Lead North America-wide HR compliance governance across U.S. and Canadian support structures, with accountability for execution, risk visibility, and sustainable operating discipline; Oversee critical compliance domains including ERISA governance, regulatory body interactions, SOP and Internal Control System expectations, audit readiness, I-9 management, reasonable accommodations, HR investigations, immigration, talent mobility, and TA/onboarding compliance controls; Establish governance forums and decision frameworks that clarify accountability across HR, Talent Acquisition, Payroll, Benefits, Legal, Finance, Tax, Operations, Digital, and external partner interfaces; Strengthen preventive and detective controls across federal, state, provincial, and local requirements, ensuring that compliance work is documented, assigned, measurable, and resilient; Serve as a trusted advisor during internal and external audits and help establish consistent audit response frameworks; Identify control gaps, process fragmentation, ownership ambiguity, and single points of failure; drive sustainable remediation plans. Lead practical deployment of AI agents, automation, workflow technology, analytics, and knowledge tools to improve compliance execution, employee support, TA/onboarding experiences, and operational decision-making; Identify work that should remain internally owned versus work that can be supported through outsourced resources, managed services, vendors, or AI-enabled self-service models; Partner with HR Technology, Workday, Paradox, Ruveon, Payroll, Benefits, Legal, Digital, TA Operations, and Operational Excellence teams to design scalable, governed, and user-centered solutions; Apply emerging AI capabilities to improve process documentation, knowledge management, risk identification, employee support, and operational decision support; Promote responsible experimentation with AI and automation while maintaining appropriate governance, privacy, data quality, and compliance discipline; Build a culture of curiosity, continuous learning, and practical innovation around future-of-work capabilities.