Head of Compliance (Private Care)

Head of Compliance

We are partnering with a leading UAE organisation seeking to appoint a commercially minded and experienced Head of Compliance to join its Risk & Assurance function. This is a senior leadership role responsible for designing, implementing, and overseeing the organisation’s regulatory and operational compliance framework across the group. The successful individual will play a key role in strengthening governance, enhancing compliance oversight, and promoting a strong culture of integrity and accountability across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and maintain an enterprise-wide compliance framework aligned to regulatory and internal requirements.
• Develop policies, governance standards, reporting structures, and escalation processes relating to compliance matters.
• Oversee the monitoring and reporting of regulatory and operational compliance risks across the organisation.
• Maintain oversight of relationships with relevant regulatory authorities and ensure ongoing compliance with applicable regulations.
• Lead investigations, monitoring activities, and remediation plans relating to compliance breaches or control gaps.
• Own and manage key internal compliance policies including:
• Anti-Bribery & Corruption
• Conflict of Interest
• Gifts & Hospitality
• Third-Party Risk
• Data Privacy & Protection
• Drive improvements in compliance reporting, dashboards, monitoring capability, and use of technology across the function.
• Partner with senior stakeholders across the business to enhance governance, risk awareness, and regulatory understanding.
• Develop and maintain a group-wide compliance training and awareness programme.

Candidate Profile

• 10+ years’ experience within Compliance, Governance, Risk, Legal or Regulatory functions.
• Strong experience dealing with regulatory authorities and implementing compliance frameworks within regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of operational compliance, governance, data privacy, anti-bribery & corruption, and policy oversight.
• Proven ability to engage and influence senior leadership and stakeholders across complex organisations.
• Experience operating within highly regulated and reputationally sensitive environments.
• Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Commercially aware with the ability to balance regulatory expectations alongside operational and business objectives.

Preferred Background

We are particularly interested in individuals with experience across:

• Large corporate or group environments
• Government-related or regulated sectors
• Financial Services, Healthcare, Education, Professional Services, or other regulated industries
• UAE or wider GCC regulatory environments

Personal Attributes

• Strong judgement and credibility
• Collaborative and solutions-driven mindset
• Confident communicator with executive presence
• Hands-on, pragmatic, and operationally focused
• Ability to lead and influence across multiple functions and seniority levels