Senior Director, Regulatory, Risk & Forensic

About Taidou

Taidou is a private management consulting firm built around a simple idea: real, measurable results for our clients, not reports that gather dust. Our consulting practice brings eight service lines — AI & Engineering, Assurance, Finance, Global Services, Human Capital, Project Management, Regulatory, Risk & Forensic, and Transformation Consulting — to organizations in complex, regulated sectors across aerospace & defense, consumer, education, energy, financial services, government & public services, health care, insurance, sports, technology, media & telecom, and utilities & renewables.

We are senior-led and built flat: the people in the first conversation are the people doing the work, every engagement starts with a written list of what we are deliberately not doing, and we hand over only once the change is running — to named owners inside the client. We take no referral fees, reseller margins or commissions from any vendor, which is what lets us tell a client the answer is not to buy anything.

The Role

As a Senior Director in Regulatory, Risk & Forensic, you lead a significant part of the service line across its offerings — Regulatory Change, Risk Frameworks, Forensic & Investigations and Controls & Monitoring. You own the largest client relationships and programmes, build the team and the market presence, and are a senior voice in how the practice grows.

What You'll Do

• Lead a significant area of the Regulatory, Risk & Forensic service line, with accountability for revenue, margin and quality.
• Own Taidou's most important client relationships and programmes in the service line.
• Originate and close large, multi-year engagements.
• Build the offering: methods, assets, partnerships and market positioning.
• Lead directors and senior managers; own hiring, development and staffing decisions.
• Represent Taidou externally through speaking, writing and industry relationships.
• Work with the Principal and Partners on practice strategy.

Qualifications

Required

• 15+ years of relevant experience in regulatory, risk & forensic, including practice or business-line leadership.
• A strong network of executive buyers and a record of originating large engagements.
• Deep expertise across several areas of the practice.
• Experience leading senior teams and building capability.
• Eligible to work in the United States.

Preferred (nice to have, not required)

• Experience in one or more of our industries: aerospace & defense, consumer, education, energy, financial services, government & public services, health care, insurance, sports, technology, media & telecom, and utilities & renewables.
• Consulting background combined with time in industry running the work.
• Relevant professional certifications for the service line.

How We Work

• Senior-led delivery — no bench, no handoff between the team that wins the work and the team that runs it.
• Named scope and named exclusions, agreed before work starts.
• Handover after adoption, to named owners, with a follow-up review we schedule ourselves.
• Independence from vendors: no referral fees, reseller margins or commissions.

We know great people don't always check every box. If you're excited about this role and believe you can do the work, we encourage you to apply even if your experience doesn't line up perfectly.

Engagement & Compensation

This role is contract-to-hire. You join Taidou as an independent contractor for an initial onboarding period (typically 90 days), during which we agree your goals together. Once the conversion criteria set out in your offer are met, you convert to a full-time position with benefits.

Compensation is competitive and set according to experience and scope, and includes commission on the business you originate or grow. Full details are confirmed in your offer letter.