Market Strategic Advisor – Middle East Full Time

At IBM Risk, Compliance and Integrity, we provide the guidance and oversight that enables IBM to innovate responsibly and operate with integrity. Our teams manage complex regulatory, and compliance matters across the globe. Ensuring trust with clients, partners, and communities. Working in RCI means tackling diverse challenges, from data privacy to corporate governance and ethical business practices. You’ll collaborate with colleagues worldwide to protect IBM’s interests while supporting growth and innovation. With continuous learning, global exposure, and opportunities to shape the future of technology through law and policy, IBM offers a unique environment to build your career while making a meaningful impact.

Your Role And Responsibilities

• Identify and evaluate key compliance risks in the ME region, aligning them with IBM’s business strategy including developing, implementing and monitoring mitigation plans to manage key identified risks.
• Stay updated on relevant laws, regulations and policies in the ME region to ensure compliance by IBM.
• Actively engage with senior ME business leaders, embedding within the business as a strategic advisor.
• Collaborate with other MSA’s, the larger, global RCI function and key support functions.
• Educate employees and advise stakeholders on compliance matters, including new regulations and internal policies.
• Support the investigations team from allegation to resolution, including root cause analysis. Work together with the Ecosystem Audit and Compliance team.
• Drive the evolution and improvement of IBM’s compliance programs for efficiency, effectiveness and alignment with IBM’s risk appetite.

Preferred Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Required Technical And Professional Expertise

• Familiarity with regulatory regimes crucial to IBM’s operations in the ME region.
• Prior experience in the IT and technology sector in a legal or compliance role.
• Proven ability to establish relationships with senior business leadership while maintaining independence.
• Demonstrated capacity to work autonomously on matters, balancing independence with risk evaluation to facilitate calculated business risks without compromising key compliance obligations.
• Experience in implementing and using technology to enhance compliance program efficiency and integration with business processes.
• Excellent oral and written English communication skills for conveying compliance requirements and complex information to various stakeholders.
• Excellent fluency in written and spoken Arabic.
• Strong commitment to integrity and ethical conduct.