Director, Ethics and Compliance

Position Summary:

The Director, Ethics & Compliance is the senior leader responsible for owning and driving SkyWater's enterprise-wide Ethics & Compliance Program. This role sets the strategic vision for a mature, preventionfocused program and ensures alignment with SkyWater's values, business strategy, and regulatory expectations. The Director develops, implements, and continuously enhances SkyWater's ethics and compliance framework, ensuring it is welldesigned, effectively implemented, and works in practice in accordance with the Federal Sentencing Guidelines and the DOJ's Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs (ECCP). This role leads crossfunctional governance, influences decisionmaking at the executive level, and embeds integrity, accountability, and ethical conduct across operations, culture, and leadership behavior. The Director oversees the ethics and compliance program strategy, policy governance, investigations, monitoring, training, reporting, risk assessments, and remediation activities. The Director manages the Ethics & Compliance Manager (new role) and serves as a key advisor to the General Counsel & Chief Risk and Compliance Officer and senior leadership.

Responsibilities:

Program Leadership & Strategy

• Own and lead the enterprise Ethics & Compliance Program, setting strategic direction, and longterm roadmap.
• Establish program goals, maturity objectives, and performance indicators; regularly assess effectiveness and ensure continuous improvement.
• Ensure program integration with SkyWater's business strategy, risk management framework, and corporate governance structure.

Governance & Executive Advisory

• Serve as the principal advisor to the Chief Risk and Compliance Officer and senior leadership on ethics and compliance risks.
• Provide authoritative, decisionready program updates, including trends, risk insights, compliance metrics, and program performance.

Risk Assessment, Monitoring & Investigations

• Direct and oversee enterprise compliance risk assessments and use results to prioritize initiatives and inform resource allocation.
• Lead the Company's monitoring and testing strategy to identify emerging concerns and enhance control effectiveness.
• Oversee highrisk and sensitive investigations, ensuring rigor in scoping, documentation, rootcause analysis, and remediation.
• Ensure timely and effective corrective action plans and elevate systemic risks to leadership and the Board when appropriate.

Policy & Process Ownership

• Own the lifecycle of the Code of Business Conduct and Ethics and all enterpriselevel compliance policies and standards.
• Ensure policies are current, riskbased, and operationalized effectively across business functions.
• Champion consistent policy governance, version control, and accountability.

Culture, Training & Speak Up Leadership

• Lead enterprise efforts to promote a culture of integrity and accountability, ensuring leaders model ethical decisionmaking.
• Oversee broadbased and rolespecific training strategies to increase awareness, reinforce expectations, and reduce risk.
• Own the Speak Up Program, including hotline operations, communication strategy, nonretaliation culture, and leadership engagement.

Business Partnership & Operational Integration

• Partner with leaders across HR, Operations, Finance, Security, Supply Chain, Engineering, and IT to embed compliance into business processes.
• Ensure program support and harmonization in acquired facilities and new operations.
• Provide strategic, riskinformed guidance on emerging issues, regulatory developments, and ethical considerations.

Team Leadership

• Manage, mentor, and develop the Ethics & Compliance Manager and future team expansions.
• Build a highperforming function that blends strategic insight with operational execution.

This position also requires performing other duties as assigned. Percentages of time spent on job duties are estimates and may vary for each position.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree (e.g., JD, MBA) or relevant professional certification (e.g., CCEP, CCEPI) preferred.
• 8+ years of progressively responsible experience in ethics and compliance, investigations, risk management, or related fields.
• Demonstrated success operating within a maturing ethics and compliance program, with experience leading key program components.
• Strong analytical and communication skills, including experience preparing and delivering reports for executives.
• Ability to manage and develop team members, build trust across functions, and foster a culture of accountability and integrity.
• Proven ability to translate complex legal and regulatory requirements into practical guidance and implementable processes.
• Commitment to discretion, confidentiality, and professionalism in handling sensitive matters.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Juris Doctor degree and active bar membership in good standing.
• Experience in a public company or government contractor environment.
• Experience with ethics and compliance program integration following mergers or acquisitions.

U.S. Citizen Required: This position will require the holding of or ability to obtain government security clearance which requires sole U.S Citizenship.

The annual salary range for this role is $153,440 - $230,160. Pay offered is based on many factors including, but not limited to, the job-related experience, skills, education, and credentials of each candidate.

SkyWater offers an exciting environment where the brightest semiconductor minds come together to achieve exceptional results. We offer competitive salary and an opportunity to participate in incentive plans as well other employee financial benefits including 401k match, life insurance and opportunities to purchase SkyWater stock at a discounted rate.

Additionally, SkyWater offers a comprehensive benefits package which promotes a healthy life. This includes benefit eligibility day one, medical, dental, mental health benefits, vision, legal planning, short- and long-term disability, paid time off, paid holidays, an on-site fitness facility, and an on-site self-serve market.

SkyWater complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities unless doing so would cause an undue hardship. Alternative methods of applying for employment are available to individuals unable to submit an application through this site because of a disability. To request reasonable accommodations, to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact Human Resources at 952-851-5200 or Recruiting@SkyWatertechnology.com.

EOE, including disability/vets