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Director, Compliance
Austin, Texas, United States · Director · Full-time · Posted Oct 27, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years with a bachelor’s degree, or 8+ years with an advanced degree (JD, LLM, MBA, or MS).
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree, or an advanced degree (JD, LLM, MBA, or MS).
About the job
Build and lead ICON’s corporate and government-contracts compliance function, ensuring the company meets its internal program and federal contracting obligations.
What you'll do
- Design and run the corporate compliance program, including risk assessment, policies, training, monitoring, investigations, audits, and remediation.
- Oversee compliance with FAR, DFARS, and agency supplements; maintain evidence and lead readiness and responses for government audits and reviews.
- Hire and lead the compliance team, manage function operations, and report compliance risks and program health to executives and, as needed, the Board.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years of relevant experience, or an advanced degree (JD, LLM, MBA, or MS) and 8+ years of relevant experience.
- Experience designing, implementing, or running a corporate compliance program or major component.
- People-management experience.
- Experience presenting compliance matters to executives, an audit committee, or a board; ability to travel approximately 15 to 20%.
Nice to have
- Experience applying FAR and DFARS in a contractor environment and/or preparing for or responding to U.S. Government audits, reviews, or investigations.
- Relevant industry, export-controls, program, startup, compliance-credential, security-clearance, or compliance-systems experience.
Tools
FAR, DFARS, CMMC, NIST SP 800-171, ITAR
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