Head of Legal, Regulatory & Compliance

About the job

Electricity powers our lives. And we move electricity. Every day, we commit ourselves to the security of supply on the grid side in Switzerland. On behalf of Switzerland and in cooperation with international partners, our employees ensure a high-performance and reliable electricity grid.

For our headquarters in Aarau, we are looking for a strategically minded leader as:

Head of Legal, Regulatory & Compliance

This is how you ensure electricity in Switzerland

You take on a key role in the extended executive management and shape the legal, regulatory and governance positioning of Swissgrid in a highly dynamic environment.

Your main tasks include:

• Overall responsibility for Legal, Regulatory & Compliance at the corporate level
• Sparring partner for the executive management on legal, regulatory and governance-related issues
• Ensuring, together with the executive management, compliance with all legal, regulatory and internal requirements
• Responsibility for Legal Assurance, contract management and directive system
• Responsibility for the development and management of the regulatory strategy
• Building and maintaining relationships with authorities, supervisory bodies and external committees
• Representing the company’s interests at national and international levels
• Leading and further developing the organisational unit

This is how you make a difference

For this demanding leadership role, we are looking for an integral and convincing personality with pronounced strategic and legal competence:

• Swiss lawyer’s licence
• Several years of experience as General Counsel or in a comparable senior leadership role in a complex, regulated environment
• Sound knowledge of Swiss law and basic knowledge of relevant EU law as well as the regulatory and political environment
• Combines high personal integrity with entrepreneurial thinking and acting, always keeping Swissgrid’s legal mandate in view
• Uses regulatory scope responsibly and develops pragmatic solution options for implementing strategic projects
• Acts as a strong sparring partner for the CEO and executive management and takes a well-founded and constructive position even in challenging situations
• Convincing, integral leadership personality with the ability to develop teams, provide orientation and create an environment of responsibility and performance
• Proven experience in dealing with authorities, supervisory bodies and demanding stakeholders as well as a confident appearance at top management level
• German or French at native level as well as very good knowledge of the other major national language and business fluent English skills

This is how we inspire you

We offer you a strategically significant leadership role at the level of extended executive management with plenty of scope for design in a company unique to Switzerland. You will work in a modern working environment at the headquarters in close proximity to Aarau station. In addition, you will benefit from the following perks:

• At least 30 working days of holiday as well as company holidays between Christmas and New Year
• Progressive social benefits and an attractive pension fund
• Opportunities for professional development
• Financial and/or time support for internal or external training
• Competitive salary with an attractive and performance-related component

Contact person

If interested, Mirjam Keller looks forward to receiving your complete application documents via the career portal.