Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, Asia Region (Manufacturing)

About the role

The Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer leads the regional ethics and compliance program across China, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia for a manufacturing enterprise with complex supply chains, third-party ecosystems and multi-site operations. The role designs, implements and continuously improves a risk-based compliance framework, strengthens a culture of integrity and accountability, and embeds compliance into day-to-day decisions. It reports to the VP, Chief Ethics & Compliance Officer, with regular regional travel required.

Key responsibilities

• Develop and run a regional ethics and compliance strategy aligned to global standards and local regulations, with governance rhythms, escalation protocols and KPI reporting.
• Lead a risk-based program covering anti-bribery and anti-corruption, trade controls, sanctions and export compliance, third-party due diligence, procurement integrity and manufacturing site compliance risks.
• Own third-party lifecycle management and work with Supply Chain/Procurement to embed compliance in supplier selection, onboarding and performance management.
• Oversee investigations, ensure consistent case management, root-cause analysis and corrective actions, and coordinate with HR and Legal on remediation.
• Foster an open reporting environment, monitor reporting trends and build a culture of integrity and non-retaliation.
• Deploy risk-based, role-based training, communicate expectations clearly and build local compliance capability.
• Lead and develop the regional compliance team, manage the compliance budget and resources, and report regularly to the Chief Compliance Officer with a regional dashboard.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree (Law, Business, Finance, Engineering, International Relations or related).
• Extensive experience leading ethics and compliance programs in a multinational environment with meaningful Asia coverage.
• Demonstrated expertise in ABAC, trade controls/export compliance and third-party/supplier compliance.
• Proven people leadership experience and strong investigation and remediation leadership.
• Ability to influence senior leaders in a matrixed, multi-site manufacturing organization.
• Preferred: advanced degree (JD, MBA or equivalent) and/or compliance certifications (e.g. CCEP, CCEP-I); experience in China, Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia; experience with compliance monitoring analytics and third-party due diligence tools.