Executive Director, Legal, Compliance & Security, AGI

We are seeking an Executive Director, Legal, Compliance & Security, AGI to lead all legal, compliance, and security functions across Ansys Government Initiatives (AGI), a wholly owned subsidiary of Synopsys.

The successful candidate will be a strategic, business-focused attorney and compliance leader with an active U.S. security clearance and deep expertise in government and commercial contracting for software, SaaS, and advanced technology solutions.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading all legal, compliance, and security functions, ensuring aligned, enterprise-wide governance across contracting, national security, and business operations.
• Owning the full contract lifecycle management process, from intake to negotiation to post-award compliance, strengthening controls and improving contract operations.
• Structuring deals to preserve commercial terms and pricing while ensuring adherence to federal acquisition regulations (FAR/DFARS), flow-downs, agency supplements, and specialized software clauses.
• Providing strategic legal and compliance support during proposal and capture phases, including RFP/RFQ/BAA/OTA reviews, organizational conflict of interest (OCI) assessments, risk reviews and contract modifications.
• Designing and maintaining compliance frameworks that integrate export controls, cybersecurity mandates, data privacy obligations, records management, ethics, and reporting requirements.
• Overseeing National Industrial Security Program (NISP) compliance in close partnership with the Facility Security Officer (FSO) and Security Operations, ensuring full alignment to NISPOM, DoD, and customer-specific requirements.
• Leading incident response, internal investigations, and corrective action planning related to compliance, contractual, or security events.
• Providing executive leadership with clear reporting on legal risk, security posture, regulatory exposure, and compliance program health.
• Building, mentoring, and leading a high-performing team across legal, compliance and security functions.

The ideal candidate will have:

• A Juris Doctor (JD) degree and active license in good standing with a U.S. State Bar.
• An active U.S. security clearance.
• Extensive experience with government and commercial contracting for software/SaaS, including FAR/DFARS, agency supplements, software and service-specific requirements.
• Demonstrated expertise in drafting, interpreting, and negotiating COTS/SaaS agreements, licenses, data rights, SLAs, and DPAs and complex technology agreements.
• Deep understanding of IP protection, export controls (ITAR/EAR), cybersecurity compliance frameworks, and data privacy laws.
• Proven ability to support capture/proposal processes (RFP/RFQ/BAA/OTA), conduct OCI assessments, manage risk reviews, and oversee contract modifications.
• Familiarity with GovCloud architectures, DoD IL environments, FedRAMP requirements, and Zero Trust patterns.
• Experience partnering with FSO/SecOps on classified programs and NISPOM security and FOCI mitigation compliance requirements.
• Experience with Proxy Board or higher FOCI mitigations.
• Demonstrated success leading and developing high-performing legal, compliance and security teams.

We offer a comprehensive range of health, wellness, and financial benefits to cater to your needs.