Compliance Director

Telenor Group is world’s leading telecommunications company across the Nordics and Asia with 158 million subscribers and annual sales of around NOK 99 billion (2022). We are committed to responsible business conduct and driven by the ambition of empowering societies. Connectivity has been Telenor’s domain for more than 160 years, and our purpose is to connect our customers to what matters most.

We have a leading Nordic position in mobile, broadband and TV services, as well as substantial activities in subsidiaries and joint venture operations, including mobile financial services and online classifieds in the Asia region. Worldwide, Telenor Group and our operations’ teams are 14,000 people strong.

Telenor Procurement Company (TPC), established in 2017 and based out of Singapore, operates as a subsidiary of the Telenor Group. We deliver Global Category Management as a service to the Telenor Business Units and beyond, taking full responsibility for the end-to-end Sourcing process and performance of global spend categories. Functioning as one Global Procurement team across all Telenor markets, we enable Telenor’s strategic ambitions by becoming a centre of expertise in the pursuit of efficient operations. TPC seeks qualified procurement professionals that are comfortable working in a global setup in the fast-paced Telecom field.

Role Overview

The Compliance Director reports to the Chief Corporate Affairs Officer.

Main Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

- In the capacity of Compliance Officer for TPC you will be developing and implementing the policies and procedures concerning Governing Work Program, Business Conduct, Anti-Corruption Compliance, Business Partner Management, Information Security and Privacy across TPC.
- Strengthening of the Compliance domain as a customer value proposition part of the sourcing process.
- Quarterly reporting on TPC Enterprise risk to group functions on Ethics and Compliance, Anti-Corruption, Information Security, Privacy and Business Partner Management.
- Manage and anchor the business partner risk process for TPC global business partners as part of the procurement process.
- Manage and support the TPC team of Risk Reviewers responsible for Integrity Due Diligence of prospect vendors and post contract monitoring.
- Contribute to the development and execution of Compliance, Business Partner Management, and Privacy requirements, in Telenor's procurement domain by liaising with group functions.
- Brief/advise the management and key stakeholders on individual vendor compliance risk assessments, as required.
- Responsible for Post Contract Compliance management and monitoring of business partners, incident handling of compliance related matters.
- Training and Awareness: Support the organization's compliance training programs by developing training materials and conducting training sessions for employees.
- Supporting the implementation of business partner management process by managing the Compliance technology platform (software) along with TPC Technology team for business partner risk assessment across the group and providing support to the stakeholders.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to promote a culture of compliance and provide guidance on compliance-related matters. Reporting to group stakeholders and expert functions on Due Diligence findings and compliance related matters.

Profile
- Experience with business partner (supplier) risk assessment and integrity due diligence in a multinational company, including legal and regulatory risks throughout value chain.
- Knowledge about compliance and sustainability related risks of suppliers and third parties, including corruption, trade restrictions, privacy, health and safety, labour rights, human rights, and environmental risks, etc.
- Experience with procurement in a multinational company
- Experienced in cross functional stakeholder management
- Experience with overseeing compliance with supplier conduct principles and compliance, in the supplier landscape including sub-providers, from a multinational company
- Ability to exercise sound judgement
- High level of integrity and ethics
- Strong ability to communicate and interact effectively across organizational and cultural boundaries, internally and externally
- Experienced in team management and good interpersonal skills.
- Comfortable working in a global setup in the fast-paced Telecom field.

Education and Experience
- More than 8-10 years of experience in a relevant procurement, legal, risk or compliance role.