14 Head of Compliance

Hypersonica GmbH; München; Vor Ort; EUR 140.000 - 210.000; Vollzeit

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Zusammenfassung

Hypersonica seeks a Head of Compliance to own and shape our UK compliance framework, ensuring export controls, data protection, sanctions, and anti-bribery are integrated into fast-moving operational teams.

You will partner with founders and senior leaders to manage risk, design scalable controls, and engage with regulators. This role requires deep regulatory know‑how and a proven track record in security‑constrained environments.

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years in aerospace/defence operations.
• Experience taking operations from zero to first production.
• Own industrialisation, facilities, quality, compliance, and supply chain.
• Experience in MoD-aligned, security-constrained environments with List X.
• Comfort with critical-path thinking and irreversible decisions.
• Calm and decisive under pressure with sound judgement to lock decisions.
• Credible leading multi-disciplinary teams with ownership and pace.
• Motivated by building sovereign UK industrial capability at national level.

Aufgaben

• Own compliance as a strategic capability across the business.
• Build and lead Hypersonica’s UK compliance architecture from first principles.
• Advise founders and leadership on risk, trade-offs, and paths to 'yes'.
• Design export control systems that scale with speed and multi-country programmes.
• Embed compliance into engineering and operations; work with tech teams.
• Identify and mitigate compliance risk with threat-model style assessments.
• Lead regulator engagements with ECJU, HMRC, MOD and other authorities.
• Oversee personnel and site security governance including BPSS/SC processes.
• Create training on export control, GDPR, anti-bribery, and sanctions.
• Investigate issues and lead corrective actions; ensure audit readiness.
• Evolve governance as the company scales and expands internationally.
• Champion a culture of integrity, speed, and accountability.

Kenntnisse

Compliance leadership

Export controls

Data protection

Sanctions

Anti-bribery

Security governance

Audit readiness

Regulatory engagement

Jobbeschreibung

Help Build Europe's Hypersonic Capability

At Hypersonica, we’re redefining what’s possible in European defence technology. We exist to deliver speed, resilience, and technological independence at a pace that sets a new standard. We are a small, elite team working on problems that matter, and solving them fast.

As our Head of Compliance, you’re not stepping into a predefined role. You’re joining a talent dense environment where every individual shapes the direction of the company. Our philosophy is to hire a small number of exceptional people with broad, deep technical capability, strong judgement, and the ability to operate autonomously.

We hire for talent, not rigid boxes. This role represents a business need, but the way it evolves will be shaped by the individual. If you’ve achieved what others said was impossible, or you bring a unique combination of skills that doesn’t fit a traditional mould, we want to hear from you. The work you do here directly contributes to Europe’s technological independence.

What you'll do

• Own compliance as a strategic capability, not an administrative function. Designing frameworks that protect sovereign hypersonic technology without slowing execution.
• Build and lead Hypersonica’s UK compliance architecture from first principles, covering export controls, data protection, sanctions, anti-bribery, personnel security, and classified programmes all fit for a fast scaling, test heavy deeptech company.
• Act as the single point of authority for UK defence compliance, advising founders, senior leadership, and programme leads on risk, trade offs, and paths to 'yes' in high stakes decisions.
• Design export control systems that scale with speed, owning SPIRE licensing, technical data controls, record keeping, and audit readiness across multi-country programmes and partners.
• Embed compliance directly into engineering and operations, working hands on with technical teams to classify hardware, software, and data flows accurately and pragmatically.
• Proactively identify and mitigate compliance risk, running threat-model-style assessments across export, data, sanctions, bribery, and insider risk, before problems surface.
• Be the internal adult in the room during ambiguity, translating evolving regulation, sanctions, and policy shifts into clear operational guidance.
• Lead all regulator and authority engagement, acting as Hypersonica’s trusted interface with ECJU, HMRC, MOD, and other UK authorities; credible, disciplined, and respected.
• Own personnel and site security governance, including BPSS and SC processes, visitor controls, and insider risk mitigation, aligned with classified and export controlled work.
• Design training that engineers actually respect, delivering concise, high-signal education on export control, GDPR, anti-bribery, and sanctions that sticks, not death by PowerPoint.
• Investigate issues decisively and objectively, leading internal reviews, root-cause analysis, and corrective action when things go wrong.
• Build audit ready systems by default, so inspections are non events and compliance evidence exists because it’s operationally useful.
• Continuously evolve Hypersonica’s governance as the company scales, anticipating future regulatory, partnership, and international expansion requirements..
• Champion a culture of integrity and accountability, where speed and compliance reinforce each other, and everyone understands why protecting sensitive capability matters.

Who you are

• A senior operations leader with 10+ years’ experience building and running manufacturing or test operations in aerospace, defence, or similarly regulated environments.
• Proven at taking operations from zero to first production, not just optimising mature factories.
• Deeply comfortable owning industrialisation, facilities, quality, compliance, and supply chain as a single integrated problem.
• Experienced operating in MoD-aligned, security-constrained environments, with practical exposure to List X, export control, and audit reality.
• Someone who thinks in critical paths, readiness gates, and irreversible decisions, not abstract strategy.
• Calm and decisive under pressure, with the judgement to lock decisions early and execute hard.
• Credible leading multi-disciplinary teams, setting a culture of ownership, discipline, and pace.
• Motivated by building a sovereign UK industrial capability where failure is visible and success matters at a national level.

What we offer

• A mission driven environment with the opportunity to work on one of Europe’s most consequential defence challenges, with direct impact on sovereign capability and security.
• Daily collaboration with top experts across engineering, operations, and defence, with real opportunity to learn from the best, contribute, and grow.
• High ownership and autonomy; no time tracking, no micromanagement, just clear objectives and accountability for outcomes.
• A fast paced environment where good ideas are implemented quickly, and feedback from test and flight drives real decisions.
• A culture that values clarity, integrity, and excellence, and supports people who take initiative and push boundaries responsibly.
• Competitive compensation and real share options aligned to responsibility and impact, not tenure or hierarchy.

At Hypersonica, every hire raises the bar. We are deliberately small, intensely capable, and deeply mission-driven.

Hypersonica is an equal-opportunity employer and assesses candidates solely on merit, capability, and potential.

We review every application and aim to respond to all candidates within two weeks, whether the answer is yes or no.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.