Head of Compliance

About the Role

TIBBIYAH is seeking a Head of Compliance to lead and enhance the company's enterprise-wide compliance program. This full-time position is based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, and involves overseeing compliance across healthcare operations and subsidiaries. The role ensures adherence to Saudi laws, healthcare regulations, Capital Market Authority (CMA) requirements, and corporate governance standards.

Reporting directly to the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), the Head of Compliance provides strategic leadership and advises executive management on identifying, assessing, and mitigating regulatory and compliance risks. The role is central to fostering a strong culture of integrity, transparency, and ethical conduct within the organization.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of the company's risk-based compliance framework, policies, procedures, and internal controls.
• Establish and oversee annual compliance plans, governance structures, regulatory obligation registers, and reporting mechanisms.
• Ensure adherence to applicable Saudi laws and regulations, including those related to healthcare, medical devices, data protection, competition, anti-bribery, corporate governance, and capital markets.
• Oversee compliance with CMA regulations and Tadawul continuing obligations, including regulatory disclosures, insider information, conflicts of interest, related-party transactions, and governance reporting.
• Direct compliance risk assessments to identify, evaluate, prioritize, and mitigate potential regulatory and ethical risks across the company and its subsidiaries.
• Develop, implement, and maintain the company's Code of Conduct and policies governing conflicts of interest, gifts and hospitality, third-party relationships, healthcare-professional interactions, sponsorships, donations, market conduct, and records management.
• Provide strategic and practical compliance guidance to commercial, tendering, procurement, clinical, quality, regulatory, and supply-chain functions.
• Oversee third-party compliance programs, including risk-based due diligence, contracting standards, onboarding, monitoring, renewal, and remediation processes.
• Lead the development and implementation of compliance training and awareness programs for employees, executives, Board members, and relevant third parties.
• Oversee confidential reporting and whistleblowing mechanisms, ensuring appropriate investigation of reported concerns and implementation of corrective actions.
• Establish and oversee compliance monitoring, testing, data analytics, internal control reviews, and corrective-action tracking to assess compliance effectiveness.
• Collaborate with Internal Audit, Legal, Finance, HR, Quality, and Data Protection functions to strengthen the overall compliance and internal control environment.
• Monitor regulatory developments, assess their potential impact on business operations, and recommend appropriate compliance measures.
• Prepare and present periodic compliance reports and dashboards to the CEO, executive management, and relevant Board committees.
• Promote and reinforce a strong culture of integrity, ethical conduct, accountability, and regulatory compliance throughout the organization.
• Escalate material compliance concerns and regulatory risks directly to the CEO and, where appropriate, relevant Board committees.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the effectiveness, efficiency, and maturity of the company's compliance program.

Experience and Qualifications

Candidates for this role should possess 5-10 years of relevant experience in compliance leadership, preferably within the healthcare sector or a regulated industry. A strong understanding of Saudi laws, healthcare regulations, and Capital Market Authority (CMA) requirements is essential.

Work Environment

This is a full-time position based in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The role requires collaboration with various internal departments and executive leadership to maintain a robust compliance framework across the organization's operations and subsidiaries.

Application Process

Further details regarding the application process and compensation will be provided to qualified candidates.