Senior Director, Internal Audit

Position: SENIOR DIRECTOR, INTERNAL AUDIT
Description

About Trident Seafoods.

Trident Seafoods is North America's largest vertically integrated seafood harvesting and processing company. Trident is a privately held, 100 percent USA-owned company with global operations in 6 countries and serves customers in almost 60 countries. Headquartered in Seattle, Washington (USA), Trident employs approximately 7,700 people worldwide each year and partners with over 2,700 independent fishermen and crew members in Alaska. Trident catches and processes virtually every commercial species of salmon, whitefish, and crab harvested in the North Pacific and Alaska.

The global supply chain also encompasses cultured and wild species sourced from an international network of trusted suppliers.

Summary:

The Sr. Director, Internal Audit and Enterprise Risk (IA & ERM) is a strategic partner to senior management and the Audit Committee of the company's Board of Directors (the "AC"). As Sr. Director, IA you will play a critical role in providing independent, risk-based, and objective assurance, advice and insight. You will play an evolving leadership role in enterprise risk management (ERM) and broader risk oversight as the company continues to grow in scale and complexity.

In this role, you will serve as a business process, risk, internal control, and internal audit subject matter expert across designated organizations, processes and stakeholders. The Sr. Director, IA & ERM oversees all internal audit activities aimed at ensuring the effectiveness of the company's internal controls, risk management, compliance, and related governance, and will need to understand and influence the organization's risk management processes in support of the company's objectives.

Responsibilities will encompass leading project team(s) in strategizing, designing, and implementing comprehensive audits, reviews, and analyses, and making recommendations that will advance the company's control and risk management practices. The individual in this role must confidently facilitate discussions with and present outcomes and recommendations to senior management.

Essential Functions:

* Set and execute a forward-looking Internal Audit strategy aligned to enterprise risks, long-term value creation, and organizational complexity.

* Translate evolving business, technology, and operational risks into clear, prioritized audit plans.

* Lead audits across core operations, supply chain, digital platforms, and technology-enabled processes.

* Advance audit methodology from point-in-time reviews to continuous, analytics-driven assurance.

* Partner with senior leadership to identify early indicators of control breakdowns, emerging risks, and margin-impacting issues.

* Expand governance and audit oversight of AI-enabled, automated, and data-driven decision-making capabilities.

* Strengthen assurance across cybersecurity, identity access, technology controls, and third-party risk management.

* Build and lead a high-performing Internal Audit team with strong capabilities in judgment, analytics, and enterprise influence.

* Deliver clear, concise, and actionable insights to executive leadership and the Audit Committee.

* Align audit priorities with enterprise strategy, risk profile, and long-term ownership objectives.

* Integrate and continuously enhance the enterprise risk management (ERM) framework to identify, assess, and monitor key business risks.

* Provide thought leadership on emerging risks and evolving regulatory expectations.

* Lead discussions with senior management and the Audit Committee regarding risk exposure and mitigation strategies.

* Support ethics, compliance, and governance programs to reinforce a strong control culture.

* Regularly works onsite to build strong team connections, collaborate across functions, and solve problems in real time.

The essential functions listed above are not exhaustive. The organization may assign other duties as needed to meet business requirements. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform these essential functions.

Compensation & Benefits:

This is a salaried exempt position with an annualized salary range of $215,000 to $265,000.

Trident Seafoods offers a comprehensive and quality benefits package. Full time employees may be eligible for discretionary/performance-based incentives, medical, dental and vision insurance plans, optional HRA/HSA, telemedicine, employee assistance and wellness programs, disability programs, basic life and AD&D, and a 401(k) plan with a company match, paid time off (PTO), 10 paid holidays each year, and paid parental leave. For full-time employees, the initial PTO benefit starts at 20 days per year, adjusted commensurate with relevant experience, front loaded on the first of the year, initially prorated quarterly based on hire date.

Commuter programs are also available.

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Minimum Requirements

Travel Requirements:

* Travel up to 20% of the time.

Required Qualifications:

* 12-15+ years of progressive…