Expert Legal - Compliance & Risk

Job Description

As Expert Legal, Compliance & Risk, you will serve as a trusted advisor across the organization, supporting strategic initiatives while ensuring compliance with applicable regulations, governance requirements, and ethical standards. You will play a key role in strengthening the company's legal, compliance, and risk management landscape and contribute directly to IMS's long-term success.

In this role, you will help create a robust governance environment that enables innovation while effectively managing legal, compliance and business risks. You will work closely with senior stakeholders across multiple functions and act as a strategic partner on topics that are critical to the company's success

Key Responsibilities

• Act as trusted legal advisor to business leaders and stakeholders across the organization
• Provide pragmatic and business-oriented legal guidance on commercial contracts, corporate law, governance matters, employment-related topics and regulatory requirements
• Support contract negotiations and review complex agreements while balancing legal protection with business objectives
• Advise stakeholders on legal implications of new business initiatives, projects and strategic decisions
• Further develop and maintain the company's compliance management framework
• Ensure adherence to applicable legal, regulatory and internal governance requirements
• Design and implement compliance policies, procedures and internal controls
• Lead compliance reviews, investigations, audits and regulatory assessments where required
• Promote a strong culture of integrity, ethics and accountability throughout the organization
• Develop and deliver compliance training and awareness initiatives
• Drive the continuous development of IMS's Enterprise Risk Management framework
• Maintain and further enhance the corporate risk register and risk reporting processes
• Identify, assess, and mitigate legal, operational, financial, regulatory, and reputational risks
• Collaborate with stakeholders across functions to establish effective risk mitigation measures
• Support management in risk-based decision-making processes
• Partner with cross-functional teams on strategic projects and transformation initiatives
• Evaluate legal, compliance and risk implications of new business opportunities, organizational changes and operational developments
• Monitor relevant legislative and regulatory developments and translate them into actionable business measures
• Support continuous improvement of governance structures, decision-making processes and internal controls

Qualifications

• University degree in Law, Business Law, Compliance, Risk Management or a related discipline
• Several years of relevant professional experience within legal, compliance, governance and/or risk management functions
• Strong understanding of legal and regulatory frameworks in an international business environment
• Experience implementing and managing compliance programs and risk management processes
• Proven ability to advise and influence stakeholders at different organizational levels
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with a structured and solution-oriented mindset
• Strong business acumen combined with sound professional judgment
• Professional certifications such as CIPP/E, CAMS, CRCM, CISA are a strong advantage 
• High ethical standards, integrity and discretion
• Excellent English and German communication skills

Additional Information

What you can look forward to:

• Career & Development: Exciting opportunities to grow professionally and personally - in an international environment
• Team Culture: Dynamic, collegial and open to new ideas - together we are writing the future
• Health & well-being: Company doctor and psychologist - support for your health
• Catering: Subsidized canteen, fresh fruit and drinks right in the office
• Bonus program: All employees benefit from our success - together we achieve more
• Mobility: Shuttle bus for a comfortable journey, free parking spaces, e-charging stations for cars and motorcycles, bicycle parking spaces with e-bike charging station
• Job bike: Environmentally friendly commuting and staying fit - with us you can lease your bike at a reasonable price
• Events & team building: Summer party, business run, cool team events - we celebrate our successes together
• Employee discounts: From car washes to wellness days - benefit from many discounts
• Flexibility: Flexible working hours, the option to work from home 

With us you will receive an attractive annual gross salary from 95.000 € (plus bonus, KV Metallgewerbe). Depending on your experience, this can also be higher.

No matter where you are from, how you live, what you believe in - we look forward to receiving your application! What counts for us is the person, not the label. That's why we welcome your unique perspective.

We are committed to equal opportunities and want all applications to be assessed with an open mind. You are welcome to remove your personal information such as age, origin etc. from your CV. We don't need a photo either. This way we can concentrate on the essentials: your qualifications and experience!