Regional Quality & Compliance Manager APAC

The Regional Quality & Compliance Manager is responsible for driving operational excellence and ensuring adherence to global and local compliance standards across the assigned region. This role provides leadership oversight and strategic direction to sub-regional Quality Management teams ensuring that compliance programs are effectively embedded into day-to-day operations. The position acts as a key bridge between regional operations and global compliance leadership ensuring audit readiness risk mitigation and continuous improvement while maintaining transparency through data-driven reporting.

What youll do

• Ensure regional alignment with global compliance policies programs and objectives (e.g. ISO SOC PCI).

• Partner with Global Operations Compliance to implement and continuously improve regional compliance programs.

• Oversee internal and external audit readiness including coordination monitoring completion and validating audit outputs.

• Supervise key compliance processes such as risk assessments security self-assessments access reviews energy reviews and legal audits.

• Manage external audit evidence provisioning ensuring accuracy and completeness.

• Monitor compliance risks and identify trends in non-conformance escalating critical issues where necessary.

• Drive development implementation and closure of corrective action plans across regional operations.

• Collaborate closely with sub-regional Quality Managers and operational teams to ensure timely resolution of compliance issues.

• Act as the primary liaison between regional teams and Global Compliance ensuring clear communication and alignment.

• Prepare and deliver data-driven reports on compliance performance audit outcomes and risk status to global leadership.

• Bachelors degree in Business Engineering Quality Management Compliance Operations or a related technical field.

• Minimum 5 years of experience in quality management compliance or audit roles within a global organization.

• Strong experience managing compliance frameworks such as ISO () SOC2 PCI-DSS and regulatory requirements.

• Proven experience in audit management (internal/external) risk assessments and corrective action implementation.

• Strong project management skills with the ability to drive audit readiness and meet compliance timelines.

• Experience leading change initiatives and driving continuous improvement.

• Ability to work cross-functionally with operations security legal and audit stakeholders.

• Familiarity with Governance Risk and Compliance (GRC) tools for tracking and reporting.

• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills; fluent in English (written and spoken).

• Willingness and ability to travel as required.