Director of Ethical Culture & Conduct

Location: Bethesda, MD

Why Join GEICO?

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GEICO is seeking an experienced attorney and compliance leader to build and lead our ethical culture program. This role owns our compliance policies, fosters a strong speak-up culture across the organization, and partners closely with Corporate Litigation and Investigations, People Group, Employment Law, and the Corporate Secretary. The Director will build and manage a team, develop metrics to measure the organization's ethical health, and serve as a trusted advisor to senior and executive leadership on matters of ethics and conduct.

What You'll Do

Code of Conduct & Ethical Culture: Own and administer GEICO's Code of Business Ethics and Conduct, serve as the organization's primary resource for interpreting the Code, and lead efforts to foster an ethical, speak-up culture — including oversight of the reporting channels associates use for compliance-related concerns and ownership of compliance communications.

Investigations & Conflicts of Interest: Partner with Corporate Litigation and Investigations, Corporate Secretary, and the People Group, on the intake, escalation, and resolution of Code-related concerns and investigations, and own the conflicts of interest certification process, including design, administration, and monitoring.

Program Measurement & Training: Develop metrics to measure the organization's ethical health, lead future initiatives such as an associate compliance culture survey and a comprehensive compliance program review, and assess training needs — partnering with Learning and Development on content, deployment, and completion requirements.

Team Leadership & Cross-Functional Partnership: Build and manage a team, and work closely with the People Group, Employment Law, Corporate Litigation and Investigations and the Corporate Secretary, to align on policy, process, and escalation across departments and outside counsel as needed.

Legal & Executive Advisory: Exercise independent legal judgment on significant and unique ethics and conduct issues, interact directly with business leaders and stakeholders at the highest levels, and prepare reporting and communications for senior and executive leadership.

Required Qualifications

• Juris Doctor (JD) from an accredited law school and admission to practice law in at least one U.S. jurisdiction
• 10+ years of relevant experience in ethics, compliance, employment law, or a related specialty, including building or scaling a program and managing or partnering closely on investigations with investigations and employee relations functions
• Experience building and managing a team, including hiring, performance management, and mentoring
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to evaluate intangibles, exercise judgment on significant/unique issues, and explain complex legal and compliance concepts to non-lawyers and senior and executive leadership
• Proficiency in managing multiple priorities, projects, and stakeholders across departments
• Must be able to, with or without accommodation, perform the essential functions which include, but are not limited to seeing, hearing, typing, and speaking

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in insurance, financial services, or another highly regulated industry

Experience designing culture or engagement surveys and translating results into program action, including partnering with training/learning teams on deployment

Core Competencies

• Code of conduct administration, ethical culture stewardship, and executive-level communication
• Investigations judgment and conflicts of interest program administration
• Metrics development, data-informed program management, and training needs assessment
• Team building, people leadership, and cross-functional partnership
• People leadership — hiring, developing, and managing performance for a growing team, while modeling the ethical standards and behaviors the role is meant to champion
• Legal judgment and ability to handle large, complex, ambiguous projects independently

Why Join Us

You'll help build a best-in-class ethics and conduct program from the ground up, shaping how GEICO defines and measures its ethical culture while partnering across Compliance, Legal, and the People Group. This is an opportunity to make a visible, lasting impact on the integrity and culture of the organization.

Location: Hybrid – Bethesda MD, New York City, NY, Cleveland, OH

Reports To: Chief Compliance Officer

Annual Salary

$159,900.00 - $280,850.00

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations.

At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The GEICO Pledge

Great Company: Protecting customers through life’s twists and turns with innovation and integrity.

Great Careers:Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance.

Great Culture:Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success.

Great Rewards:Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well-being and future.

The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled.

GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates. GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.

Additional Locations: New York City, NY, Beachwood, OH