Legislation & Country Implementation

• Monitor EU Member State legislation, regulatory guidance and implementation developments, coordinating the programme response.
• Work closely with Legal and other subject matter experts to assess regulatory implications.
• Coordinate country impact assessments and implementation plans.
• Balance local legislative requirements with global principles, processes, technology capabilities and data constraints.
• Maintain a clear record of country-level decisions and approved local variations.
• Escalate unresolved interpretation, risk or policy decisions where appropriate.
• Track industrial relations engagement and ensure outcomes are reflected within implementation plans.

Governance, Risk & Assurance

• Maintain governance forums, approval processes, decision rights and escalation pathways.
• Establish and manage an effective delivery cadence across workstreams and steering committees.
• Maintain oversight of regulatory, operational, technology, data, financial and reputational risks.
• Ensure status reports, governance packs and project documentation remain accurate and current.
• Track actions, decisions, assumptions, risks, issues and dependencies.
• Maintain complete and audit-ready project records.

Technology, Data & Operational Readiness

• Coordinate programme activities across technology, data and operational functions.
• Oversee development and enhancement of existing technology solutions.
• Work with Technology, Payroll, Data, Operations and People teams to establish sustainable BAU ownership.
• Ensure readiness plans include communications, training, support and deployment activities.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks that could impact successful rollout.

Measures of Success

Success in this role will be demonstrated through:

• Delivery of a coordinated and compliant response across relevant countries and entities.
• Effective stakeholder engagement and alignment across functions and geographies.
• Timely, evidence-based decision making with appropriate governance and challenge.
• Successful management of risks, issues, assumptions and dependencies.
• High-quality, auditable and defensible project documentation.
• Sustainable implementation of solutions that support regulatory compliance and operational effectiveness.

Experience & Capabilities

Essential

• Experience leading complex regulatory, transformation or change programmes across multiple countries or stakeholder groups.
• Proven track record delivering cross-functional business change initiatives.
• Experience driving cultural and behavioural change alongside process and technology change.
• Strong governance, planning, reporting and RAID management expertise.
• Excellent communication, facilitation and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to connect activities across multiple workstreams and align stakeholders around common outcomes.
• Strong attention to detail and experience maintaining audit-ready records.
• Previous experience influencing senior stakeholders and subject matter experts within complex organisations.

Desirable

• Experience delivering regulatory change programmes within a large organisation.
• Exposure to employment legislation, pay transparency, reward, employee relations or related regulatory initiatives.
• Experience working with Legal, Reward, Industrial Relations, Payroll, People Services, Data or Technology teams.
• Technology-enabled change, testing, operational readiness or country rollout experience.
• Experience within a regulated or international environment.
• Recognised project, programme, change or delivery management qualification.

If you are interested in the role, please do not hesitate to apply! Please note that in the event of high volumes of applications, we will only be able to respond to successful applications in the first instance.