Head of Compliance

Why this role is important to us

This is SimCorp's most senior compliance leadership role. As Head of Compliance, you will hold ultimate accountability for the company’s global compliance posture, shaping our compliance philosophy, owning our most significant regulatory relationships, and ensuring compliance operates as a forward-looking strategic capability rather than a reactive control function.

You will lead an international team of compliance specialists spread across four countries, working in a highly skilled lean-team model where specialist knowledge delivers more value than hierarchical scale. The role entails significant strategic autonomy, and it is a people manager type of the position where you will have 12 people in your organization. It is organizationally reporting to the General Counsel, Head of Legal & Compliance, with direct access to Executive Management.

This is a unique opportunity for an experienced senior compliance professional who wants to operate at the leading edge of technology-sector compliance – shaping how an innovative, globally growing fintech manages a genuinely complex and fast-evolving regulatory environment at the forefront of AI adoption.

What you will be responsible for

• Compliance Strategy & Framework: Own SimCorp's global compliance strategy, framework, policy architecture, and governance structure.
• Regulatory Horizon Scanning: Own regulatory horizon scanning across all relevant jurisdictions and lead SimCorp's response to emerging developments including the AI Act, data regulation, and ESG obligations.
• Team Leadership: Provide strategic direction and skilled oversight to an international team of compliance specialists across 4 different locations.
• Business Partnering: Serve as SimCorp's internal compliance authority, partnering across Product, Sales, Services, and Operations.
• Investigations & Escalation: Lead the firm's response to significant compliance incidents, overseeing root cause analysis, remediation, and governance reporting.
• Compliance Culture: Own the compliance culture agenda and design a training programme with measurable effectiveness.

What we value

• Regulatory & Compliance Expertise: Deep knowledge of the EU AI Act, DORA, GDPR, and the broader regulatory frameworks governing technology providers to the financial services industry.
• Strategic Compliance and People Leadership: Experience defining and owning multi-year compliance strategy, combined with experience leading lean, high-calibre compliance teams.
• Executive Communication and Stakeholder Management: Able to articulate complex compliance risks and strategic considerations clearly and with authority to C-suite leadership and governance bodies.

Benefits

Attractive salary, bonus scheme, and pension are essential for any work agreement. However, in SimCorp, we believe we can offer more. Therefore, in addition to the traditional benefit scheme, we provide a good work and work-life balance: flexible working hours and a hybrid model. And opportunities for professional development.

Next steps

Please send us your application in English via our career site as soon as possible, we process incoming applications continually.