Senior People Compliance Manager

Sage; Newcastle upon Tyne; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading software provider in the UK seeks a Senior People Compliance Manager to lead the People Workforce Delivery Team. This role is crucial for ensuring operational excellence and governance across the People Function. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in operational management, especially within HR, and possess strong skills in governance, planning, and risk management. The position offers a hybrid work model, with 3 days in the office and 2 remote, along with generous benefits including bonuses and leave options.

Benefits

Generous bonuses and pension scheme

25 days of paid annual leave

Paid volunteer days through Sage Foundation

Enhanced parental leave

Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage

Work away scheme for up to 10 weeks a year

Access to various helpful memberships

Qualifications

• Significant experience in senior operational management, ideally within HR or People Operations.
• Strong governance, planning, and organisational skills, focusing on consistent processes.
• Experience with risk frameworks and operational reporting at a senior level.
• Excellent relationship-building skills to influence senior stakeholders.
• Ability to lead teams through change and drive continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the People Workforce Delivery Team, fostering a high-performance culture.
• Provide leadership and operational direction to direct reports.
• Manage and deliver the Annual People Cycle on time.
• Align cycle milestones with business priorities while minimizing disruption.
• Own and manage governance processes for consistent scheduling and documentation.
• Manage the People Function's risk register, ensuring proactive risk identification.
• Track compliance against governance standards.
• Implement project frameworks for high-quality delivery.
• Oversee operational services outside of the defined framework.
• Manage the People Function communications plan.

Skills

Operational management

Governance skills

Risk management

Relationship building

Change management

Job description

Job Title

Senior People Compliance Manager

Job Description

The Senior People Compliance Manager will lead the People Workforce Delivery Team, ensuring operational excellence, structured governance, and high-quality delivery of both day-to-day services and strategic People initiatives.

This role will oversee Governance, Risk and Compliance activity across the People Function.

Working closely with the People Leadership Team, Centres of Excellence, Strategic People Business Partners, and the People Transformation Team, the Senior Operations Manager will embed best-in-class operational practices that balance business-as-usual delivery with the execution of strategic programmes, ensuring the long‑term success of Sage's People Operating Model.

This role will work in the office 3 days a week and 2 from home.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, develop, and manage the People Workforce Delivery Team, fostering a high‑performance, collaborative culture.
• Provide leadership and operational direction to direct reports.
• Own and manage the end‑to‑end delivery of the Annual People Cycle, ensuring activities are sequenced, coordinated, and completed on time.
• Align cycle milestones with business priorities, minimising disruption to operations and ensuring stakeholder engagement throughout.
• Monitor progress, resolve issues proactively, and provide regular updates to the CPO Office and People Leadership Team.
• Own and manage day‑to‑day governance processes, ensuring consistent scheduling, coordination, and documentation of key forums.
• Ensure operational decisions and activities are aligned with the People Transformation Vision and the Operating Model.
• Own the People Function's risk register, ensuring proactive identification, escalation, and mitigation of risks.
• Track compliance against agreed frameworks, processes, and governance standards.
• Implement and maintain consistent project frameworks, toolkits, and operational standards to ensure high‑quality delivery.
• Oversee operational services not defined in the People Operations Service Framework, ensuring efficiency and consistency.
• Own and manage the People Function communications plan to ensure clarity and alignment of messaging.
• Act as a key liaison between the CPO Office, PLT, and operational delivery teams.

Key Skills / Requirements

• Significant experience in senior operational management, ideally within HR or People Operations.
• Strong governance, planning, and organisational skills, with a focus on embedding consistent processes.
• Experience managing risk frameworks and operational reporting at a senior level.
• Excellent relationship‑building skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and foster cross‑functional collaboration.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams through change, driving continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Your benefits (Only Applicable for UK Based Roles)

Benefits video - https://youtu.be/TCMtTYUUiuU

Benefits

• Generous bonuses and pension scheme: Up to 8% matched pension contribution plus 2% top‑up by Sage.
• 25 days of paid annual leave with the option to buy up to another 5 days.
• Paid 5 days yearly to volunteer through our Sage Foundation.
• Enhanced parental leave.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Work away scheme for up to 10 weeks a year.
• Access to various helpful memberships for finances, health and wellbeing.

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Function

People

Country

United Kingdom

Office Location

Winnersh;Newcastle

Work Place type

Hybrid

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