Manager, Learning Excellence & Compliance

Rolls-Royce plc; Kraków; Hybrid; PLN 230,000 - 420,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

LuxMed private healthcare

Group life insurance

Internet and electricity allowance for

Remote work support

Vacation days based on service

Job summary

Rolls-Royce plc in Kraków is recruiting a Job Description Manager for Learning Excellence & Compliance. You will lead a portfolio of continuous improvement projects within Learning, shaping standards and best practices, while driving regulatory compliance and governance across global operations.

The role requires extensive experience in Learning, Quality, or Operational Excellence, with strong stakeholder engagement and analytics capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred (Learning, Engineering, Business, Quality, or related field).
• 10+ years of experience in Learning & Development, Quality, Compliance, or Operational Excellence in a global, regulated environment.
• Proven experience leading enterprise-scale continuous improvement initiatives & methodologies.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement across ET level and at all levels.
• Ability to develop and undertake reporting and analytics while ensuring data privacy where applicable.

Responsibilities

• Lead Learning Excellence & Continuous Improvement portfolio aligned with enterprise strategy and priorities.
• Establish standards, frameworks, and best practices for learning operations.
• Apply CI methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, Design Thinking) to improve learning processes and impact.
• Define and track learning KPIs and business impact.
• Govern compliance programs and ensure global regulatory adherence across regions.
• Partner with HRIS/LMS and Digital teams to support compliance tracking and analytics.

Skills

Excellent communication

Stakeholder management

Continuous improvement

Data analytics

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Master’s degree

Job description

Job Description Manager Learning Excellence & Compliance Full time / Hybrid Cracow, Poland

Why join Rolls-Royce?

At Rolls-Royce we are proud to be a business that has truly helped to shape the modern world and are committed to always being a force for progress; powering, protecting and connecting people everywhere. By joining Rolls-Royce, you'll have the opportunity to work on world-class solutions, supported by a culture that believes individuality is our greatest strength, and all perspectives, experiences and backgrounds help us innovate and enable our high-performance culture. Launched in March 2025, the Kraków R-R Global Capability Centre represents an exciting new chapter in the growth of Rolls-Royce Group Business Services. Designed to support global operations and employee services, the Centre is rapidly evolving into a key hub for enabling operational efficiency and strengthening global business processes. With a fast-growing team, it delivers exceptional services across finance, procurement, HR, Data Analytics and Service Management. This is a place where your expertise can drive real impact - enhancing operational excellence, shaping streamlined global processes and contributing directly to the long-term success of one of the world’s most respected engineering companies. Join us and be part of building something exceptional.

What you will be doing:

Learning Excellence & Continuous Improvement Lead and govern a portfolio of continuous improvement projects across the Learning function, aligned with enterprise strategy and operational priorities.

Establish and maintain Learning Excellence standards, frameworks, and best practices (e.g., design quality, delivery effectiveness, learner experience, operational efficiency).

Apply CI methodologies (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, Design Thinking) to improve learning processes, cycle times, cost efficiency, and impact.

Define and track learning performance metrics and KPIs, including effectiveness, utilization, quality, and business impact.

Drive standardization where appropriate while enabling regional flexibility to meet local business and regulatory needs.

Serve as a thought leader for innovation in learning operations, digital learning, and workforce capability development.

Global Corporate Learning Compliance Leadership

Provide strategic programme leadership for the programme, leading on the global planning, execution and continuous improvement of the EML programme.

Provide governance framework and oversight, including ensuring global adherence to regulatory and internal policy requirements.

Track, analyse and report completion data and learner feedback for continuous improvement.

Monitor non-compliance and ensure consequences are consistently recommended, applied and that the principles remain fit for purpose.

Maintain accurate and auditable records of completion to meet internal and external compliance reporting standards (ie. info required for annual report purposes).

Present programme level updates and compliance / risk factors to ET sponsors and other key stakeholders (policy / course owners / People function / employee rep groups etc).

Evaluate programme effectiveness and identify trends, risks and opportunities to improve engagement and compliance rates.

Ensure budget oversight, approvals and transparency of spend.

Governance, Portfolio & Stakeholder Management

Establish and manage Learning governance mechanisms, including prioritization, intake, and review of CI initiatives and compliance programs.

Facilitate cross-functional collaboration across global, regional, and business-unit learning teams.

Act as a trusted advisor to senior leaders on learning risk, compliance exposure, and improvement opportunities.

Ensure transparency through regular reporting, dashboards, and executive updates.

Balance competing priorities across regions, functions, and regulatory environments.

Systems, Data & Enablement

Partner with HRIS/LMS and Digital teams to ensure learning systems support compliance tracking, reporting, and analytics requirements.

Drive data integrity, reporting accuracy, and system adoption related to compliance and learning excellence metrics.

Enable learning teams through tools, templates, playbooks, and capability-building related to CI and compliance.

Success Measures

Demonstrated improvement in learning effectiveness, efficiency, and experience (quality metrics).

On-time, audit-ready compliance training delivery across all regions.

Reduction in compliance risk and findings related to learning.

Adoption of standardized learning excellence practices globally.

Positive stakeholder feedback and executive confidence in learning governance.

What you will need:

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree preferred (Learning, Engineering, Business, Quality, or related field)
• 10+ years of experience in Learning & Development, Quality, Compliance, or Operational Excellence in a global, regulated environment
• Proven experience leading enterprise-scale continuous improvement initiatives & methodologies
• To influence at ET level (with sponsors) and at all levels to ensure the principles of the framework are not compromised, stakeholders are engaged at all levels and appropriate challenge is provided.
• Excellent communication, as lead this is about stakeholder communications (as the comms partner will lead on the employee comms)
• Ability to develop and undertake reporting and analytics and ensure integrity of data, simple and appropriate communication, adhering to the sensitivity of data privacy in some locations (Ie Germany)

What do we offer:

• Annual bonus based on financial results and employee performance evaluation.
• Employer financed private healthcare at LuxMed for employees. Additional packages can be purchased.
• Group life insurance
• Subsidy for glasses/contact lenses worn for work, up to the amount of PLN 600 gross, every two years
• Subsidy for extra-curricular activities within the cafeteria system on the myBenefit platform/subsidy for Multisport cards, up to the amount of PLN 100 gross per month
• Internet and electricity allowance for remote work, in the amount of PLN 100 gross per month
• Increased funding for the Employee Capital Plans (PPK) program; Rolls-Royce Sp. z o.o. contributes 3% to this program
• Additional vacation days based on length of service
• Hybrid work model (min. 2 days from office)
• Flexible start time between 7:00 AM and 9:00 AM
• Work in a modern office located in the Krakow center – the Unity Tower (ul. Lubomirskiego 20)

Our vision is to ensure that the excellence and ingenuity that shaped our history continues into our future. Our multi-year transformation programme aims to turn Rolls-Royce into a high-performing, competitive, resilient and growing company. Join us, and it can be your future vision too.

Rolls-Royce is committed to being a respectful, inclusive, and non-discriminatory workplace where individuality is valued, diverse perspectives fuel innovation, and everyone can thrive.

Please note that all applicants will be subject to Poland right-to- work check as part of the recruitment process.