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Head of Compliance Programmes

United Kingdom, London Employment contract · Job Posted June 29, 2026
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We’re looking for a Head of Compliance Programmes to join our London team. This is a hybrid role. In this role, you’ll help us lead high-impact cross-functional programmes - from product feature rollout and transformational projects - ensuring compliance risks are mitigated across markets while protecting our riders’ experience.

Job Responsibility

  • Lead global compliance initiatives: Own and drive critical operational compliance programmes across markets, such as Right to Work processes, Facial Recognition deployment and others
  • Manage senior governance and communications: Lead multiple stakeholders to guide executive decision-making, ensuring local market nuances and best practices are successfully integrated into global policies and processes
  • Drive data-led compliance strategy: Map out the business impact of compliance initiatives on marketplace dynamics
  • Partner with Product and Policy: Collaborate with Product teams to design and execute go-to-market (GTM) strategies for new features, while managing high-level escalations and complex edge cases
  • Establish global audit standards: Own and execute comprehensive audits across all markets to build market-specific risk profiles and implement scalable improvements

Requirements

  • Significant leadership in complex environments: Proven experience leading operations, transformation, or compliance functions within a fast-moving business
  • Strong analytical and data fluency: Experience leveraging data insights, conducting performance analysis
  • Exceptional stakeholder influence: Proven ability to manage senior stakeholders, align conflicting priorities across departments, and influence executive leadership
  • Scale programme delivery: A track record of successfully delivering cross-functional or multi-market programmes from conception through to execution

Nice to have

  • Product rollout experience: Prior experience supporting launch operations or go-to-market mechanics for technical product features
  • International regulatory exposure: Experience navigating operational compliance and legal nuances across markets

What we offer

  • A competitive and comprehensive compensation and benefits package
  • Up to 5% matched pension contributions
  • Some roles may be eligible for share awards
  • Free Deliveroo Plus: free delivery and access to special offers
  • Team lunches from the best local restaurants
  • 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, increasing with length of time spent working at Deliveroo
  • One day of paid leave per year to volunteer with a registered charity
  • Funded single cover healthcare on our core plan, with the option to add family members at own cost
  • On-site gym (HQ), discounted external gym membership
  • Access to wellbeing apps such as LesMills+, Strava, Headspace, Yogaia via GymPass
  • Discounted dental insurance and a range of other flexible benefits, such as critical illness cover, partner life cover, travel insurance, health assessments
  • Life assurance
  • Maternity, paternity and maternity and shared parental leave, eligible from day one of employment
  • Excellent kit to enable working from home and a parent-friendly working culture
  • Access to free mortgage advice
  • Cycle to Work Scheme or Season Ticket Loans, depending how you wish to travel
  • Excellent learning and development opportunities and access to RooLearn, our learning platform, packed with high-quality training and content
  • Regular Employee Resource Group (ERG) led social events – examples include dinners, dance lessons and in-office yoga sessions
  • Summer and end-of-year parties

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