Compliance Program Manager

Smith & Nephew; Kingston upon Hull; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous bonus and pension schemes

Share options (Save As You Earn)

Flexible vacation and time off

Private health and dental plans

Hybrid working model

Employee discounts

Job summary

Smith+Nebhew seeks a Compliance Operations Manager to drive a global compliance programme, balancing operational excellence with continuous improvement. You will lead communications, training, governance, and reporting, collaborating with Compliance, Finance and People functions to enhance policy and guidance accessibility and effectiveness.

Success requires navigating a highly regulated environment, influencing stakeholders globally, and delivering measurable program outcomes.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in a highly regulated environment with global compliance program operations.
• Proven success leading complex, cross-functional programmes from design through implementation and measurement.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing abilities across all organizational levels.
• Excellent communication, governance, continuous improvement, and project management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and continuously improve the global Compliance Programme.
• Develop and deliver multi-year compliance communications and training roadmaps.
• Oversee reporting activities and governance initiatives across Compliance, Finance, People, and other functions.
• Measure programme success and drive projects to strengthen compliance operations.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Operational excellence

Stakeholder management

Influencing skills

Project management

Risk-based mindset

Job description

Life. Unlimited. At Smith+Nebhew we design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living. Are you passionate about driving meaningful change in a global compliance environment? As Compliance Operations Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping and continuously improving our Compliance Programme, helping ensure we operate with integrity while supporting business success across the globe. This is an exciting opportunity to lead strategic initiatives, influence stakeholders across multiple functions, and deliver programmes that strengthen compliance awareness, effectiveness, and engagement throughout Smith+Nebhew.

You will be at the heart of our global Compliance Programme, balancing operational excellence with continuous improvement. You'll identify opportunities to simplify processes, enhance systems, and improve programme effectiveness while leading key communications, training, and governance initiatives. Working closely with colleagues across Compliance, Finance, People, and other business functions, you'll develop and deliver multi year compliance communications and training roadmaps, oversee important reporting activities, and help ensure our compliance tools, resources, policies, and guidance remain accessible, effective, and fit for purpose. You'll also play a key role in measuring programme success, supporting leadership reporting, and driving projects that strengthen how Compliance operates across the organisation.

What will you be doing?

In this role, you'll be at the heart of our global Compliance Programme, balancing operational excellence with continuous improvement. You'll identify opportunities to simplify processes, enhance systems, and improve programme effectiveness while leading key communications, training, and governance initiatives. Working closely with colleagues across Compliance, Finance, People, and other business functions, you'll develop and deliver multi year compliance communications and training roadmaps, oversee important reporting activities, and help ensure our compliance tools, resources, policies, and guidance remain accessible, effective, and fit for purpose. You'll also play a key role in measuring programme success, supporting leadership reporting, and driving projects that strengthen how Compliance operates across the organisation.

What will you need to be successful?

Success in this role comes from your ability to combine strategic thinking with operational excellence. You'll be comfortable navigating complexity, influencing stakeholders globally, and translating compliance requirements into practical solutions that deliver measurable results. Key requirements include: Significant experience working within a highly regulated environment, with a strong understanding of global compliance programme operations. Proven success leading complex, cross functional programmes from design through implementation, adoption, and effectiveness measurement. Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to build credibility and secure commitment across all organisational levels. Excellent communication, governance, continuous improvement, and project management capabilities, coupled with sound judgement and a risk based mindset.

You. Unlimited.

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Your Future:

• Generous annual bonus and pension Schemes
• Save As You Earn share options.

Work/Life Balance:

• Flexible Vacation and Time Off
• Paid Holidays and Paid Volunteering Hours
• so we can give back to our communities!

Your Wellbeing:

• Private Health and Dental plans
• Healthcare Cash Plans
• Income Protection
• Life Assurance and much more.

Flexibility:

• Hybrid Working Model (For most professional roles).

Training:

• Hands-On
• Team-Customised
• Mentorship.

Extra Perks:

• Discounts on Gyms and fitness clubs
• Salary Sacrifice Bicycle and Car Schemes
• many other Employee discounts.

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Smith+Nebhew is a global medical technology company. We design and manufacture technology that takes the limits off living. We support healthcare professionals to return their patients to health and mobility, helping them to perform at their fullest potential. From our first employee and founder, T.J. Smith, to our team today, it’s our people who make Smith+Nebhew a unique place. Yes, we love to innovate and develop exciting technologies, and we offer competitive salaries and progressive benefits. But it’s our culture - of Care, Collaboration and Courage - that really sets us apart. Through a spirit of ownership and can-do attitude we work together to win. We’re a company of people who care about each other, about our customers and their patients, and about our communities. Together, we fulfill our shared purpose of Life Unlimited.