Standardize vendor onboarding, contractual compliance, and risk re-assessments in partnership with Supply Chain and InfoSec to oversee Modern Slavery, labor standards, and data privacy obligations
Core Skills, Competencies, and Key Experiences (What you’ll bring)
Core Skills and Competencies (What you'll bring)
Strategic leadership in designing low-touch enterprise risk management frameworks and executing corporate compliance programs
Deep understanding of global privacy laws, records management, and data lifecycle governance frameworks
Ability to establish cross-functional governance mechanisms for emerging AI regulatory risks, data confidentiality, and intellectual property protection
Expertise in vendor risk management, third-party compliance auditing, and supply chain regulatory oversight
AI literacy and application skills to automate administrative workflows, analyze compliance data, and generate executive insights
Exceptional communication, stakeholder collaboration, and executive decision-making capabilities
Additional Qualifications
Experience working directly within an in-house legal operations environment or legal department
Minimum Requirements
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree
Minimum Experience: 4+ years of professional experience, with 1+ years working with an in-house legal team or law firm
Required Skills: Must have at least 2 years of experience with
Risk management and compliance program software
Word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation software
Visa sponsorship not available for this position
Salary Range
Compensation: $96,250.00/Year - $137,500.00/Year
About Our Department
Our legal teams support the innovators driving the growth and success of EchoStar and its subsidiaries. From identifying and supporting a variety of corporate legal matters to negotiating the industry’s evolving legal landscape, our corporate counselors bring their own kind of invention to effect positive change across the company.
About Our Company
EchoStar is reimagining the future of connectivity. Our business reach spans satellite television service, live-streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, mobile plans and products. Today, our brands include Boost Mobile, DISH TV, Gen Mobile, Hughes and Sling TV.
Benefits
We offer meaningful health perks, including flexible spending accounts, HSA, a 401(k) plan with company match, employee stock purchase plan, career opportunities, and a flexible time away plan. Review a benefits summary here: EchoStar Benefits
The base pay range shown is a guideline. Individual total compensation will vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, and competencies. Compensation is based on the role's location and is subject to change.
Candidates need to successfully complete a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug test and DMV check. Our company is committed to fostering an inclusive and equitable workplace where every individual has the opportunity to succeed. We are dedicated to providing individuals with criminal or arrest records a fair chance of employment in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.
This job posting will be active for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to extend by 3 days until the position is filled.
We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. EchoStar will accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of employees if such accommodations are not undue hardships and are otherwise within the bounds of applicable law. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with local, state, and federal law. You may redact any information that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of school/graduation from your application documents before submission and throughout our application process.
EchoStar will provide reasonable accommodation to otherwise qualified job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities, unless doing so poses an undue hardship on the Company, poses a direct threat of substantial harm to others, or is otherwise not required by law. EchoStar has a more detailed Accommodation Policy that applies to employees. EchoStar endeavors to make echostar.com and jobs.echostar.com accessible to users. Please contact leaves@dish.com if you would like to discuss the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process. This contact information is for accommodation requests only; do not use this contact information to inquire about the status of applications. If you have questions regarding your application or the recruitment process please email Recruiting@Dish.com.
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Candidates must be willing to participate in at least one in-person interview.
The Senior Program Manager,Compliance & Risk Programs will design, modernize, and execute a forward-thinking, low-touch Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) framework tailored specifically for executive leadership. This role solves the challenge of heavy administrative friction by leveraging AI and automation to synthesize data, track top-tier risks, and streamline records management. Additionally, the role oversees legal Data Governance, vendor regulatory obligations, and AI legal compliance to ensure business velocity while maintaining global regulatory standards.
What Success Looks Like (Objectives)
Design and execute a low-touch ERM program that leverages AI tools to administer manual tasks and provide real-time, high-yield risk visibility to executive leadership
Conduct periodic Enterprise Risk Assessments aligned with DOJ Guidelines to evaluate international operations, regulatory shifts, and critical business relationships
Overhaul information governance policies in collaboration with IT to enforce data retention, archive legacy datasets, and align data lifecycles with global privacy standards like GDPR and CCPA/CPRA
Establish comprehensive governance mechanisms across business lines to monitor AI-related risks, including algorithmic bias, data confidentiality, transparency, and intellectual property
Standardize vendor onboarding, contractual compliance, and risk re-assessments in partnership with Supply Chain and InfoSec to oversee Modern Slavery, labor standards, and data privacy obligations
Core Skills and Competencies (What you'll bring)
Strategic leadership in designing low-touch enterprise risk management frameworks and executing corporate compliance programs
Deep understanding of global privacy laws, records management, and data lifecycle governance frameworks
Ability to establish cross-functional governance mechanisms for emerging AI regulatory risks, data confidentiality, and intellectual property protection
Expertise in vendor risk management, third-party compliance auditing, and supply chain regulatory oversight
AI literacy and application skills to automate administrative workflows, analyze compliance data, and generate executive insights
Exceptional communication, stakeholder collaboration, and executive decision-making capabilities
Additional Qualifications
Experience working directly within an in-house legal operations environment or legal department
Minimum Requirements
Minimum Education: Bachelor’s degree
Minimum Experience: 4+ years of professional experience, with 1+ years working with an in-house legal team or law firm
Required Skills: Must have at least 2 years of experience with
Risk management and compliance program software
Word processing, spreadsheets, and presentation software
Visa sponsorship not available for this position
