Director, Transportation, Hazmat, & Warehouse Compliance

Director, Transportation & Warehouse Compliance

Veho is seeking a strategic, analytical, and highly organized Director, Transportation & Warehouse Compliance to establish and lead our enterprise compliance program across transportation, warehouse operations, and carrier management.

This leader will build the governance framework that protects Veho from operational, regulatory, and legal risk while enabling the company to scale responsibly. Working closely with Legal, Transportation, Ground Operations, Procurement, Security, and Product, this role will establish compliance standards, strengthen hazardous materials and dangerous goods safety programs across the network, lead recurring audits across transportation operations, warehouse facilities, carrier partners, and operational processes, manage carrier credentialing, ensure regulatory compliance, and develop the investigative framework and guidance used by on-the-ground teams conducting lead investigations into operational and transportation-related investigations.

Unlike operational leadership roles responsible for daily execution, this position serves as an independent governance partner focused on oversight, auditing, policy development, and risk management. The Director will create the systems, controls, and reporting needed to ensure Veho consistently operates within regulatory requirements while continuously improving compliance across our rapidly expanding logistics network.

As regulations continue to evolveincluding increased broker liability for carrier selectionthis leader will play a critical role in protecting the business while enabling operational excellence.

The Ideal Candidate

• Strategic compliance leader who understands how governance enables operational excellence rather than slowing it down

• Strategic thinker who can define a capability roadmap and identify the operating authority and regulatory approvals needed to expand what the business can support

• Experienced building compliance programs within transportation, logistics, warehousing, or supply chain organizations

• Strong knowledge of OSHA, FMCSA, DOT, carrier qualification, transportation safety, and regulatory compliance

• Strong knowledge in hazardous materials and dangerous goods compliance, including 49 CFR, IATA, IMDG, and EPA requirements, with experience supporting hazmat operations in warehouse or 3PL environments

• Skilled at building investigative processes and guiding teams through complex operational, regulatory, and carrier-related investigations

• Data-driven leader who uses audits and analytics to identify systemic risks before they become business issues

• Forward-thinking operator who leverages AI, automation, and technology to modernize compliance programs, reduce manual work, enable continuous monitoring, and improve decision-making

• Comfortable influencing cross-functional leaders without direct authority

• Builder mentality with experience creating scalable processes, policies, dashboards, and governance frameworks

• Excellent communicator capable of presenting compliance trends and enterprise risks to executive leadership

• Thrives in ambiguity and enjoys building new programs in a high-growth environment

What You'll Do

Program Leadership & Governance

• Build and lead Veho's enterprise Transportation & Warehouse Compliance program.

• Develop compliance policies, governance standards, and internal controls across transportation and warehouse operations.

Strategy & Capability Expansion

• Build and own the strategic roadmap for Veho's hazardous materials and package-handling capabilitiesdefining what the network can support today and the sequenced plan to unlock new capabilities, including identifying and securing any additional transportation or carrier authority required to expand.

• Support the establishment of broker, motor, or air carrier authority, partnering with Legal, Transportation, and regulators to enable expanded air shipping capabilities.

Hazardous Materials & Dangerous Goods

• Oversee hazardous materials and dangerous goods compliance across the network, ensuring adherence to OSHA, DOT, 49 CFR, IATA, IMDG, EPA, and carrier requirements for the storage, segregation, labeling, packaging, transportation, and processing of hazardous materials.

• Develop and maintain standardized hazmat SOPs, work instructions, and operational playbooks, and validate hazardous materials data integrity including UN numbers, hazard classes, packing groups, and shipping requirements.

Carrier Management

• Own carrier credentialing and qualification processes, including verification of FMCSA operating authority, DOT/MC registration, insurance requirements, safety ratings, and regulatory compliance before carrier activation.

• Establish ongoing carrier monitoring programs to ensure operating authority, insurance, safety ratings, and compliance remain current throughout the carrier lifecycle.

Audits & Compliance Oversight

• Develop an enterprise compliance audit program across transportation operations, warehouses, carrier management, and operational processes, including hazardous materials handling, PPE, and material-handling equipment (MHE) operations.

• Design and maintain a network-wide carrier audit program, including scheduled audits, surprise audits, audit scoring, corrective action tracking, and executive reporting.

• Oversee compliance with OSHA documentation requirements, operational policies, chain of custody standards, driver verification procedures, package handling requirements, and facility compliance standards.

Investigations & Corrective Action

• Partner with Operations to develop, monitor, and verify corrective and preventative action plans (CAPAs).

Regulatory Affairs & Reporting

• Serve as the primary compliance partner supporting OSHA, DOT, and FMCSA regulatory inspections, agency inquiries, and legal investigations.

• Monitor changes in federal, state, and local transportation and workplace safety regulations, ensuring company policies evolve accordingly.

• Develop executive dashboards and KPIs measuring enterprise compliance, audit performance, carrier health, regulatory readiness, and operational risk, including hazmat compliance findings, corrective action closure timeliness, and training and certification completion rates.

• Present enterprise compliance trends, emerging risks, and strategic recommendations to executive leadership.

Technology & Automation

• Partner with Product and Engineering to automate compliance monitoring, audit management, and carrier credentialing workflows.

• Support hazardous materials configuration within WMS and operational systems, including LQ/EQ classifications, shipment restrictions, package-level controls, and labeling logic.

Training & Client Enablement

• Build compliance training programs that reinforce regulatory requirements, operational standards, and company policies across the organization.

• Develop and deliver hazardous materials, dangerous goods, and safety training programs; certify and recertify employees on hazmat handling, packaging, labeling, and shipping; and support MHE certifications and new hire safety orientation.

• Partner with clients to support hazardous materials onboarding, operational readiness, and new site launches.

What You'll Bring

Experience

• 8+ years (more is better!) of progressive experience in transportation, logistics, warehousing, regulatory compliance, risk management, or related operational leadership.

• Demonstrated experience building or leading enterprise compliance, governance, audit, or operational risk programs.

• Experience managing carrier qualification and ongoing compliance monitoring programs.

• Experience supporting hazardous materials and dangerous goods operations, ideally within warehouse or 3PL environments.

• Experience conducting investigations, root cause analysis, and corrective action management.

• Experience partnering with Legal, Operations, Procurement, HR, Safety, Security, and executive leadership.

Knowledge & Skills

• Strong working knowledge of:

  • OSHA regulations

  • FMCSA regulations

  • DOT compliance

  • Motor carrier authority (MC/DOT)

  • Carrier safety ratings (CSA/SMS)

  • Transportation insurance requirements

  • Warehouse safety and operational compliance