Director, Ethics and Compliance

Position Summary:

The Director, Ethics & Compliance is the senior leader responsible for owning and driving Sky Water's enterprise-wide Ethics & Compliance Program. This role sets the strategic vision for a mature, prevention‑focused program and ensures alignment with Sky Water's values, business strategy, and regulatory expectations. The Director develops, implements, and continuously enhances Sky Water's ethics and compliance framework, ensuring it is well‑designed, effectively implemented, and works in practice in accordance with the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and the DOJ's Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP).

This role leads cross‑functional governance, influences decision‑making at the executive level, and embeds integrity, accountability, and ethical conduct across operations, culture, and leadership behavior. The Director oversees the ethics and compliance program strategy, policy governance, investigations, monitoring, training, reporting, risk assessments, and remediation activities. The Director manages the Ethics & Compliance Manager (new role) and serves as a key advisor to the General Counsel & Chief Risk and Compliance Officer and senior leadership.

Responsibilities:

Program Leadership & Strategy

Own and lead the enterprise Ethics & Compliance Program, setting strategic direction, and long‑term roadmap.
Establish program goals, maturity objectives, and performance indicators; regularly assess effectiveness and ensure continuous improvement.
Ensure program integration with Sky Water's business strategy, risk management framework, and corporate governance structure.

Governance & Executive Advisory

Serve as the principal advisor to the Chief Risk and Compliance Officer and senior leadership on ethics and compliance risks.
Provide authoritative, decision‑ready program updates, including trends, risk insights, compliance metrics, and program performance.

Risk Assessment, Monitoring & Investigations

Direct and oversee enterprise compliance risk assessments and use results to prioritize initiatives and inform resource allocation.
Lead the Company's monitoring and testing strategy to identify emerging concerns and enhance control effectiveness.
Oversee high‑risk and sensitive investigations, ensuring rigor in scoping, documentation, root‑cause analysis, and remediation.
Ensure timely and effective corrective action plans and elevate systemic risks to leadership and the Board when appropriate.

Policy & Process Ownership

Own the lifecycle of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and all enterprise‑level compliance policies and standards.
Ensure policies are current, risk‑based, and operationalized effectively across business functions.
Champion consistent policy governance, version control, and accountability.

Culture, Training & Speak Up Leadership

Lead enterprise efforts to promote a culture of integrity and accountability, ensuring leaders model ethical decision‑making.
Oversee broad‑based and role‑specific training strategies to increase awareness, reinforce expectations, and reduce risk.
Own the Speak Up Program, including hotline operations, communication strategy, non‑retaliation culture, and leadership engagement.

Business Partnership & Operational Integration

Partner with leaders across HR, Operations, Finance, Security, Supply Chain, Engineering, and IT to embed compliance into business processes.
Ensure program support and harmonization in acquired facilities and new operations.
Provide strategic, risk‑informed guidance on emerging issues, regulatory developments, and ethical considerations.

Team Leadership

Manage, mentor, and develop the Ethics & Compliance Manager and future team expansions.
Build a high‑performing function that blends strategic insight with operational execution.

This position also requires performing other duties as assigned. Percentages of time spent on job duties are estimates and may vary for each position.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree (e.g., JD, MBA) or relevant professional certification (e.g., CCEP, CCEP‑I) preferred.
8+ years of progressively responsible experience in ethics and compliance, investigations, risk…