Job Description and Requirements
Synopsys, Inc. (NASDAQ: SNPS) has an outstanding legal department under the direction of the General Counsel and Corporate Secretary. The Corporate Legal Group within the legal department oversees a variety of corporate matters including M&A, securities, ethics & compliance, privacy, procurement, corporate social responsibility (CSR), and more. The Corporate Legal Group is hiring a Director of Ethics & Compliance to lead the ethics and compliance program. This role will be responsible for managing and continually enhancing Synopsys’ program to drive a culture that encourages ethical conduct, a commitment to integrity, and compliance with laws. This is a critical role reporting into the Deputy General Counsel and Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer.
Responsibilities:
- Oversee Synopsys’ global Ethics & Compliance program
- Provide strategic direction and advise on ethical, legal and regulatory compliance matters across the company primarily in the areas of anti-corruption, conflicts of interest, and antitrust.
- Drive program objectives, milestones, metrics and reporting to continually enhance and scale Synopsys’ global ethics and compliance program.
- Conduct investigations of suspected noncompliance with the law or Synopsys Code of Ethics.
- Conduct ethics and compliance risk assessments and related remediation efforts.
- Build relationships with site leaders, channel managers, event managers, and third-party resellers and vendors to bring awareness of and education about Synopsys’ ethics and compliance program
- Drive expansion of the use of automated systems to implement controls and process requests and approvals.
- Provide thought leadership to develop and implement creative and effective Ethics & Compliance education and awareness campaigns and work collaboratively with other members of the corporate legal group to drive global awareness of other CSR initiatives.
Requirements:
- Minimum 10+ years of legal experience with a minimum of 5 years in a corporate compliance department, analyzing, creating, implementing, and managing compliance programs for multi-national companies. Experience in an established company in the technology sector would be particularly valuable.
- Collaborative by nature and able to build strong partnerships around the company.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, impeccable integrity, good judgment, flexible, and pragmatic.
- Creative problem solver who possesses sound business judgment, is detail-oriented, and a self-starter.
At Synopsys, we’re at the heart of the innovations that change the way we work and play. Self-driving cars. Artificial Intelligence. The cloud. 5G. The Internet of Things. These breakthroughs are ushering in the Era of Smart Everything. And we’re powering it all with the world’s most advanced technologies for chip design and software security. If you share our passion for innovation, we want to meet you.
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