Senior Regulatory Affairs Manager

Vodafone; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Yearly bonus 20%

Company car

Annual leave 28 days

Private pension

Private medical

Job summary

Vodafone is seeking a Senior Regulatory Affairs professional to shape regulatory strategy for cross-border mobile connectivity. You will provide expert regulatory advice, manage multi-stakeholder engagement, and ensure compliance across products and markets.

Role requires deep understanding of end-user mobile telecom regulation, independent decision-making, and strong communication with legal, product, and external regulators.

Qualifications

• Strong expertise in mobile telecom regulation at end-user level.
• Able to work independently and exercise judgement on complex regulatory questions.
• Excellent written communication for senior stakeholders, legal teams, and regulators.
• Strong stakeholder management across legal, product, technology, commercial and external affairs teams.
• Delivery-focused mindset: translate regulatory analysis into decisions and actionable guidance.

Responsibilities

• Own end-user level mobile telecom regulatory analysis for assigned products, services and markets, including customer obligations, numbering, access, consumer protection, resilience and launch readiness.
• Lead regulatory assessments for new or changed mobile connectivity propositions, translating requirements into actions.
• Manage engagement with internal stakeholders and external regulators; prepare briefings, submissions, position papers and recommendations.
• Identify and escalate material regulatory risks early, including cross-border and multi-market issues; propose mitigations and track follow-through.
• Maintain a high-quality regulatory knowledge base for mobile telecom rules and policy developments relevant to External Affairs, Vodafone Business and platform activities.
• Ownership and responsibility for compliance.

Skills

Regulatory expertise

Stakeholder management

Written communication

Independent work

Influencing skills

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.

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

Role purpose: Be part of a mission of a new generation of seamless connectivity and build industry regulatory advisory for cross-border networks and services.

Provide independent, expert regulatory advice on mobile telecom regulation including end-user level, own defined regulatory workstreams within External Affairs while reporting to the Senior Regulatory Affairs Lead for priorities, escalation and final positioning.

• Own end-user level mobile telecom regulatory analysis for assigned products, services and markets, including obligations that affect customers, users, numbering, access, consumer protection, resilience and service launch readiness
• Lead regulatory assessments for new or changed mobile connectivity propositions, translating legal and regulatory requirements into clear business actions and practical implementation guidance
• Manage assigned engagement with internal stakeholders and, where agreed, external regulatory contacts; prepare clear briefings, submissions, position papers and decision recommendations
• Identify, assess and escalation material regulatory risks early, including cross-border and multi-market issues; propose realistic mitigation options and track follow-through
• Maintain a high-quality regulatory knowledge base for mobile telecom rules and policy developments relevant to External Affairs, Vodafone Business and platform activities
• Ownership and responsibility for compliance.

Who You Are

• Strong expertise in mobile telecom regulation at end-user level, with sound understanding of how regulation applies to customer-facing connectivity services
• Able to work independently and exercise judgement on complex regulatory questions, while escalating strategic, high-risk or precedent-setting matters to the Senior Regulatory Affairs Lead and the team
• Excellent written communication: clear, concise, evidence-based drafting for senior stakeholders, legal teams, commercial teams and regulators
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across legal, product, technology, commercial and external affairs teams
• Practical, delivery-focused mindset: able to turn regulatory analysis into decisions, implementation requirements and risk-based recommendations.

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: 20%
• Company car: company funded car of £580 per month or cash alternative of £630 per month
• Annual leave: 28 days + bank holidays + the opportunity to buy/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.