Compliance & Governance Manager

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United Kingdom.

📋 Description

• Promote and ensure adherence to legal, regulatory, and contractual obligations across Harris UK Business Units.

• Develop and sustain governance, risk management, compliance, and assurance frameworks, policies, standards, procedures, and controls.

• Oversee adherence to legislation, regulations, contractual obligations, and internal policies.

• Provide compliance advice to leadership teams within Business Units.

• Identify compliance risks and assist in developing mitigation strategies and improvement plans.

• Support UK GDPR, privacy, information security, incident management, corrective actions, compliance investigations, supplier assurance, and third-party risk management.

• Assist in the operation and ongoing enhancement of certified management systems.

• Coordinate external certification audits and surveillance activities.

• Maintain governance documentation, registers, audit records, and compliance evidence.

• Develop and implement internal audit programs across Harris UK Business Units.

• Conduct audits in line with statutory, regulatory, contractual, and certification requirements.

• Prepare audit reports, findings, observations, and recommendations.

• Track corrective actions until completion.

• Provide assurance reports to senior management and key stakeholders.

• Collaborate with operational, technical, legal, HR, and leadership teams.

• Offer compliance advice during acquisitions, business integrations, new product launches, and strategic initiatives.

• Liaise with customers, auditors, regulators, certification bodies, and external stakeholders.

• Conduct awareness sessions and provide guidance on compliance and governance issues.

⛳️ Requirements

• Demonstrated experience in compliance, governance, risk management, information security, privacy, quality, or regulatory roles.

• Strong knowledge of governance frameworks and management systems.

• Experience in conducting internal audits and managing compliance programs.

• Familiarity with UK GDPR and wider regulatory compliance obligations.

• Experience supporting ISO management systems, especially ISO 27001 and/or ISO 9001.

• Experience with ISO/IEC 42001, NHS DSPT, DCB0129, DCB0160, UKCA, or MHRA compliance.

• Background in SaaS, software, healthcare technology, or regulated technology environments.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.

• Ability to effectively engage with stakeholders at all levels.

• Experience in developing and maintaining policies, procedures, and governance documentation.

• Capability to manage multiple priorities and achieve results independently.

• Knowledge of AI governance and emerging regulatory frameworks (desirable).

• Experience in supporting mergers, acquisitions, or multi-business group environments (desirable).

• Professional certifications in compliance, governance, auditing, information security, privacy, risk management, or quality management (desirable).

🏝️ Benefits

• 5 Personal Days leave entitlement in addition to the standard 25 days holiday and bank holidays.

• Annual Lifestyle Reward of £325 per annum/pro rata.

• Private healthcare and dental care.

• Employee share options.