Senior Lead Product Compliance – PLB Compliance
RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Strategy & Compliance Support
- Lead the operational implementation and continuous refinement of the PLB Product Compliance Strategy across assigned categories.
- Drive the planning, prioritization, and execution of product compliance initiatives, ensuring consistent rollout and measurable progress.
2. Legal Watch & Best Practices
- Lead the monitoring and interpretation of product‑relevant EU product compliance regulations and emerging trends, translating these into clear operational requirements and align operational implementation with Senior Lead Product Compliance Operations.
- Drive the identification and implementation of best practices in compliance controls, including documentation and traceability, jointly with key PLB Compliance partners.
3. Compliance Program Management
- Lead the development, maintenance, and implementation of PLB product compliance policies and procedures across categories.
- Ensure compliance documentation and requirements are accurate, current, and aligned with regulatory and internal standards.
- Collaborate closely with the Senior Lead Product Compliance Operations and Senior Manager PLB Compliance Operational Excellence on testing governance, operational controls, and workflow integration.
- Conduct product compliance briefings and oversee category-specific control checks to identify and mitigate risks early.
- Support incident assessment and compliance decision-making, in alignment with PLB Compliance peers.
- Own the lifecycle management of category-based compliance documentation.
- Drive continuous improvement of category-facing compliance processes and tools.
- Provide insights to Head of PLB Compliance on category-specific risks and improvement opportunities.
- Own the product compliance risk assessment approach, ensuring consistent identification and mitigation of risks across the product lifecycle.
- Lead regular and ad-hoc category-specific risk reporting and ensure timely escalation of critical risks.
- Integrate compliance risk considerations into category planning and cross-functional decision-making.
- Partner with PLB Compliance peers to ensure risk-tracking tools and data effectively support reporting needs.
5. Data & Documentation Governance
- Own product-relevant compliance documentation and data governance, ensuring quality, completeness, traceability, and audit readiness.
- Define and maintain documentation standards and ensure consistent application across teams.
- Monitor data integrity and address documentation gaps or recurring issues.
- Collaborate with PLB Compliance peers to ensure systems and workflows support documentation governance.
KEY REQUIREMENTS
Skills/Knowledge – Compliance specific
- Strong expertise in EU product regulatory and product safety requirements.
- Ability to interpret regulatory changes and translate them into clear guidance for product teams.
- Solid understanding of documentation, traceability, and compliance record‑keeping.
- Strong analytical skills to convert compliance requirements into practical actions.
- Good grasp of product compliance risk management and its application in category and sourcing contexts.
- Strong business and regulatory acumen with awareness of commercial impacts.
Skills/Knowledge – General
- Analytical & Strategic Thinking – Able to interpret complex data, regulatory input, and market trends to guide decisions and priorities.
- Project & Process Management – Proven ability to lead multiple initiatives with strong planning, prioritization, and coordination across teams.
- Communication & Stakeholder Alignment – Skilled in engaging diverse audiences, securing buy‑in, and fostering effective collaboration.
- Operational Ownership & Execution – Demonstrates high accountability with a hands‑on, solution‑oriented approach to driving results.
- Industry Insight – Solid understanding of the sporting goods industry and relevant operational, commercial, and compliance driver.
This position is open for a fixed term from September 2026 to August 2027.