Senior Director, Head of Risk & Compliance

Senior Director, Head of Risk & Compliance

Address 601 Congress Avenue, Suite 500, Austin, TX, 78701, US

Compensation $ - $/year

Schedule Full time

Job Type Permanent

The Director of Risk Management is responsible for developing, leading, and continuously improving WeDriveU's enterprise rick and compliance program. This role provides oversight of the operational, regulatory, contractual, and organizational risks across the company's transportation operations and ensures that compliance expectations are translated into clear, practical operating procedures.

Director of Risk Management will work closely with Operations, Safety, Maintenance, Human Resources, Legal, Procurement, Finance, and other business leaders to identify risk, strengthen controls, prepare for audits, and address compliance concerns before they affect employees, customers, service delivery, or the company's reputation.

This leader must be able to balance strong regulatory discipline with the practical realities of operating a complex, multi-state transportation organization. The role requires someone who can move beyond identifying issues and build sustainable solutions that improve accountability and operational performance.

• Develop and maintain an enterprise compliance framework aligned with applicable federal, state, local, contractual, and customer requirements.
• Establish clear compliance ownership, accountability, policies, controls, reporting standards, and escalation protocols across the organization.
• Maintain an inventory of applicable regulatory and contractual obligations and assign responsible business owners.
• Provide senior leadership with clear reporting on compliance performance, emerging risks, audit findings, corrective actions, and areas requiring executive attention.
• Advise leadership on the compliance implications of new contracts, acquisitions, operating models, service expansions, and market entries.
• Promote a culture in which compliance is integrated into day-to-day business decisions and operating practices.
• Maintain visibility into key regulatory, contractual, operational, financial, and reputational risks across the organization.

• Oversee compliance with applicable U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration, Federal Transit Administration, state transportation, and local operating requirements.
• Provide governance over driver qualification, commercial driver's license, medical certification, motor vehicle record, hours-of-service, controlled substances and alcohol testing, Drug and Alcohol Clearinghouse, vehicle inspection, maintenance, and record-retention requirements.
• Partner with Safety, Operations, Maintenance, Human Resources, and Recruiting to ensure employees performing safety-sensitive work meet all applicable qualification and testing requirements.
• Monitor changes in transportation regulations and determine the operational impact on company policies, systems, training, and procedures.
• Support compliance with customer-specific transit requirements, public agency obligations, and federally funded transportation program requirements where applicable.
• Maintain appropriate oversight of third-party administrators, testing providers, background screening partners, subcontractors, and other vendors performing compliance-related services.

Develop a risk-based compliance audit and monitoring program covering corporate functions and operating locations.

Lead or coordinate internal audits, customer reviews, regulatory inspections, and compliance assessments.

Establish standardized audit tools, testing methods, documentation requirements, and reporting processes.

Track findings through closure and verify that corrective actions are timely, complete, and sustainable.

Identify recurring or systemic issues and work with business leaders to address root causes rather than relying on temporary corrections.

Conduct targeted reviews when performance data, complaints, incidents, or control failures indicate increased risk.

Conduct periodic risk assessments to…