Program Manager, Governance Risk & Compliance

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.  

Location: This role will be hybrid based out of our U.S. office locations in San Francisco/Bay Area, Chicago, New York, Omaha or Washington DC.  

The LinkedIn Global Compliance and Integrity Team is made up of compliance professionals with diverse backgrounds and skill sets who have set an extremely high bar for fostering a culture of compliance and integrity and providing right- sized and effective compliance solutions that strengthen and protect our trusted brand. If you’re passionate about bringing high-priority compliance and regulatory projects to fruition within a fast-paced environment and like smart, curious, and motivated people, you will fit in well with the Global Compliance and Integrity Team.   

As Program Manager, Governance, Risk, and Compliance, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that our high-tech company adheres to regulatory requirements and industry standards. You will support the development, implementation, and maintenance of compliance programs across the company. This position offers the opportunity to work in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, where your contributions will directly impact the company's compliance posture and operational success. Best of all, you’ll join a well-rounded, collaborative Global Compliance & Integrity Team that values diversity, humor, and teamwork.   

Responsibilities:  

• Develop project work plans, and sequencing efforts across multi-disciplinary teams. Identify and track risks and dependencies to drive timely delivery across teams. 

• Develop a regulatory compliance communication and training plan including training materials for regulatory and audit readiness activities and assist in the delivery of training 

• Support the creation of an internal control design and testing strategy and design and manage the related tracking process. 

• Develop and oversee a deficiency management process. 

• Display proactive communication to drive results across teams. 

• Maintain accurate and detailed compliance program documentation, per established governance expectations, ensuring easy retrieval and reference. 

• Build trust and maintain positive relationships with internal partners, cross-functional teams, and external auditors.  

• Help track and manage consultant budget 

• Perform other duties, special projects as assigned. 

• Play an active role in fulfilling LinkedIn’s mission of connecting the world’s professionals to make them more productive and successful by being an integral member of our fast-paced, well-rounded, collaborative and FUN Global Compliance & Integrity Team.   

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:  

• Bachelor’s degree or relevant work experience.   

• 4+ years of experience as an auditor, compliance professional, project manager, or equivalent experience developing project plans, timelines, and budgets and tracking progress against key milestones and deliverables. 

• 2+ years of experience in risk management, identifying potential project risks, escalating issues appropriately and implementing mitigation strategies to ensure project success. 

Preferred Qualifications:  

• Prior experience in audit, and/or legal compliance; experience in legal regulatory issues, especially in the technology space, strongly preferred.   

• Proven success in structuring ambiguous problems into clear work streams and driving execution. 

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate cross-functional teams and stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle. 

• Knowledge of project and change management best practices and a continuous improvement mindset to optimize project processes and outcomes. 

• Ability to work in a fast-paced and ch