Deputy Chief Compliance Officer

The Deputy Chief Compliance Officer serves as the Chief Compliance Officers principal deputy and is responsible for overseeing the operational execution of the companys global Ethics & Compliance program. This executive oversees the day-to-day management of core compliance functions ensuring that programs operate effectively consistently and in alignment with legal requirements regulatory expectations and the companys values.

The Deputy Chief Compliance Officer provides strategic and operational oversight of compliance operations investigations anti-corruption compliance ethics reporting employee training and compliance communications while helping build and sustain a culture of integrity across the organization. The role serves as the Chief Compliance Officers delegate on key initiatives and governance activities and oversees a high-performing compliance team.

Experience in international trade compliance privacy data protection and artificial intelligence governance is highly desirable.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Compliance Operations and Program Management

• Oversee the day-to-day operation of the global Ethics & Compliance program.
• Translate compliance strategy into operational plans measurable objectives and effective execution.
• Develop and manage annual compliance work plans budgets metrics and performance dashboards.
• Establish clear roles processes service expectations and accountability across the compliance team.
• Drive continuous improvement across compliance processes technology reporting and governance.
• Establish scalable processes that support business growth and evolving regulatory expectations.
• Coordinate compliance risk assessments program reviews monitoring testing and remediation activities.
• Prepare executive and Board-level compliance reports and presentations.
• Serve as the Chief Compliance Officers delegate on designated committees initiatives and leadership matters.

Ethics Reporting and Whistleblower Program

Oversee the companys global ethics reporting and whistleblower program including:

• Ethics hotline web-based reporting and other speak-up channels.
• Case intake assessment triage assignment escalation and closure.
• Case-management systems processes documentation and quality standards.
• Oversight of hotline and case-management vendors.
• Reporting analytics trend identification and root-cause analysis.
• Speak-up culture initiatives and employee awareness.
• Retaliation prevention monitoring and response.
• Confidentiality data privacy and regulatory reporting requirements.
• Reporting of significant matters to senior leadership and appropriate Board committees.
• Ensure that concerns are handled promptly objectively consistently confidentially and in accordance with company policy and applicable law.

Investigations

Oversee the global compliance investigations function including investigations involving:

• Code of Conduct violations.
• Bribery and corruption.
• Fraud theft and financial misconduct.
• Conflicts of interest.
• Retaliation.
• Third-party misconduct.
• Books-and-records or internal-controls concerns.
• Misuse of company assets or information.
• Trade privacy data or technology-related compliance concerns as appropriate.
• Other significant legal ethical or reputational risks.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Establish investigation protocols documentation requirements and quality standards.
• Ensure appropriate independence objectivity confidentiality and consistency.
• Oversee internal investigators cross-functional investigation teams and outside counsel.
• Ensure investigations are timely thorough well documented and defensible.
• Coordinate with Human Resources Legal Internal Audit Security and other functions.
• Identify root causes systemic issues and appropriate corrective actions.
• Promote consistent disciplinary and remediation practices.
• Present significant matters to executive leadership and Board committees as appropriate.
• Track investigation trends and use findings to improve policies controls training and organizational culture.

Anti-Corruption Compliance

Oversee the companys global anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance program including:

• Compliance with the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act UK Bribery Act and other applicable anti-corruption laws.
• Gifts meals travel entertainment and hospitality controls.
• Interactions with government officials and state-owned enterprises.
• Charitable contributions political contributions sponsorships and community investments.
• Third-party anti-corruption due diligence contracting monitoring and remediation.
• Anti-corruption risk assessments.
• Books-and-records and internal-controls requirements.
• Mergers acquisitions joint ventures and other transaction-related anti-corruption diligence and integration.
• Risk-based monitoring and testing of anti-corruption controls.
• Investigation and remediation of potential anti-corruption concerns.

Partner with Legal Finance Internal Audit Procurement Sales Human Resources and business leaders to identify assess and mitigate corruption risks globally.

Compliance Training and Communications

Oversee the companys ethics and compliance education and communications strategy including:

• Annual Code of Conduct training.
• Risk-based compliance training.
• Anti-corruption training.
• Manager and leadership education.
• Investigator and case-management training.
• Speak-up and non-retaliation communications.
• New employee onboarding.
• Policy launches and targeted communications.
• Compliance awareness campaigns.
• Training for higher-risk functions geographies and employee populations.

Oversee the development of practical engaging accessible and measurable learning experiences that strengthen ethical decision-making and help employees understand how compliance requirements apply to their work.

Establish metrics to evaluate training completion employee understanding behavioral impact and opportunities for improvement.

Team Operations and Oversight

• Oversee the operations performance and development of the compliance team.
• Establish clear objectives priorities performance expectations and accountability.
• Support team capability building professional development and succession planning.
• Promote collaboration across regional and functional teams.
• Allocate resources according to risk and business priorities.
• Foster a culture of integrity inclusion accountability innovation and continuous improvement.
• Support the Chief Compliance Officer in organizational planning and talent development across the broader compliance function.

Cross-Functional Leadership

Partner closely with:

• Legal.
• International Trade Compliance.
• Privacy and Data Protection.
• Artificial Intelligence and Data Governance.
• Internal Audit.
• Human Resources.
• Finance.
• Information Security.
• Corporate Security.
• Enterprise Risk Management.
• Procurement.
• Internal Communications.
• Government Affairs.
• Business and regional leadership.

Serve as a trusted advisor on ethics and compliance matters and help promote coordinated governance across legal regulatory data technology and enterprise-risk functions.

