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Director - Enterprise Compliance Strategy & Planning Lead

Fidelity

Fidelity

Compliance / Regulatory
Jersey City, NJ, USA · Merrimack, NH, USA · Westlake, TX, USA · smithfield, ri, usa
USD 103k-211k / year
Posted on Nov 8, 2025

Job Description:

Director – Enterprise Compliance Strategy & Planning Lead

The Role

As a Director on the Strategy and Planning team, you will help shape the Compliance organization’s strategic business management practices and routines. You will work with partners across Compliance teams to perform a broad range of activities, including:

  • Leading / supporting strategic compliance projects and initiatives
  • Communicating Compliance strategy and driving understanding of key priorities across the organization,
  • Supporting and coordinating executive level / governance meetings, senior leadership team offsites, presentations, reports and communications,
  • Facilitating multi-year planning and scorecard routines,

The Director will also oversee operational activities on behalf of the Compliance organization such as budgeting, resource/headcount planning, developing/maintaining a calendar of communication routines and key organizational events. This role requires both detail orientation and strategic navigation, the ability to work across all levels of the organization, and the capacity to be the driving force behind progress and routine. Reporting to the Head of the Compliance Framework & Strategy team, you will play a vital role in making sure that the Compliance organization continues to operate efficiently and effectively.

  • Lead the strategy and MYP process for Compliance in partnership with the Senior Leadership Team and business partners.
  • Assisting in the development of strategic planning analyses and deliverables for presentation to executive leaders
  • Understand the overall Compliance strategy, so that you can support the operation and management discipline of the Compliance organization through ongoing management routines.
  • Develop, communicate, and influence the adoption of Strategy & Planning standards and the tools and platforms used to manage the associated work.
  • Collaborate with the Compliance leadership team to refine and align business strategies and major initiatives.
  • Assume ownership for and understand the prioritization of tasks and milestones on initiatives, programs, and projects to which you are assigned; ensure that deadlines are not missed.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

  • BS/BA degree with at least 10 years of work experience.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive people-oriented efforts, including developing messaging and communications for change management.
  • Self-starter, naturally dynamic and collaborative, with the ability to work independently.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to interact professionally across diverse groups and various levels of leadership.
  • Critically evaluate information gathered from multiple sources, reconcile conflicts, identify trends, and transform data into coherent executive-level messaging.
  • Think strategically, deal with ambiguity, can switch gears quickly and respond to shifts in priorities, and perform well in fast paced environments.
  • Ability to work on a wide variety of subject matters across organizational boundaries and build effective working relationships.
  • Proven thoughtful leadership, problem solving abilities, prioritization skills, and attention to detail; able to distinguish and elevate strategic and critical work.
  • Proven teammate with good interpersonal skills and the ability to work collaboratively across functions while managing multiple priorities.
  • Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite, particularly PowerPoint, Word, and Excel

Note: Fidelity is not providing immigration sponsorship for this position

The Team

This role is a key, senior member of the Compliance Framework & Strategy team which is part of Compliance, within Fidelity’s Legal, Risk, and Compliance (LRC) organization. This Team works in a collaborative environment, evaluating opportunities for driving a consistent strategy around fundamental compliance program activities, including regulatory change management, regulatory exams/inquiries, compliance issue management, compliance reporting and compliance program standards.

The base salary range for this position is $103,000-211,000 USD per year.

Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate’s relevant experience, and other factors.

Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation.

We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your evolving needs and help you live your best life at work and at home. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support, market-leading retirement, generous paid time off and parental leave, charitable giving employee match program, and educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career. Note, the application window closes when the position is filled or unposted.

Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

Most roles at Fidelity are Hybrid, requiring associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to Remote or fully Onsite roles.

Certifications:

Category:

Compliance

Company overview

At Fidelity, we are passionate about making our financial expertise broadly accessible and effective in helping people live the lives they want! We are a privately held company that places a high degree of value in creating and nurturing a work environment that attracts the best talent and reflects our commitment to our associates. We are proud of our diverse and inclusive workplace where we respect and value our associates for their unique perspectives and experiences. For information about working at Fidelity, visit FidelityCareers.com. Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to complete the application or interview process.

If you would like to request an accommodation, please contact us at:

accommodations@fmr.com

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Join us

At Fidelity, you’ll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples’ lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees’ Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don’t need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity—we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you’ve always imagined.

Fidelity's working model blends the best of working offsite with maximizing time together in person to meet associate and business needs. Currently, most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite all business days of one assigned week per four-week period (beginning in September 2024, the requirement will be two full assigned weeks).

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to [email protected], or by calling 800-835-5099, prompt 2, option 3.

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

Benefits
Learning & development
Culture

Benefits that adapt to everything life sends your way

401(k) with company match

Medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage

16-week maternity leave & 12-week parental leave

Student loan assistance

Fidelity is invested in you

Committed to Professional Development

At Fidelity, we are constantly adapting to the changing needs of our customers, new technologies, and better ways of working. And we empower our employees to do the same, with an emphasis on developing skills and connections that will help propel you forward in your career while being able to make an impact for Fidelity’s customers around the world.

We offer a wide range of options for professional development including online, in-person, and mentor driven solutions. Special interest and networking groups are also part of our culture of empowerment, personal and professional enrichment, diversity and inclusion, and knowledge sharing.

Continuing Education & Training

  • Assess, build, and align your development plan through resources like our skill-building classroom and online courses.
  • Video-based training for technology, leadership, management & more.
  • Ongoing skills development and coaching opportunities.
  • Paid training with a facilitator who is dedicated to your onboarding and will track and evaluate your progress, giving you strategies to improve.
  • A range of talent development programs to support career mobility.

Mentoring

  • Utilize the skills of experienced leaders to enrich your career.
  • Dedicated mentors to help you grow into new areas of Fidelity’s business as you develop new skills.
  • An open atmosphere of knowledge sharing and collaboration.
  • Opportunities to pay it forward, sharing the knowledge you develop and as you help others define how they want their career to take shape.

Our Commitment

Discover opportunities to build a fulfilling career within a supportive culture that celebrates individuality. We empower our associates to pursue career paths that align with their unique goals and personalities.

Giving back to our communities

Throughout Fidelity, you’ll find a genuine commitment to social responsibility – where we strive to make an impact for customers, while also making an impact on the world.

Fidelity Cares

  • Provides associates with opportunities to actively volunteer and share their talents.
  • Hosts numerous company-wide volunteer events (in-person and virtual).
  • Partners with nonprofit organizations to support our local communities.
  • More than 12,500 associates donate time annually – from interns to SVPs.
  • Impact includes refurbishing schools, donating books and supplies, and teaching financial literacy.

Fidelity Charitable®

  • Created to make it easy for people to support charitable organizations they care about.
  • Helped deliver $14.9billion in donor-recommended grants to charity in 2024.
  • Supported more than 433,000 unique charities around the world.
  • Since its inception, more than $100 billion has been given to public charities.

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