Director of Compliance

Join ICON, a leading company in the government contracts sector, as the Director of Compliance. In this pivotal role, you will build and run the compliance function from scratch, overseeing ICON's corporate compliance program and ensuring compliance with government contracts. You will report to the General Counsel, hire and lead the compliance team, and provide regular updates to the executive team. This is an exciting opportunity to shape the compliance landscape of a growing company.

About ICON

Experience at a venture-backed or high-growth company

Responsibilities

• Establish and oversee ICON's corporate compliance program, including risk assessment, policy framework, training, monitoring, and reporting.
• Ensure compliance with FAR, DFARS, and agency supplements across all government work, including subcontract flow-downs and responses to Contracting Officer inquiries.
• Lead internal investigations, audit readiness, and response for DCAA, DCMA, Contractor Purchasing System Reviews, and similar reviews.
• Experience presenting compliance matters to an executive team, an audit committee, or a board of directors
• Experience preparing for or responding to a U.S. Government audit, review, or investigation (DCAA, DCMA, CPSR, Office of Inspector General, or GAO)

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree and 10+ years of experience in compliance, ethics, government contracts, internal audit, or regulatory legal practice, or an advanced degree (JD, LLM, MBA, or MS) and 8+ years of that experience

People-management experience

• Experience designing, implementing, or running a corporate compliance program, or a major component of one
• Ability to travel approximately 15 to 25%, including project sites, government installations, supplier facilities, and industry events
• Experience applying the FAR and DFARS in a contractor environment, including subcontract flow-downs, representations and certifications, and responses to Contracting Officer inquiries
• Experience at a hardware, manufacturing, aerospace, space, or construction company that performs government contracts

Experience supporting MILCON, NASA, or intelligence community programs

• Experience administering U.S. export controls and sanctions, including ITAR, restricted party screening, and foreign national access controls
• Experience standing up a compliance program from the ground up and then running it
• Juris Doctor with active bar membership in good standing, or an MBA
• An active or previously held U.S. Government security clearance
• Working familiarity with GRC platforms, contract lifecycle management systems, restricted party screening tools, and training and attestation systems

Preferred

• CCEP, CCEP-I, CFE, CIA, NCMA CFCM or CPCM, or an export compliance credential such as ECoP or CUSECO