About the Role
The Policy Architect will drive the transformation of the Adecco Group’s policy landscape, establishing a simplified, risk-aligned, and business-friendly policy framework across Group, Global Business Units (GBU) and Country policies. The role combines policy design and harmonization with end-to-end governance, ensuring policies are clear, compliant and consistently implemented across geographies. The Policy Architect will act as a central point between Policy Owners and Country teams and develop the future state of policy governance, managing the policy lifecycle, embedding tools and ways of working, ensuring policy effectiveness and adoption. The role sits within the Group General Counsel’s Office, reporting to the Strategic Program & Corporate Group Legal Office Manager.
We welcome applications from colleagues based in Europe.
What You’ll Be Doing
* Group, GBU and Country Policy Review and Simplification
o Lead a structured review of existing Group, GBU and Country policies to implement a group-wide principle-based policy framework.
o Define and maintain the Group policy architecture and control ownership model to enable consistency and traceability.
o Serve as trusted partner to Group and Country stakeholders, lead change management, communications, and training to drive understanding and adoption.
* Policy Governance and Lifecycle Management
o Design and operate a robust governance framework covering policy drafting, review, approval, publication, training, attestation, monitoring and periodic review.
o Curate and maintain a Policy Repository, ensuring a single source of truth and accurate metadata, version control, and audit trails.
o Monitor policy compliance and ensure timely updates in response to regulatory or organizational changes.
* Digital Enablement
o Develop and manage a Group-wide Policy AI- supported digital assistant to provide accurate, role-based guidance on policies.
o Curate and update the chatbot knowledge base and continuously improve responses and workflows.
About you
* University degree required: law, compliance, risk management, public policy, or related discipline preferred.
* Minimum 5 years of relevant experience in governance, internal audit, risk, compliance, legal operations or process excellence within a complex, matrixed, multi-country organization.
* Demonstrated, structured way of working.
* Strong stakeholder management skills in a matrixed organization.
* Project and program management capability, including prioritisation, roadmap development and stakeholder reporting.
* Familiarity with policy lifecycle tools or digital governance platforms.
* Strong communication and influencing skills, especially in stakeholder management within a matrixed environment.
* Proven analytical and structured problem-solving skills, with strong project and program management capabilities, including prioritization and reporting.
* Demonstrated ability to drive change management and foster adoption of new policy governance frameworks and processes.
Why choose us?
Our purpose – making the future work for everyone – inspires and connects us all. As one of the world’s largest employers, our colleagues across our three global business units – Adecco, Akkodis, and LHH – provide expertise in talent and technology that enables organisations to succeed and individuals to thrive within an ever-evolving world of work. We’re passionate about our work – embracing different perspectives and putting our clients, candidates, and customers at the heart of all we do. We embody our core values: Passion, Collaboration, Inclusion and Courage and always keeping our customers at the heart of everything we do.
Join the Adecco Group to make an impact in an inclusive culture where everyone is encouraged to reach their full potential.
Growth and Development
You will have the opportunity to develop your skills and grow your career across our extensive portfolio of services and solutions. We empower our colleagues to work in the smartest, most efficient ways, striking a healthy work-life balance between their jobs and their lives. We believe in continuous learning to foster a skill-rich environment, satisfying your curiosity while sharing skills, knowledge, and expertise to grow together. Here, you can be yourself, and we aim to build on the attributes that make you, you.
A journey to bring out the best in you
We believe that having an understanding of the hiring process helps you to prepare, feel, and be, at your best. As a global, multi brand organization with multiple different roles, our application process can vary. On our career site, you will find some of the key steps you can expect to guide you along the way.
Inclusion
At the Adecco Group, we are committed to making the future work for everyone. We seek to foster a culture of belonging and purpose, shape an environment where our people are happy, healthy and feel engaged, and where difference is respected and valued. We have zero tolerance for any unlawful discrimination against any colleague, associate, candidate, or person providing services on behalf of the Adecco Group, at any stage of that person’s journey with us. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to equity, equal opportunity, inclusion, and diversity.
Posting date: 16-12-2025
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