Compliance Director, Croud
£73.5-88.5k
+ Discretionary annual performance based incentive on completion of the three-month probation period
3+ days a week in office
Performance marketing agency
Be an early applicant
Performance marketing agency
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
£73.5-88.5k
+ Discretionary annual performance based incentive on completion of the three-month probation period
3+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To drive business performance and growth for ambitious brands through reinvention.
Role
Who you are
- Strong experience in compliance, risk or governance leadership roles
- Experience working within an ISO 270001 environment
- Strong understanding of information security and data protection
- Ability to balance risk with commercial and operational realities
- Comfortable working cross-functionally with senior stakeholders
- Experience building or evolving governance frameworks
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Director of Compliance to lead the development and oversight of our enterprise risk and compliance framework
- This role is focused on governance, clarity and enablement - ensuring that risks are properly understood, owned and managed across the business, without creating unnecessary operational friction
- The Director of Compliance will work closely with Finance, Legal, Access, Infrastructure and Operations to embed a scalable, pragmatic governance model aligned with both business needs and investor expectations
- Own and maintain Croud’s enterprise risk framework, aligned to ECI expectations
- Maintain and evolve the company risk register
- Lead monthly internal Risk & Compliance Committee
- Provide governance oversight of the ISMS, working closely with Infrastructure / IT
- Support ISO27001 certification and ongoing compliance
- Ensure appropriate controls, monitoring and documentation are in place
- Coordinate internal and external audits
- Oversee data protection policies, processes and breach management
- Ensure compliance with client data protection requirements
- Support contractual and operational data privacy considerations
- Provide oversight of compliance with marketing regulations (e.g. ASA) and client-specific requirements
- Maintain clear internal guidance for high-risk sectors (e.g. alcohol)
- Support teams with pragmatic advice on compliance considerations
- Own AML policy and framework
- Ensure appropriate screening processes for clients, suppliers and freelancers
- Monitor and escalate high-risk cases
- Establish governance principles for the use of AI across the business
- Work with Infrastructure, Product and Creative teams to ensure responsible use of AI tools
- Balance risk mitigation with the need to enable innovation and competitiveness
- Standard hours are from 9.00am to 5.30pm, there’s flexibility if agreed in advance with your line managers (it may also be necessary on occasions to work outside of these hours)
Salary benchmarks
Our take
Marketing teams are often under-resourced and over-stretched, and the 24/7 nature of the field only amplifies these difficulties. Yet, digital marketing continues to be a vital part of businesses marketing strategy as the opportunities for business success online continue to grow.
Croud has a unique approach to assisting digital marketers. Its proprietary technology supports planning, automation and delivery of digital marketing campaigns. Croud's capability to deliver this at scale is supported by its "Croud Control" platform, a digital platform that links over 2,300 on-demand digital experts known as "Croudies" to clients.
Croud continues to expand its network of "Croudies" and the digital products available to clients. For example, its in-house "Croud Creative" team provides instant creative resources to media teams, allowing them to create world-class campaigns. It also continues to make acquisitions to strengthen its position and remains well-regarded in the space.
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Company
Funding (1 round)
Nov 2019
$39.6m
LATE VC
Total funding: $39.6m
Company benefits
- Work from home opportunities
- 25 days holiday a year
- Annual performance bonus
- Sale commission
- Recruitment referrals bonus
- Gym membership contributions
- Ride to Work scheme
- Rail card
- Season Ticket loan
- Free fruit, breakfast cereals and tea & coffee
- Free home office chair
- Life and income protection
- Medical cash plan
- Share option scheme
- Agile Working Policy
- Summer Fridays
Company HQ
London, UK
Leadership
Ben Knight
(Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer)Ben worked within search for over ten years, and realised there was a gap in the market to deliver a more innovative way of working, so founded Croud, to cater to clients' 24/7/365 demands
Luke Smith
(Co-Founder & Global CEO)Luke started his career at News International and The Economist, then turned his hand to agency relationship management at Google, where his belief that the agency model was broken grew.
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