GRC Executive Director- real estate or construction background

Role Overview

Strategic Responsibilities

• Align GRC division goals, processes, and resources with the organization’s strategic direction while maintaining commercial and operational awareness.
• Ensure the achievement of departmental objectives through effective workforce planning, performance tracking, and team development.
• Establish GRC objectives; identify and analyze trends, evaluate strategic options, and select optimal courses of action.
• Develop and manage the GRC annual budget, including forecasting requirements, monitoring expenditures, analyzing variances, and initiating corrective measures.
• Uphold high service quality by enforcing standards, resolving issues, and championing continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support enterprise-wide strategic decision-making and problem resolution, offering expert input and guidance.

Managerial Responsibilities

• Supervise day-to-day activities of the GRC team, ensuring timely and accurate completion of tasks.
• Provide leadership and direction through effective delegation, oversight of operations, and clear communication of priorities.
• Set the vision for the GRC division and inspire the team to achieve organizational objectives.
• Monitor, track, and report key performance indicators and operational outcomes.
• Escalate business-critical issues to senior management and drive alignment on resolutions.
• Manage team performance through regular feedback, goal-setting, coaching, and performance appraisals.

Functional Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain corporate governance frameworks, charters, policies, and decision-making protocols to ensure accountability, transparency, and ethical leadership.
• Lead the implementation and continuous improvement of the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework, enabling proactive identification, assessment, and mitigation of strategic and operational risks.
• Oversee organization-wide compliance initiatives to ensure alignment with legal, regulatory, and internal control requirements across all functions.
• Build cross-functional partnerships to ensure cohesive GRC practices and drive organization-wide awareness and adherence.
• Provide expert oversight on cybersecurity governance, ensuring protection of digital assets and alignment with international best practices.

Educational Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Law, Information Security, or a related field.

Professional Experience

• Minimum
• 13+ years
• of experience in governance, risk management, or compliance roles.
• Strong background in
• real estate
• or
• construction-related environments
• , ideally within large-scale or complex projects.
• Proven experience working with
• FIDIC contracts
• —either in-house within major real estate or development organizations, or in private practice supporting real estate/construction clients.
• Demonstrated leadership experience managing integrated GRC functions across large organizations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Business Administration, Risk Management, Public Administration, or a related field.