# Regulatory Compliance Team Lead

**Company**: Linklaters
**Location**: Warsaw
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: contract
**Category**: Legal
**Industry**: Legal

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## Description

We are currently recruiting for the Regulatory Compliance Team Lead role within Linklaters' global Legal & Risk team in Warsaw.

As Team Leader, you will act as the people, process and workload manager for both the Warsaw-based Regulatory Compliance and Contentious Risk operational teams. You will oversee day-to-day delivery, allocate and prioritise work, support team development, and help ensure high-quality, efficient risk management across both areas.

**Responsibilities**

**Team management**

- Lead, coach and develop the Warsaw team, fostering an inclusive and high-performing environment.

- Support the Manager with day-to-day hub operations, including workload planning, resourcing and absence cover.

- Oversee the allocation, prioritisation and timely delivery of workstreams to a high standard.

- Act as an operational lead, managing escalations, workflow and stakeholder coordination.

- Monitor performance against service level agreements and key performance indicators, using insights to drive improvement.

- Identify and implement process improvements to enhance efficiency, accuracy and turnaround times.

- Prepare and maintain standard operating procedures for Regulatory Compliance and Contentious Risk workstreams.

- Support team development and capability building through mentoring, feedback and growth planning.

- Promote accountability, collaboration and strong team spirit across the team.

- Work closely with colleagues in Warsaw, London and Singapore, and with internal stakeholders, to ensure joined-up delivery.

**Regulatory compliance responsibilities**

- Manage key compliance processes, including outside interests, client due diligence, insider lists, data destruction requests and incident reporting.

- Respond to day-to-day regulatory and policy queries, providing practical guidance to internal stakeholders.

- Build effective relationships across the firm and, where relevant, with clients and external authorities to resolve issues.

- Use sound judgement and a solution-focused approach to balance regulatory requirements with commercial priorities.

**Requirements**

- Have 3+ years of team leadership experience in compliance, compliance support to lawyers, or similar work.

- Have 4–5 years’ hands-on experience in an operational regulatory compliance role.

- Communicate clearly in fluent English.

- Hold an LLB or equivalent, graduate in other relevant field, or strong in-house law firm experience.

- Have strong Excel skills.

- Can manage competing priorities within tight timeframes.

- Bring practical judgement, problem-solving ability and a collaborative approach across cultures.

**Benefits**

- Private medical care

- Free in-house fitness centre

- Life insurance

- Worldwide travel insurance for business and non-business travel

- Benefit Multisport club card or subsidised travel card

- Wide range of training opportunities

## Skills

### Required
- English
- Excel
- LLB or equivalent
- regulatory compliance
- team management

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