Support for Adjacent Governance Areas

Although the roles principal responsibilities are compliance operations training the whistleblower program investigations and anti-corruption the Deputy Chief Compliance Officer may also support the Chief Compliance Officer in adjacent areas including:

• International trade compliance export controls sanctions customs and antiboycott matters.
• Privacy and data-protection governance.
• Artificial intelligence and responsible AI governance.
• Data governance and emerging technology risk.
• Cross-functional regulatory risk assessments.
• Governance committees and enterprise-wide risk initiatives.
• Coordination among legal compliance privacy security data and technology stakeholders.

The level of responsibility in these areas will depend on the successful candidates experience and the evolving needs of the organization.

Governance Metrics and Reporting

• Develop meaningful compliance key performance indicators and key risk indicators.
• Provide regular program updates to executive leadership.
• Support reporting to the Board of Directors and appropriate Board committees.
• Monitor regulatory developments enforcement trends and emerging compliance risks.
• Oversee compliance documentation recordkeeping and evidence of program effectiveness.
• Support periodic compliance program assessments and benchmarking.
• Use hotline investigation training monitoring and other data to identify trends and recommend improvements.
• Assist the Chief Compliance Officer in establishing an integrated view of compliance and regulatory risk

Qualifications :

• Bachelors degree required; Juris Doctor or other relevant advanced degree preferred.
• At least 12 years of progressively responsible experience in ethics and compliance legal investigations risk management or a related field.
• Significant experience overseeing or managing a global or multinational compliance program.
• Demonstrated experience in:
• Compliance program operations.
• Corporate investigations.
• Ethics reporting and whistleblower systems.
• Anti-bribery and anti-corruption compliance.
• Compliance training and communications.
• Program metrics governance and executive reporting.
• Experience managing and developing compliance professionals.
• Strong executive presence judgment and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and collaborate across functions and geographies.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential matters with discretion and objectivity.
• Experience managing complex projects and translating strategy into execution.
• Daily presence (Monday Wednesday and Thursday) in office; periodically on Tuesday or Friday. This is not a remote role.

Preferred Qualifications

• Juris Doctor masters degree or other relevant advanced degree.
• Certified Compliance & Ethics Professional Certified Fraud Examiner or comparable professional certification.
• Experience in a multinational technology manufacturing or other highly regulated company.
• Experience working with executive leadership Boards of Directors or Board committees.
• Familiarity with the U.S. Department of Justices guidance on the evaluation of corporate compliance programs the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other recognized compliance frameworks.
• Experience with international trade compliance including export controls economic sanctions customs or antiboycott requirements.
• Experience with privacy data protection or data governance programs.
• Experience with artificial intelligence governance responsible AI algorithmic risk or emerging technology compliance.
• Experience coordinating across compliance legal trade privacy information security data and technology functions.
• Familiarity with compliance technology case-management systems data analytics automation and technology-enabled monitoring.

Additional Information :

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

WD is committed to providing equal opportunities to all applicants and employees and will not discriminate against any applicant or employee based on their race color ancestry religion (including religious dress and grooming standards) sex (including pregnancy childbirth or related medical conditions breastfeeding or related medical conditions) gender (including a persons gender identity gender expression and gender-related appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the persons assigned sex at birth) age national origin sexual orientation medical condition marital status (including domestic partnership status) physical disability mental disability medical condition genetic information protected medical and family care leave Civil Air Patrol status military and veteran status or other legally protected characteristics. We also prohibit harassment of any individual on any of the characteristics listed above. Our non-discrimination policy applies to all aspects of employment. We comply with the laws and regulations set forth in the Know Your Rights: Workplace Discrimination is Illegal poster. Our pay transparency policy is available here.

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Based on our experience we anticipate that the application deadline will be 09/8/2026 (3 months from posting) although we reserve the right to close the application process sooner if we hire an applicant for this position before the application deadline. If we are not able to hire someone from this role before the application deadline we will update this posting with a new anticipated application deadline.

Compensation & Benefits Details

• An employees pay position within the salary range may be based on several factors including but not limited to (1) relevant education; qualifications; certifications; and experience; (2) skills ability knowledge of the job; (3) performance contribution and results; (4) geographic location; (5) shift; (6) internal and external equity; and (7) business and organizational needs.
• The salary range is what we believe to be the range of possible compensation for this role at the time of this posting.  We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and this range is only applicable for jobs to be performed in California Colorado New York or remote jobs that can be performed in California Colorado and New York.  This range may be modified in the future.
• If your position is non-exempt you are eligible for overtime pay pursuant to company policy and applicable laws.  You may also be eligible for shift differential pay depending on the shift to which you are assigned.

• You will be eligible to be considered for bonuses under either WDs Short Term Incentive Plan (STI Plan) or the Sales Incentive Plan (SIP) which provides incentive awards based on Company and individual performance depending on your role and your performance. You may be eligible to participate in our annual Long-Term Incentive (LTI) program which consists of restricted stock units (RSUs) or cash equivalents pursuant to the terms of the LTI plan. Please note that not all roles are eligible to participate in the LTI program and not all roles are eligible for equity under the LTI plan. RSU awards are also available to eligible new hires subject to WDs Standard Terms and Conditions for Restricted Stock Unit Awards.

• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid vacation time; paid sick leave; medical/dental/vision insurance; life accident and disability insurance; tax-advantaged flexible spending and health savings accounts; employee assistance program; other voluntary benefit programs such as supplemental life and AD&D legal plan pet insurance critical illness accident and hospital indemnity; tuition reimbursement; transit; the Applause Program; employee stock purchase plan; and the WD Savings 401(k) Plan.
• Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned vested and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus commission benefits or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Companys sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole discretion consistent with the law.

Notice To Candidates: Please be aware that WD and its subsidiaries will never request payment as a condition for applying for a position or receiving an offer of employment. Should you encounter any such requests please report it immediately to WD Ethics Helpline or email .

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time