Senior Director Governance, Risk & Compliance

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Molex is seeking a Senior Director Governance, Risk & Compliance to define, implement, and continuously improve our enterprise governance, risk, and compliance strategy across a global industrial technology environment. This leader will continue to evolve the frameworks through which Molex identifies, quantifies, manages, monitors, and reports risk; meets regulatory, certification, and customer obligations; governs the responsible adoption of AI and emerging technologies; and provides executive leadership with clear, actionable risk intelligence. The successful candidate will combine enterprise leadership, business acumen, and technical and regulatory depth to build a scalable global GRC operating model, strengthen accountability, and enable informed risk-based decisions across Molex. Our Team The Molex Cybersecurity team plays a pivotal role in safeguarding the organization’s complex global enterprise, product and manufacturing ecosystem. In an environment governed by a myriad of regulatory requirements and industry standards, the team partners with global Digital and business teams to proactively develop and operate a robust cybersecurity program designed to fortify the company’s overall security posture. Molex brings together innovation and technology to deliver electronic solutions to customers worldwide. With a presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a full suite of solutions and services for markets including data communications, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, commercial vehicle, aerospace & defense and medical. What You Will Do Define and lead the global enterprise GRC strategy, roadmap, operating model, governance structure, and high-performing global organization. Partner with business, legal, Digital and Koch stakeholders to build an integrated governance architecture encompassing regulatory, certification, and customer requirements, including ISO 27001, TISAX, CMMC, GXP, data protection and export controls. Create horizon-scanning, impact-assessment, compliance-roadmap, evidence-management, and remediation capabilities that sustain compliance beyond point-in-time audits. Maintain an integrated enterprise risk register with accountable owners, measurable treatment plans, escalation thresholds, and analysis of systemic, correlated, and concentration risks. In collaboration with Koch, maintain an effective enterprise security policy and common control framework, rationalizing overlapping requirements and enabling a single-control, single-evidence approach where practical. In partnership with our Digital AI and legal teams define and operate an enterprise AI governance framework to ensure AI is developed, acquired, deployed, and operated responsibly, securely, and in alignment with business objectives. Lead enterprise security training and awareness, including role-based requirements and effectiveness measures. Define GRC data, metrics, analytics, KRIs, KPIs, control-effectiveness measures, dashboards, and executive reporting that connect investment to measurable risk reduction. Serve as executive owner for readiness across internal and external audits, certifications, customer assessments, and regulatory examinations; ensure findings are risk-ranked, remediated, validated, and closed. Advise business and functional leaders on complex risk decisions while balancing enterprise consistency with legitimate business-unit, customer, and geographic requirements. Build, develop, and retain a high-performing global team with clear roles, career paths, development programs, and succession plans. Who You Are (Basic Qualifications) Bachelor’s degree in cybersecurity, information technology, computer science, engineering, risk management, business, or a related discipline. 12 or more years of progressive experience in governance, risk, compliance, cybersecurity, information security, IT risk, audit, or a closely related field. Experience leading enterprise GRC programs in a complex, regulated, global organization, and influencing cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority. Experience translating security, regulatory, certification, contractual, and customer requirements into practical and repeatable enterprise controls, and measurable compliance outcomes. Experience establishing and operating a cross-functional AI governance framework in a global organization. Working knowledge of ISO 27001, CMMC & GXP requirements. Experience establishing enterprise risk methodologies, integrated risk registers, quantitative or semi-quantitative risk measures, and executive-level reporting. Experience leading audits, assessments, certifications, findings remediation, and assurance programs. What Will Put You Ahead Experience in automotive, medical-device, optical networking, aerospace & defense, or another highly regulated industrial environment. Deep experience with implementing and operating a CMMC compliance framework in a globally distributed business. Hands on experience working with development, infrastructure, legal and business teams to design and operate a nimble, risk-adjusted AI governance framework in a global, regulated business. Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CRISC, CGEIT, CISA, ISO 27001 Lead Implementer or Lead Auditor, CMMC credentials, or AI governance, privacy, regulatory, or risk-management credentials. Ability to travel 10-20% domestically and internationally. For this role, we anticipate paying $175,000 - $225,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form. At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate's knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy. Hiring Philosophy All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here . Who We Are At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company. Our Benefits Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter. Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results. Equal Opportunities Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here , aquí , or tu ). #LI-MS6 #on-site Apply now Share Email Facebook X LinkedIn