Regulatory Affairs Manager
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
- Ensure regulatory compliance capability: Enable Vodafone business functions to understand, implement, and effectively manage their regulatory compliance obligations.
Subject-matter leadership: Serve as a lead expert e.g. on IoT, networks or other topics. - Drive modern ways of working: Champion and endorse new ways of working, including the digitisation of regulatory processes and the responsible use of internal and external AI tools within the regulatory function.
- Regulatory authority engagement: Lead and manage communications with national and EU regulatory authorities, in close coordination with the Compliance and Governance function.
- Cross functional alignment: Ensure strong alignment and effective interlocking with local market regulatory teams and relevant Group functions to deliver consistent regulatory outcomes.
Who you are
- Strong analytical capability: Demonstrated ability to develop clear, practical, and business relevant regulatory advice in complex and sometimes ambiguous legal, regulatory, and political environments.
- Regulatory experience: Minimum 5+ years’ experience working with communications and digital markets regulation at EU and/or national level.
- Industry and technical understanding: Solid understanding of network and cloud technologies, as well as the commercial and operating models of the telecommunications and digital services industry.
- Communication skills: Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to explain complex regulatory issues clearly to diverse stakeholders.
- Organisational effectiveness: Proven ability to work effectively in a complex, matrixed, and evolving organisational environment.
- Degree in Law, Economics, or a comparable technical or social sciences discipline.
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.