Compliance Manager

iO Associates; Basingstoke; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

iO Associates is seeking a Compliance Manager to own and strengthen the organisation's quality and compliance framework. This hands-on, embedded role ensures management systems are designed, implemented, evidenced, audited, and continually improved, working with senior stakeholders to drive consistency and right-first-time delivery.

Responsibilities include owning the integrated management system (ISO 9001, 14001, 45001), maintaining an audit-ready framework, leading internal audits, and

Qualifications

• Experience delivering quality and compliance in regulated environments.
• Ability to implement ISO-based management systems (ISO 9001, 14001, 45001).
• Strong audit, reporting, and closure of actions.

Responsibilities

• Own and improve the integrated management system (ISO 9001/14001/45001).
• Maintain audit-ready documentation: controls, obligations, calendar, actions.
• Lead internal audits; support external audits; manage evidence packs.
• Lead non-conformance management and CAPA processes.
• Monitor regulatory changes and ensure compliant implementation across the business.
• Foster a culture of quality and continuous improvement; provide training.
• Provide clear reporting on themes, risks, actions to leadership.
• Influence stakeholders to ensure substantive compliance, not just paper exercises.
• SC clearance will be required.

Skills

Quality management

Audit management

Regulatory compliance

Stakeholder engagement

Tools

Document control systems

Job description

Compliance Manager (Quality & Compliance)

Organisation Overview

Our client operates in a highly regulated, safety-critical environment, delivering technical services and innovative solutions where quality, assurance, and governance are central to day-to-day delivery. The business is growth-oriented, collaborative, and process-led, with a strong emphasis on audit readiness, robust documentation, and continuous improvement.

Role Summary

Due to continued growth, our client is hiring a Compliance Manager to own and strengthen the organisation's quality and compliance framework. This is a hands-on, operationally embedded role - responsible for ensuring management systems are designed, implemented, evidenced, audited, and continually improved. You'll work closely with senior stakeholders and cross-functional teams to drive consistency, traceability, and "right-first-time" delivery across the business.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and continuously improve the integrated management system (including ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001)
• Maintain an audit-ready framework: document control, obligations tracking, compliance calendar, action tracking
• Plan and deliver internal audit programmes, support external audits, and manage evidence packs
• Lead non-conformance management, corrective/preventative actions, and effectiveness verification/closure
• Monitor regulatory & standards changes, assess impact, and coordinate compliant implementation
• Drive a culture of quality, compliance, and continuous improvement through pragmatic engagement and training
• Provide clear reporting on themes, trends, risks, actions, and performance metrics to leadership forums
• Strong track record owning or leading quality / compliance / assurance in a regulated environment
• Practical working knowledge of ISO 9001 (and ideally ISO 14001 / ISO 45001)
• Confident running internal audits, supporting external audits, and managing audit findings to closure
• Able to influence stakeholders, challenge appropriately, and drive improvements without "paper-only" compliance
• Due to the nature of the business, SC clearance will be required.