Overview
Cvent is a leading meetings, events, and hospitality technology provider with more than 4,700
employees and nearly 21,000 customers worldwide. Founded in 1999, the company delivers a
comprehensive event marketing and management platform for event professionals and offers
software solutions to hotels, special event venues and destinations to help them grow their
group/MICE and corporate travel business.
The DNA of Cvent is our people, and our culture has an emphasis on fostering intrapreneurship a
system that encourages Cventers to think and act like individual entrepreneurs and empowers
them to take action, embrace risk, and make decisions as if they had founded the company
themselves. We foster an environment that promotes agility, which means we don't have the
luxury to wait for perfection. At Cvent, we value the diverse perspectives that each individual
brings. Whether working with a team of colleagues or with clients, we ensure that we foster a
culture that celebrates differences and builds on shared connections.
In This Role, You Will
- Design, build and grow Cvent's ethics & compliance program, including annual plans, risk assessments, monitoring,
and reporting to leadership.
- Monitor and analyze changes in relevant laws and regulations and advise the company on potential impacts,
including employment, privacy, data protection, corporate, anti-bribery/anti-corruption, competition,
sanctions/export controls, and whistleblower laws.
- Advise and collaborate with HR on a variety of employee matters, including internal investigations, POSH,
employment and non-compete/IP assignment agreements.
- Conduct and oversee internal investigations into potential policy or legal violations; manage intake channels/ethics
hotline, documentation, and remediation.
- Drive entity-level governance readiness by maintaining compliance trackers, closure matrices and an annual
compliance/filing calendar.
- Support the India corporate secretarial function and regulatory compliance management, including end-to-end Board
meeting preparation, coordination and execution, managing and overseeing compliance tasks and completion, and
communicating with our India directors.
- Draft, update, maintain and operationalize corporate policies, procedures and compliance programs (e.g., Code of
Conduct, anti-corruption, antitrust, gifts & hospitality, conflicts of interest, sanctions/export controls, third-party due
diligence).
- Lead legal compliance training and communications, including role-based training, campaigns, and manager
enablement.
- Advise on sales and marketing practices, gifts/entertainment, charitable contributions, and interactions with
government officials.
- Support cross-functional initiatives such as audits, certifications, M&A diligence and integration, and compliance
technology/tooling selection.
- Develop metrics and dashboards to track program effectiveness and prepare periodic reports for leadership.
- Implement automation/AI enabled compliance tools where applicable to optimize workflow and improve
productivity.
- Perform other projects and duties at the request of management team
Here's What You Need
What You Will Need for this Position
- Candidates must have [10+] years of relevant experience (post qualification) in legal compliance counseling and
program management, including time in-house at a technology/SaaS or other regulated global company; preferably both international and domestic.
- Demonstrated experience establishing credibility and rapport with executive-level management.
- Exceptional communication skills and stakeholder management; comfortable advising senior leaders and mentoring
business partners.
- Subject-matter depth across key regimes: India employment law, India corporate secretarial and regulatory
compliance, FCPA/UK Bribery Act and similar global legal frameworks, OFAC and trade sanctions compliance
frameworks, with strong understanding of data privacy, protection and security regulations and laws, including data
protection frameworks (e.g., GDPR, CCPA/CPRA).
- Understanding of, and facility to learn, n e w a n d relevant laws and statutes having business and
commercial impact to the organization's operations.
- Investigations expertise, including interviewing, evidence handling, credibility assessments, and remediation
planning.
- Operational mindset with strong project management skills; ability to translate legal requirements into pragmatic
processes and enablement.
- Ability to manage time efficiently, to work independently and manage multiple projects simultaneously in a fast-
paced environment.
- Demonstrate inclusion and respect for all individuals regardless of gender, race, ethnicity, religion, belief, age,
disability, culture, social status and/or sexuality.
- Uphold and promote the highest standards of ethics and integrity in all legal activities
