Director, Compliance

ICON; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 200,000 - 270,000; Full time

Job summary

ICON is seeking a Head of Compliance to build and lead our compliance function from the ground up in Austin, TX. You will own ICON’s corporate compliance program and ensure compliance with FAR, DFARS, and agency supplements across all government work.

You will report to the General Counsel, hire and lead the compliance team, and manage budgets, tooling, and external counsel. This role requires strategic leadership, risk management, and strong collaboration with ICON’s Government Contracts and IT

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree and 10+ years in compliance, ethics, or regulatory practice (or an advanced degree with 8+ years).
• Experience designing, implementing, or running a corporate compliance program.
• Experience presenting compliance matters to executives, audit committees, or boards.
• Ability to travel ~15–20%, including project sites and government facilities.

Responsibilities

• Design and run ICON's corporate compliance program end-to-end (risk assessment, policies, training, monitoring, reporting).
• Cover ethics, conflicts of interest, anti-corruption, trade/export, supply chain, and data privacy.
• Lead internal investigations and audits from intake to remediation.
• Ensure FAR/DFARS obligations across government contracts and subcontract flow-downs.

Skills

Leadership

Compliance program design

Government contracts

Risk assessment

Audits and investigations

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree + 10+ years in compliance (or advanced degree)

JD/MBA preferred

Tools

GRC platforms

Contract lifecycle management systems

Data privacy and export controls tools

Job description

ICON builds robotic systems that construct homes and multi-story buildings. The company has raised more than $550M, launched the Titan platform commercially in March 2026, and holds more than $360M in government contracts across the Army, Air Force, DARPA, and NASA. That mix of commercial and government work creates compliance obligations across three business units: Build (residential and materials), Prime (DoD, intelligence community, and NASA), and Tech (robotic construction).

This is ICON's first head of compliance. You will build the compliance function from scratch and then run it. You own two areas: ICON's corporate compliance program, and ICON's compliance with the FAR, DFARS, and agency supplements across all government work. ICON's Government Contracts team owns contract review, negotiation, and administration; you own whether ICON meets the obligations those contracts create.

You will report to the General Counsel, hire and lead the compliance team, and report on compliance.

Responsibilities

Corporate Compliance Program

• Design and run ICON's corporate compliance program: risk assessment, policies and procedures framework, training, monitoring and testing, recordkeeping and reporting - own this end-to-end.
• Cover ethics and business conduct, conflicts of interest, anti-corruption, trade and export, supply chain, and data privacy, and add coverage as ICON's business and regulatory exposure grow.
• Run internal investigations and manage audits by owning the process from intake through resolution and remediation.

Government Contracts Compliance

• Ensure ICON meets its FAR, DFARS, and agency supplement obligations across the government portfolio, including subcontract flow-downs, representations and certifications, and either owning or supporting on responses to Contracting Officer inquiries.
• Build and maintain the documentation and evidence that demonstrate compliance.
• Lead audit readiness and response for DCAA, DCMA, Contractor Purchasing System Reviews, Inspector General inquiries, and similar reviews.

Cybersecurity Compliance Partnership

• Serve as the compliance partner to the Head of IT on CMMC and NIST SP 800-171: how those obligations attach through ICON's contracts, what ICON represents to the government, and whether the supporting evidence holds up to outside review.

Team and Operations

• Hire, develop, and lead the compliance team. Own the function's budget, tooling, and outside counsel and vendor relationships.
• Set the operating cadence (reviews, testing cycles, reporting) so the program runs without you in every meeting.

Leadership Reporting

• Report program health, open risk, and remediation status to the executive team and, as needed, to the Board, in a form they can act on.

Minimum Qualifications

• A bachelor's degree and 10+ years of experience in compliance, ethics, government contracts, internal audit, or regulatory legal practice, or an advanced degree (JD, LLM, MBA, or MS) and 8+ years of that experience.
• Experience designing, implementing, or running a corporate compliance program, or a major component of one.
• Experience presenting compliance matters to an executive team, an audit committee, or a board of directors.
• Ability to travel approximately 15 to 20%, including project sites, government installations, supplier facilities, and industry events.

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Experience applying the FAR and DFARS in a contractor environment, including subcontract flow-downs, representations and certifications, and responses to Contracting Officer inquiries.
• Experience preparing for or responding to a U.S. Government audit, review, or investigation (DCAA, DCMA, CPSR, Office of Inspector General, or GAO).
• Experience at a hardware, manufacturing, aerospace, space, or construction company that performs government contracts.
• Experience administering U.S. export controls and sanctions, including ITAR, restricted party screening, and foreign national access controls.
• Experience supporting MILCON, NASA, or intelligence community programs.
• Experience at a venture-backed or high-growth company.
• Experience standing up a compliance program from the ground up and then running it.
• Juris Doctor with active bar membership in good standing, or an MBA.
• CCEP, CCEP-I, CFE, CIA, NCMA CFCM or CPCM, or an export compliance credential such as ECoP or CUSECO.
• An active or previously held U.S. Government security clearance.
• Working familiarity with GRC platforms, contract lifecycle management systems, restricted party screening tools, and training and attestation systems.

ICON is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an innovative, inclusive, diverse and discrimination‑free work environment. Employment with ICON is based on merit, competence, and qualifications. It is our policy to administer all personnel actions, including recruiting, hiring, training, and promoting employees, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin or ancestry, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other legally protected classification in accordance with applicable federal and state laws. Consistent with the obligations of these laws, ICON will make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.

Furthermore, as a federal government contractor, the Company maintains an affirmative action program which furthers its commitment and complies with recordkeeping and reporting requirements under certain federal civil rights laws and regulations, including Executive Order 11246, Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (as amended) and the Vietnam Era Veterans' Readjustment Assistance Act of 1974 (as amended).

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As set forth in ICON’s Equal Employment Opportunity policy,we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected group status under any applicable law.

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An \"Armed forces service medal veteran\" means a veteran who, while serving on active duty in the U.S. military, ground, naval or air service, participated in a United States military operation for which an Armed Forces service medal was awarded pursuant to Executive Order 12985.