence, control evaluations, audit requests, and regulated-sector questionnaires.

• Support strategic commercial initiatives by addressing compliance and assurance needs from enterprise clients.

• Work alongside Sales, Solution Advisory, Security, and Legal to enhance trust materials and compliance positioning.

• Fortify third-party risk management and resilience.

• Build and supervise compliance aspects of third-party risk management, which includes vendor assessments, subprocessors, outsourcing controls, and continuous monitoring.

• Help ensure our control environment aligns with the expectations of clients in highly regulated sectors.

• Collaborate with Security and Operations on incident governance, escalation, and remediation tracking.

• Supervise controls, audits, and certifications.

• Prepare the company for external assurance frameworks and certifications such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, and related control programs.

• Coordinate internal and external audits and ensure follow-through on findings and corrective actions.

• Maintain necessary documentation and evidence to support customer and audit assurance.

• Enable the business by providing compliance insights on new products, AI-related use cases, customer contracts, commercial initiatives, and market expansion.

• Implement practical training and awareness initiatives to foster a culture of accountability.

• Advise leaders on balancing compliance rigor with operational scalability and business growth.

• Build the compliance function by leading and developing a lean, high-impact compliance team over time.

• Define the operating model and interfaces with Legal, Security, Finance, HR, and external advisors.

• Effectively utilize external counsel, auditors, and specialist partners when internal resources are limited.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of experience in compliance, risk, governance, privacy, or regulatory assurance.

• Experience in a B2B SaaS, fintech, regtech, payments, or similar technology setting serving regulated clients.

• Demonstrated success in building or scaling a compliance function within an international organization.

• Strong understanding of privacy, control frameworks, policy governance, audit coordination, and third-party risk management.

• Experience supporting enterprise customer due diligence and audits.

• Strong executive presence, sound judgment, and excellent stakeholder management abilities.

• Ability to think strategically while remaining close to execution.

• Familiarity with DORA, EBA outsourcing expectations, or similar third-party governance requirements in regulated sectors (Bonus points if you have this).

• Experience with SOC 2, ISO 27001, and related assurance frameworks (Bonus points if you have this).

• Relevant certifications such as CIPP/E, CRISC, CRCM, CISSP, or ISO 27001-related credentials (Bonus points if you have this).

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible working arrangements.

• Opportunities for professional development.