Corporate Risk and Human Resource Compliance

POSITION SUMMARY

Operating at the parent-company level, the Corporate Risk & HR Compliance role serves as the central governing authority for both operational risk mitigation and HR compliance across our portfolio. In a high-risk industry like telecommunications and construction (FTTH, fiber infrastructure), this role is critical to balancing two distinct but related objectives: establishing the safety culture and insurance strategy to drive down EMOD and claims and architecting the HR compliance framework to minimize legal and regulatory liability.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Operational Risk & Insurance Management

  • Safety & EMOD Strategy: Develop and lead human-first safety initiatives to minimize job-site injuries, illness, and property damage. Implement policy and procedure updates that directly target EMOD reduction and lower overall insurance premiums.

  • Claims Oversight: Act as the corporate lead for the management of Workers' Compensation, General Liability, and Auto insurance claims. Analyze claims data to identify trends, root causes, and necessary operational interventions.

  • Insurance Strategy & Broker Management: Serve as the primary owner for corporate insurance relationships, including renewal negotiations and program design for G&L, Property, and Workers' Comp.

  • Field Operations Collaboration: Partner with construction and operations leaders to ensure safety training, protocols, and field site standards align with corporate risk appetite.

• HR Compliance & Administration

  • Regulatory Filings: Ensure 100% compliance with federal and state mandates, including ACA filings, 5500s, EEO-1, OSHA reporting, and state-specific pay data requirements.

  • Benefits & Total Rewards: Design and propose cost-effective, high-quality benefit plans across the portfolio, ensuring administrative compliance and competitive positioning.

  • Policy Governance: Architect standardized corporate HR policies. Oversee the maintenance of compliant subsidiary handbooks and ensure all physical and digital labor law postings are managed appropriately.

  • Employee Relations & Investigations: Provide oversight and risk assessment for high-level employee relations incidents, formal investigations, and complex terminations.

  • Point of Contact: Act as point of contact for providers and business unit HR leads facilitating benefit administration, supporting resolutions when concerns arise, and program managing data collection when required.

• Governance & Reporting

  • BOD Reporting: Consolidate operational risk metrics and HR compliance data into a unified dashboard to present quarterly reports to the Board of Directors.

  • Subsidiary Oversight: Establish the audit cadence for subsidiary entities. Require reporting from subsidiary HR and operations managers to ensure strict adherence to corporate standards.

  • Wage & Hour Integrity: Audit job classifications, FLSA compliance, and wage/hour architectures across all entities to minimize litigation risk.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Dual-Track Experience: 10+ years of leadership experience demonstrating a unique combination of Operational Risk/Insurance Management (specifically for construction, telecom, or field-based industries) and HR Compliance/Employment Law.

• Proven Results: Demonstrated history of reducing EMOD or insurance claims through proactive policy updates and safety-first management.

• Multi-Entity Expertise: Experience operating at a parent/holding company level or managing compliance/risk across multiple distinct business entities.

• Technical Compliance Depth: Deep expertise in FLSA, ADA, FMLA, ACA, EEOC, and complex state labor laws.

• Executive Presence: Ability to partner with executive leadership and lead through influence.

JOB DETAILS AND PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

• This role requires travel up to 10% of the time to visit subsidiaries as needed or attend BOD meetings.

• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

• This is an Exempt position.

• This is a Full-Time position.

• This is a Remote position within the United States.

• The schedule for this position is Monday through Friday with occasional weekend availability as needed to fulfill the core duties of the role.

• This position requires the ability to sit and work at a desk for extended periods of time, using a computer and other office equipment.

• This position requires the ability to perform fine motor tasks, such as typing or using a mouse, for extended period of time.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

• Base pay is paid at an annual salary rate. The range for this position is $125K-175K depending on experience.

• Target annual bonus for this role is 15-25%

• Paid life insurance, short-term disability insurance, paid medical plans, PTO, holidays.

• Dental and vision options.

• 401(k) with match.

AUTHORITIES

• Vero participates in E-Verify. Vero will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization. For more information about E-Verify, please visit: www.e-verify.gov.

• This position requires the ability to pass a standard background check upon offer of position.

• At least 2 professional references are required.

AUTHERS

• Vero Networks designs, builds, owns and operates fiber infrastructure that serves retail consumers (FTTH), K-12 schools (E-Rate), government entities, enterprises, wireless and wireline carriers and hyperscale/cloud providers across the United States. Vero’s key services include dark fiber, wide area networks, internet access, lit fiber and private fiber networks, delivered through a portfolio of operating brands that leverage a shared fiber backbone and construction capabilities.

NOTICES

• This position requires the ability to sit and work at a desk for extended periods of time, using a computer and other office equipment.