Head of Legal & Governance, Risk & Compliance
Confidential Government · Eastern, Saudi Arabia
Apply & track with Apply Edge- Lead the company’s Governance, Risk & Compliance framework and provide practical legal support across the company and its subsidiaries.
- Ensure sound governance, effective risk oversight, regulatory compliance, and proper legal protection.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead and enhance governance, risk, compliance, and legal frameworks across the company and its subsidiaries.
- Develop, review, and improve policies, controls, approval matrices, charters, and internal frameworks.
- Establish and maintain the enterprise risk register, with clear mitigation actions and reporting.
- Oversee compliance with applicable laws, regulations, internal policies, and contractual obligations.
- Provide practical legal advice on commercial, operational, employment, regulatory, and corporate matters.
- Review, draft, negotiate, and advise on contracts, legal documents, notices, claims, and sensitive matters.
- Manage external legal counsel and support disputes, claims, settlements, investigations, and pre-litigation matters.
- Support legal and GRC aspects of restructuring, partnerships, joint ventures, investments, and strategic transactions.
- Coordinate with relevant functions to strengthen internal controls, address governance or compliance gaps, and support business decisions.
- Promote legal and compliance awareness across the organization, including at least two GRC awareness sessions annually.
- Perform any other legal, governance, risk, compliance, or related responsibilities assigned by the CEO in the interest of the company and its subsidiaries.Key Interfaces:
- Internal: CEO, executive management, finance, HR, procurement, operations, internal audit, IT/cybersecurity, strategy, subsidiaries, and affiliates.
- External: Legal counsel, regulators, auditors, consultants, partners, vendors, insurers, and relevant authorities.Qualifications & Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in Law or related field.
- Relevant professional certifications or postgraduate qualifications are preferred.
- Significant experience in legal, governance, risk, and compliance roles.
- Strong background in legal advisory, contracts, compliance, governance, and enterprise risk management.Key Competencies:
- Strong legal and GRC knowledge.
- Sound judgment and business-oriented thinking.
- Strong drafting, negotiation, and advisory skills.
- High integrity, confidentiality, and professionalism.
- Strong stakeholder management and ability to handle sensitive matters effectively.
- Success Measures / KPIs:
- Effectiveness of governance and compliance framework.
- Quality and timeliness of legal and GRC support.
- Timely closure of risks and compliance gaps.
- Reduction of legal and contractual exposure.
- Effective handling of sensitive matters.
- Improvement in compliance culture and awareness.