Governance Manager

Vodafone Group; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading telecommunications company in London seeks a Governance Manager to oversee organizational success within the Legal & Business Integrity function. The role demands strong project management and stakeholder skills to enhance decision-making and ensure effective governance across teams while contributing to overall strategy execution.

Benefits

Yearly bonus: 10%

Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays

Charity days: 5 days/year

Private pension with matching

Private medical and dental services

Discounts on retail, gym, cinema, and cycling

Qualifications

• Strong project management, organisation, and stakeholder management skills are essential.
• Ability to communicate a clear vision to inspire teams.
• Experience with governance processes and effective cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Manage governance of corporate objectives to enable fast decision-making.
• Coordinate the Grow our People pillar activity.
• Attend Leadership Team meetings and track actions to ensure accountability.

Skills

Project management

Organisational skills

Stakeholder management

Effective communication

Job description

Join Us

At Vodafone, we’re not just shaping the future of connectivity for our customers – we’re shaping the future for everyone who joins our team. When you work with us, you’re part of a global mission to connect people, solve complex challenges, and create a sustainable and more inclusive world. If you want to grow your career whilst finding the perfect balance between work and life, Vodafone offers the opportunities to help you belong and make a real impact.

What you’ll do

The Governance Manager is responsible for the provision of excellent organisation, enabling the success of the Legal & Business Integrity leadership team and function. This role contributes to the execution of related strategies and directions through expertise in overall change management, providing senior consultancy and advice to the Legal & Business Integrity leadership team. The Governance Manager creates and maintains effective cross-functional working relationships and assumes responsibility for day to day projects and tasks.

• Ensures governance of corporate, exco and LBI calendar and objectives /agendas through in-depth understanding of the business priorities in order to enable fast decision making and smooth implementation of decisions
• Co-ordinates all Grow our People pillar activity
• Manage comms plan with communications manager
• Develops, manages and administers project documentation and communications, including the internal communications for the General Counsel, content for LBI LT meetings and agendas (town halls, LT meetings, LT offsites, all hands)
• Responsible for attending Leadership Team meeting and managing Leadership Team actions. Holds Leadership Team to account on actions and following through

Who you are

• Project management, organisation and stakeholder management are key skills
• Can communicate a clear vision to inspire and motivate teams to drive continuous improvement, organisational change and affect organisational culture.
• Able to quickly and efficiently identify opportunities, tackle big challenges, understood root causes and make informed decisions in order to deliver business impact.
• Creation of slide decks and speaking notes for the General Counsel and other LT members
• LT goals cascade and collation. Track achievements vs goals for LT
• Acts as liaison across the LBI footprint with regards to implementation and/or interpretation of overall strategy, ensuring internal buy-in of LBI directors/ heads and relevant partners
• Builds solid relations and contributes to the delivery of cross-company projects and acts as an interface between relevant internal and external partners, providing regular project reports and updates through the tracking of project status
• Identifies and evaluates the risks associated with programme activities and takes appropriate action to control the risk

Not a perfect fit?

Worried that you don’t meet all the desired criteria exactly? At Vodafone we are passionate about empowering people and creating a workplace where everyone can thrive, whatever their personal or professional background. If you’re excited about this role but your experience doesn’t align exactly with every part of the job description, we encourage you to still apply as you may be the right candidate for this role or another opportunity.

What's in it for you

• Yearly bonus: 10%
• Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/sell/carry over 5 days/year
• Charity days: 5 days/year
• Maternity leave: 52 weeks: the first 13 weeks are fully paid, followed by 26 weeks of half pay
• Private pension: You can contribute up to 5% of your basic pay with 2:1 matching from Vodafone up to 10%.
• Access to: private medical, private dental, free health assessments, share save scheme
• Additional discounts: Vodafone retail, gym, cinema, cycle to work, season ticket loan

Who we are

We are a leading international Telco, serving millions of customers. At Vodafone, we believe that connectivity is a force for good. If we use it for the things that really matter, it can improve people's lives and the world around us. Through our technology we empower people, connecting everyone regardless of who they are or where they live and we protect the planet, whilst helping our customers do the same.

Belonging at Vodafone isn't a concept; it's lived, breathed, and cultivated through everything we do. You'll be part of a global and diverse community, with many different minds, abilities, backgrounds and cultures. ;We're committed to increase diversity, ensure equal representation, and make Vodafone a place everyone feels safe, valued and included.

If you require any reasonable adjustments or have an accessibility request as part of your recruitment journey, for example, extended time or breaks in between online assessments, please refer to https://careers.vodafone.com/application-adjustments/ for guidance.

Together we can.