# Executive Director, Ethics & Compliance

**Company**: Synopsys
**Work arrangement**: remote
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $253,000-$380,000
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Technology
**Ticker**: SNPS
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2303478

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## Description

## Engineer the Future with Us

We are seeking an experienced Executive Director, Ethics & Compliance to join our team. As a seasoned leader, you will be accountable for translating enterprise strategy into a practical, scalable global compliance program and ensuring it operates effectively across the business.

### Key Responsibilities

#### Global Ethics & Compliance Leadership

- Lead the execution and continuous improvement of the global ethics and compliance program, ensuring consistent, risk-based application across regions, business models, and growth environments.

- Own the Code of Ethics & Business Conduct and the global policy framework, ensuring policies, procedures, and governance mechanisms remain current, effective, and aligned with regulatory expectations.

- Design and oversee global compliance risk assessment, monitoring, and reporting to strengthen controls, measure program effectiveness, and drive continuous improvement.

#### International and Regulatory Risk Governance

- Apply the global risk framework to cross-border, geopolitical, and regulatory risks affecting international operations and global business activities.

- Monitor regulatory and enforcement developments in key jurisdictions and adapt compliance strategies and program requirements accordingly.

- Lead global oversight of anti-corruption, anti-bribery, competition, and related regulatory compliance programs.

- Advise on cross-border business transactions, third-party relationships, and international market expansion to proactively identify and mitigate compliance risk.

- Coordinate with Trade Compliance on sanctions and export-related risk escalation, governance, and investigations.

#### Culture, Speak-Up, Investigations & Enforcement

- Advance a strong global culture of integrity globally through training, awareness, communications, and leadership engagement.

- Oversee the company’s speak-up and anti-retaliation framework, including confidential reporting mechanisms and issue escalation.

- Direct the global investigations function, including hotline operations, internal investigations, and regulatory inquiries and enforcement matters, ensuring consistent, timely, and fair resolution.

#### Leadership & Cross-Functional Partnership

- Lead and develop a high-performing, globally distributed team of ethics and compliance professionals across the U.S., EMEA, and APAC.

- Partner with Finance, Internal Audit, HR, Sales, and global business leaders and teams to embed ethics and compliance into core processes, strategic initiatives, and business operations.

- Support complex business transformations, including post-acquisition integration, to ensure compliance standards are consistently implemented across newly acquired entities.

### Qualifications

- Legal Credentials: J.D. from an accredited law school and active U.S. bar membership.

- Experience: 15+ years of legal and compliance experience, including at least 7+ years in a senior in-house leadership role within a large, publicly traded multinational technology company.

- Global Expertise: Proven track record of managing compliance across multiple jurisdictions (US, EMEA, APAC) and navigating international enforcement landscapes.

- Leadership: Experience building and leading high-performing, multidisciplinary teams of attorneys and compliance professionals.

- Executive Presence: Demonstrated ability to influence executives and communicate complex risk profiles to Board-level committees.

## Skills

### Required
- J.D.
- active U.S. bar membership
- 15+ years of legal and compliance experience
- 7+ years in a senior in-house leadership role
- global compliance
- risk management
- leadership
- executive presence

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