Global Head of Ethics and Compliance

hace 2 días


A Coruña, España Leonid Group Ltd A tiempo completo

Global Governance & Engagement Officer

Location: Barcelona, Spain (Global HQ)

The Opportunity

A leading global healthcare company is seeking a Global Governance & Engagement Officer to shape and drive the future of its corporate compliance and ethics framework. This is a senior role, positioned at the heart of the organisation’s compliance strategy, with direct impact on governance, culture, and ethical decision-making worldwide.

This newly created role will report to the Chief Compliance Officer and partner with senior leadership across regions. The mandate is clear: strengthen governance, embed ethics into everyday business, and ensure alignment between culture, accountability, and performance across all functions and geographies.

Key Responsibilities

- Leadership Messaging: Reinforce ethical tone at all levels of the business through leadership behaviours, communications, and governance practices.
- Culture & Ethics: Assess organisational culture, psychological safety, and trust, and translate insights into action plans with global and regional leaders.
- Governance & Oversight: Maintain and refine governance structures, escalation pathways, and global policies and procedures.
- Board Engagement: Deliver clear, data-driven reporting to the Executive Team and Board Committees on ethics, culture, and compliance performance.
- Risk & Metrics: Conduct enterprise risk assessments, define KPIs, and oversee digital tools to monitor governance effectiveness.
- Training & Recognition: Develop global campaigns, training content, and recognition initiatives to strengthen compliance awareness and reward ethical leadership.
- Certification & Accountability: Lead the annual compliance certification process across all business units, ensuring robust oversight and accountability.

Profile Sought

- University degree in Law, Business, Compliance, or related field.
- 10+ years’ experience in governance, ethics, or compliance, with a global scope.
- Strong background in board/C-suite reporting, governance models, and organisational culture initiatives.
- Familiarity with digital compliance tools, culture metrics, and enterprise risk assessment.
- Exceptional communication and stakeholder-management skills, able to engage across functions and geographies.
- Fluent English required; additional languages (Spanish, French, etc.) a plus.

Capabilities & Style

- Strategic yet pragmatic, linking governance principles to practical business actions.
- High integrity, sound judgement, and cultural sensitivity.
- Experienced in managing change, leading cross-functional projects, and navigating complex organisations.
- Strong analytical mindset to translate data and culture assessments into meaningful governance improvements.

Additional Information

- Based in Barcelona, with up to 30% international travel.
- Full executive exposure, with a direct reporting line to the CCO.
- Opportunity to influence global compliance culture during a critical growth phase for the company.

The Leonid Group Corporate Governance is a talent acquisition consultancy that specialises in the placement of Legal, Compliance, Trade Compliance & Ethics professionals on an international scale across the Americas, EMEA and APAC. Legal and compliance are both global, with teams worldwide, and our network reflects this. We work with multinational corporations to help structure their departments with the best people, from the Global Chief Compliance Officer and General Counsel to the Compliance Analyst and Trade Compliance Specialist.


  • Global Compliance Lead

    hace 2 semanas


    a coruña, España Redeuropeaingenierosperuanos A tiempo completo

    1 day ago Be among the first 25 applicants. Global Compliance Lead - Contract - 12+ Months - Remote - Pharma - Jan Start What You'll Do Be the Compliance Champion: Harmonize critical quality topics — from lot number logic and expiry dates to quarantine rules and traceability. Own Data Integrity: Oversee end-to-end data flows, ensuring robust controls and...


  • A Coruña, España Barrington James A tiempo completo

    Job Title: Head of Clinical OperationsSea uno de los primeros solicitantes, lea la descripción completa del puesto a continuación y luego envíe su candidatura para que sea considerada.Location: SpainReports To: Chief Operating Officer (COO) / Chief Executive Officer (CEO)About Us:Our partner is an innovative and rapidly growing Contract Research...


  • A Coruña, España Barentz A tiempo completo

    We are looking for a Head of Data and Analytics to join our Commercial Center of Excellence team. Location is flexible within the EU.About BarentzBarentz is the global specialty ingredients solution provider. The company sources branded specialty ingredients from leading manufacturers worldwide and its ingredient experts provide value-added technical support...


  • A Coruña, España Barentz A tiempo completo

    We are looking for a Head of Data and Analytics to join our Commercial Center of Excellence team. Location is flexible within the EU . About Barentz Barentz is the global specialty ingredients solution provider. The company sources branded specialty ingredients from leading manufacturers worldwide and its ingredient experts provide value-added technical...

  • Head of sales

    hace 2 semanas


    a coruña, España Easor A tiempo completo

    Easor – Head of Sales Easor nace a mediados de 2025 como un proyecto independiente a Talenom (asesoría internacional cotizada en la bolsa de Finlandia). Tras la decisión de dividir el servicio (Talenom) y el software, surge Easor con una propuesta ambiciosa: llevar al mercado la tecnología desarrollada internamente para que tanto clientes como otras...


  • A Coruña, España Impress A tiempo completo

    We are Impress . We believe everyone deserves a smile they’ll love. We are the largest chain of ortho clinics with fully digital processes. We have revolutionized the invisible orthodontic sector with the best team of professionals specialized in making people smile and using the latest technology for the diagnosis, treatment, and follow-up of all cases....


  • Cee, A Coruña provincia, España Greenpeace in Central- and Eastern Europe A tiempo completo

    We are looking for an experienced person with a rich proficiency in providing a high level of organisation and process leadership for the regional program of Greenpeace CEE. The purpose of this role is to support the programme director, and work as part of the PD team, in streamlining programme related processes as well as the upkeep and development of the...

  • Head of Marketing

    hace 4 semanas


    A Coruña, España Flagsmith A tiempo completo

    About Us Flagsmith is on a mission to empower teams to ship faster and continuously improve their products. We are a profitable, bootstrapped, innovative company focused on delivering an amazing open source alternative to larger venture-backed companies. It’s important for us to continue to build an amazing company while being in control of our destiny...


  • A Coruña, España Crédit Agricole Leasing & Factoring A tiempo completo

    IT Manager with a focus on securityDesplácese hacia abajo para obtener una visión general completa de lo que requerirá este trabajo. ¿Es usted el candidato adecuado para esta oportunidad?One of the major responsibilities of this position will be to lead and ensure the successful execution of the project to migrate local IT to a CA Group solution. This...


  • A Coruña, España Superbet A tiempo completo

    Location(s): Madrid (Spain), Zagreb (Croatia) or Bucharest (Romania)¿Es usted el solicitante adecuado para esta oportunidad? Descúbralo leyendo el resumen del puesto a continuación.Reports to: VP, Product DesignVisa Sponsorship: Location dependantAbout the roleWe're seeking an inspiring Head of Sports Product Design to lead our forward-thinking design...