Director, Compliance, Risk and Governance Europe

Legal, Barcelona, Spain

If you’re here, it’s because you’re looking for an exciting ride.

A ride that will fuel up your ambitions to take on a new challenge and stretch yourself beyond your comfort zone.

We’ll deliver a non-vanilla culture built on talent, where we work to amplify the impact on millions of people, paving the way forward together.

Not your usual app. We are the fastest-growing multi-category app connecting millions of users with businesses, and couriers, offering on-demand services from more than 170,000 local restaurants, grocers and supermarkets, and high street retail stores. We operate in more than 1500 cities across 23 countries.

Together we revolutionise the way people connect with their everyday needs, from delivering essentials to connecting our ecosystem of users through innovative solutions powered by technology. For us, every day is filled with purpose.

What makes our ride unique?

Our culture and strong values.

Our career development philosophy.

Our commitment to being a force for good.

We have a vision: Building the largest marketplace in your city, to give access to anything in minutes. And this is where your ride starts.

Your Mission

Join the world’s leading local delivery platform and play a defining role in strengthening our global governance foundation. As Director, Governance, Risk & Compliance, your mission is to connect strategy with execution—aligning regional and Group-level GRC capabilities into a single, high-impact operating model. Through collaboration, transparency, and smart use of data and technology, you will empower our European GRC network to deliver consistent, scalable, and future-ready governance. By building strong partnerships across Risk Assurance, Compliance, Internal Audit, and Data Privacy, you will help embed trust, resilience, and accountability into everything we do, enabling Glovo to keep growing responsibly, sustainably, and with high levels of assurance.

In the Journey You Will:
Engage with senior leadership to set the Tone at the Top: Drive a strong, enterprise-wide risk, compliance and controls culture through consistent executive-level communication, ensuring risk and compliance assessment is embedded in strategic decision-making, the allocation of resources and in the operational planning & execution.
Own the European GRC Framework: Design, implement, and continuously enhance a proactive Group-level Risk, Compliance, and Internal Assurance framework across all European brands, aligned with global standards and local requirements.
Provide the Glovo leadership teams with actionable and timely insights that you and your team have obtained by performing periodical and ad-hoc risk assessments and tests-of-effectiveness on critical process controls.
Act as a Strategic Business Partner: Advise senior European business leaders on emerging risk exposure and relevant regulatory developments, complex compliance topics, and pragmatic risk mitigation strategies that support sustainable growth.
Embed a Culture of Integrity, Ethics and Compliance: Lead initiatives that integrate ethical behavior, accountability, and proactive compliance into everyday business practices across the region.
Drive Operational Excellence: Evaluate, select, and roll out GRC technology solutions to automate and streamline compliance and assurance processes, improving efficiency, consistency, and visibility.
Build Trusted Stakeholder Relationships: Establish strong, transparent partnerships with local management, Group leadership, and regulators, ensuring alignment and credibility across all GRC matters.
Lead and Grow the GRC Organization: Recruit, lead, coach, and develop a high-performing, international GRC team with clear ownership and accountability for European markets.
What You Bring
Deep GRC Expertise: Comprehensive, hands-on understanding of mandatory Governance, Risk, and Compliance requirements for European publicly listed, multinational organizations, including the ability to translate regulatory expectations into practical business solutions.
A strategic mind, coupled with a can-do mindset: At Glovo, we expect our leaders to be both the brains and the brawn. In practice that means that you bring solutions to identified issues and challenges, and that you also drive the implementation and execution of the measures and activities that will allow the company to keep on moving forward. Glovo has great offices, but an Ivory Tower is not part of the blue print!.
Strong Financial Acumen: Proven ability to understand, interpret, and explain financial statements, supported by a solid grasp of corporate financial and non-financial reporting processes and controls, including CSRD/ESG NFR.
Advanced Legal & Compliance Capability: Demonstrated experience managing complex and sensitive business integrity and ethics matters, including potential financial crimes such as fraud, corruption, and embezzlement. Skilled in fact-finding, confidential internal investigations, whistleblower case management, and stakeholder communication.
GRC Systems & Technology Savvy: Solid understanding of, and hands-on experience with, enterprise risk and compliance systems such as JIRA, SAP GRC, ESQ, ERM, CAMMS, OneStream, or comparable platforms, with the ability to leverage technology to drive efficiency and transparency.

Leadership & Influence: A collaborative leadership style with the credibility to influence senior stakeholders, build trust across cultures and geographies, and lead high-performing international teams.

Individuals representing diverse profiles, and abilities, encompassing various genders, ethnicities, and backgrounds, are less likely to apply for this role if they do not possess solid experience in 100% of these areas. Even if it seems you don't meet our musts don't let it stop you, we are all about finding the best talent out there! Skills can be learned, and embracing diversity is invaluable.

We believe driven talent deserves:

An enticing equity plan that lets you own a piece of the action.
Top-notch private health insurance to keep you at your peak.
Monthly Glovo credit to satisfy your cravings!
Discounts on transportation, food, and even kindergarten expenses.
Discounted gym memberships to keep you energized.
️ Extra time off, the freedom to work from home two days a week, and the opportunity to work from anywhere for up to three weeks a year!
Enhanced parental leave, and office-based nursery.
Online therapy and wellbeing benefits to ensure your mental well-being.

Here at Glovo, we thrive on diversity, we believe it enhances our teams, products, and culture. We know that the best ideas come from a mashup of brilliant diverse minds. This is why we are committed to providing equal opportunities to talent from all backgrounds - all genders, racial/diverse backgrounds, abilities, ages, sexual orientations and all other unique characteristics that make you YOU. We will encourage you to bring your authentic self to work, fostering an inclusive environment where everyone feels heard.

Feel free to note your pronouns in your application (e.g., she/her/hers, he/him/his, they/them/theirs, etc).

So, ready to take the wheel and make this the ride of your life?

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