HR Compliance Manager

United Kingdom, London · GBR-London-10GMS · Hybrid · Posted Oct 1, 2026

At a glance

Sony Interactive Entertainment is looking for an experienced HR Compliance Manager to establish and lead the EMEA People Compliance function.
Based in London, this role reports to the Senior Director, People Experience EMEA, and leads the EMEA HR Compliance & UK Leave of Absence teams.
The position works in close partnership with AMER HR Compliance, Employment Legal, Privacy, and People teams to ensure robust employment compliance and governance.

Build and lead the EMEA People Compliance framework, establishing governance, controls, ownership and reporting across the region.
Monitor relevant employment and regulatory developments across EMEA with the Legal team and translate requirements into practical People policies, processes and controls.
Establish and manage the EMEA policy governance framework.
Oversee EMEA Right to Work and immigration compliance controls, including appropriate verification and reverification processes.
Own the EMEA background screening process and vendor relationship for the region.
Lead EMEA personnel file governance, including the transition from local storage to Workday.
Develop and lead regional People compliance risk assessments, translating identified risks into appropriate controls, assurance activity and remediation plans.
Lead the UK & Ireland Leave of Absence function, ensuring effective controls, reporting and employee/manager support.
Manage relevant third-party providers and budgets.
Provide People Compliance expertise for M&A due diligence, integration planning and acquisition onboarding.

7+ years of relevant HR or People compliance, governance or related experience, including building or evolving compliance practices across multiple EMEA countries within an established global framework.
Strong knowledge of employment compliance, policy governance, regulatory change, and risk and control frameworks, with experience in compliance monitoring, audits and assurance.
Experience working closely with Employment Legal to translate complex legal and regulatory requirements into practical, scalable People policies, processes and controls.
Knowledge of GDPR and employee data governance.
Strong project management and data literacy, with the ability to use reporting to identify risks, monitor controls and inform decisions.
Ability to influence senior stakeholders and work effectively across Legal, Privacy, HR and Technology in a global, matrixed organisation.
Sound judgement, discretion and initiative, with the ability to resolve problems and improve established processes.
Experience managing and developing a team.

Experience with Workday, ServiceNow or comparable HR or case management systems is preferred.
Experience establishing a regional People compliance or employment-policy capability from the ground up.
Experience operating across multiple European jurisdictions, particularly environments with significant employee-representation requirements.
Experience supporting HR operating-model transformation, centralisation or integration.
Experience implementing global People initiatives in Europe and adapting programmes where local legal or employee-representation requirements require a different approach.