Moderne Ventures is a strategic venture capital and growth equity firm investing in disruptive technology companies.
About the role
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. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 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
- People-management experience
- 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
More about this role
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.
- 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.
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