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About this EL Senior Counsel, Antibribery & Anti-corruption (ABAC) role at ABB

ABB · Onsite · Bergamo, Bergamo, Italy

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This position reports to:

Lead Counsel

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Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will serve as the key Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption (ABAC) subject matter expert for ABB Electrification, overseeing the development, implementation, and continuous enhancement of a risk-based integrity and compliance program across a global business. You will provide strategic legal counsel, shape compliance initiatives, and help ensure ABB's continued commitment to conducting business with integrity while enabling sustainable growth.

The work model for the role is: hybrid #hybrid

Preferred location: Europe (other locations may be considered for highly qualified candidates)

This role is contributing to the Electrification Business Area globally. Main stakeholders include senior business leaders, Legal & Integrity teams, Finance, Procurement, Internal Controls, ABB Group Compliance teams, and divisional leadership teams across the business.

You will be mainly accountable for:

  • Serving as the primary ABAC advisor for Electrification, providing strategic guidance on anti-corruption laws, regulatory developments, and compliance risks.
  • Overseeing and continuously improving Electrification's ABAC compliance framework, ensuring alignment with ABB Group policies while addressing business-specific risk exposures.
  • Advising leadership on ABAC considerations related to commercial partnerships, market expansion, and strategic business initiatives.
  • Supporting integrity due diligence activities in mergers and acquisitions, including risk assessments, remediation planning, and post-acquisition integration efforts.
  • Managing the annual ABAC risk assessment cycle, defining risk indicators, monitoring programs, and remediation priorities across the business.
  • Overseeing compliance monitoring tools and reporting mechanisms, including the Integrity 360 dashboard, to identify emerging risks and prompt timely corrective actions.
  • Partnering with cross-functional stakeholders to embed effective ABAC controls into business processes and decision-making.
  • Defining and delivering risk-based compliance training and awareness initiatives for employees, leaders, and high-risk functions.
  • Shaping ABAC communications strategies, that support ethical decision-making and promote a healthy culture of integrity across the organization.
  • Evaluating emerging compliance technologies and digital solutions to enhance monitoring, screening, and program effectiveness.
  • Reviewing due diligence outputs from ABB's third-party management (TPM) buy and sell processes, partnering with divisions to assess, mitigate, and address identified integrity risks in a timely and practical manner.
  • Acting as a subject matter specialist on ABAC matters across the business, providing support to Trade Counsel and other Legal & Integrity team members on complex compliance and regulatory issues.
  • Building trusted relationships across ABB Group and Business Area functions, carefully aligning stakeholders with differing priorities and driving coordinated legal and business outcomes through collaboration and teamwork.

Our team dynamics

You will join a global, highly collaborative, and purpose-driven Legal & Integrity team where integrity, accountability, and continuous improvement are at the core of everything we do.

Qualifications for the role

  • You have 10+ years of experience in Anti-Bribery & Anti-Corruption (ABAC), compliance, ethics, investigations, or related legal and compliance functions within a global organization, law firm, or a combination of both. Ideal candidate will have direct experience in dealing with ABAC issues in China, India and other APAC countries.
  • You possess solid knowledge of international anti-corruption regulations, including the FCPA, UK Bribery Act, and OECD Anti-Bribery Convention.
  • You have experience designing, implementing, or transforming compliance programs and managing compliance risks in a complex, multinational environment.
  • You are skilled at partnering with senior stakeholders, shaping decision-making, and driving outcomes across a matrix organization.
  • You have a proven track record of leading cross-border investigations, managing third-party compliance risks, and advising business leaders on complex regulatory matters.
  • You hold a master’s degree in law (or equivalent legal qualification) and are fluent in English.


More about us


Electrification provides leading electrical distribution and management technologies, solutions and services to electrify the world in a safe, smart and sustainable way. The portfolio includes medium- and low-voltage electrical components, switchgear, digital devices, enclosures, and circuit breakers, among others. With our products, solutions and services, we collaborate with customers to improve power delivery and security, enhance energy management, efficiency and operational reliability, as we seek to achieve a low carbon society. go.abb/electrification


This opportunity is open to candidates in multiple countries, with the final work location determined based on the selected candidate. As compensation may vary by location, we are committed to being transparent throughout the hiring process and will share details of the salary range, variable compensation and benefits package with candidates who progress to the first interview stage for a location in the European Union, covered by the EU Pay Transparency Directive.The final offer will be tailored based on your role location, experience, skills and qualifications, internal market positioning and alignment with ABB internal standards.

This opportunity is open to candidates in one or more countries covered by the European Pay Transparency Directive. The final work location will depend on the selected candidate. As pay may vary by location, compensation details will be shared with candidates who progress to the first interview stage.

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