Manager, Compliance Training

Are you ready to make your mark as part of our Learning and Development team? Then you’ve come to the right place. At White & Case, we’ll support you, give you responsibility and welcome you as an integral member of our diverse, international team from day one.

As a member of the Global Learning & Development Team, you will support White & Case in delivering our 2025 Strategic Compass, focusing on professional development, career advancement, client relationships, and the Firm’s growth. You will build relationships with key stakeholders to assess training needs and promote our development programs.

The role involves designing, developing, and overseeing the implementation of our mandatory ethics, risk, and compliance framework and annual training plan. You will be responsible for preparing the annual budget, specifications, and project plans for Compliance programs, as well as writing proposals and business cases. The Compliance Training Manager will lead the design, promotion, management, and evaluation of strategic Compliance programs, collaborating with the Office of the General Counsel, HR Compliance & Immigration, Global Learning & Development, Global Professional Support, Global Diversity & Inclusion teams, and HR Business Partners.

We seek a candidate with excellent stakeholder management skills and professional presence, ideally with experience in the professional services sector or as a former practicing lawyer. You should be comfortable interacting with senior stakeholders globally and managing training programs effectively.

Key Responsibilities

Compliance Training

• Providing legal, compliance, market, and practical expertise to the L&D team.
• Supporting digital learning solutions for compliance needs, enhancing the Firm’s LMS and development offerings.
• Collaborating with OGC, L&D, and Professional Support teams to identify training needs and prepare the annual budget.
• Developing and implementing ad hoc compliance/mandatory training requests from OGC or stakeholders.
• Organising and delivering training, including seminars, workshops, webinars, regional curricula, and e-learning modules.
• Working with HR Compliance & Immigration to develop and implement training frameworks, monitoring guidelines, and continuously improving the Compliance training framework and curricula.

Stakeholder Management

• Developing and maintaining effective working relationships with all stakeholders to achieve business objectives.
• Building and maintaining internal relationships with various client groups, and managing contracts with external trainers and vendors.
• Providing regular market information from both internal and external sources.

Process and Procedure

• Overseeing efficient program management processes, continuous improvement, and preparing proposals and project plans for Compliance training initiatives.
• Attending external training and conferences to stay updated with developments in law and Compliance.

Qualification And Skills

• Relevant degree (e.g., Bachelor’s/LL.B) or equivalent work experience.
• Excellent oral and written communication with outstanding presentation skills.
• Competency in Microsoft Office applications (Word, PowerPoint, Excel, Outlook).
• Significant experience in designing and implementing Legal/Compliance training in professional services.
• Experience in learning & development, learning design, training delivery, learning technology, communications, or related fields; experience as a practising lawyer is advantageous.
• Global mindset with experience working in global organisations.
• High emotional intelligence and strong communication skills, inclusive and culturally sensitive, with the ability to influence, build relationships, and be a trusted advisor to key stakeholders.
• Client service-oriented, commercially aware, and credible with a commitment to high professional standards and quality work product.
• Self-starter, creative thinker, problem solver, and pragmatic, able to work autonomously, handle pressure, and drive change and continuous improvement.
• Committed team player with the ability to work effectively in cross-functional and global teams, displaying tenacity, a can-do attitude, and eagerness to be involved in new initiatives.
• Strong organisational, project management, and analytical skills, able to manage multiple, time-sensitive projects and foresee emerging trends.
• Strong professional presence, able to exercise good judgment, professional maturity, and successfully shape policy and guidance.

What We Offer

When you join us, you’ll be working directly with partners, business leaders and many other inspiring colleagues across our global network of offices. We live by our values—to be pioneering, united and human—and we believe that you’ll experience them from your first day. We will give you the support and development opportunities that will help you achieve your potential.

We believe that consistent high performance merits reward and support. Our compensation package reflects your calibre as an L&D professional, and our benefits are designed to support your changing needs and priorities across different life stages.

About White & Case

We are a global law firm with longstanding offices in the markets that matter today. Our on-the-ground experience, our cross-border integration, and our depth of local, US and English-qualified lawyers help our clients work with confidence in any one market or across many.

Location and Reporting

This role is based in our London office, and reports into the Associate Director, Learning and Development.

Our standard office hours are 09:30-18:00, with a current requirement for 3 days in the office per week.

Firm Benefits

We offer a flexible range of benefits, services and programmes designed to help support your lifestyle requirements. Some of the benefits currently available include:

• Private medical insurance
• Pension plan with matched employer contribution up to 7.5%
• Yearly wellbeing fund
• Income protection
• Holiday purchase
• Life insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Private GP services
• Travel insurance
• Dental coverage
• Cycle to work
• Holiday purchase (available during annual enrolment)

Equal Opportunity Statement

White & Case is committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. It is our Firm’s policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.

If you require assistance and/or accommodation to participate in our application and/or interview process, please email the recruiting contact listed for the relevant position. We are a Disability Confident (Committed) Employer. We will be happy to work with you.

Note to recruitment agencies: Our internal Recruitment team are responsible for all end-to-end lateral recruitment processes. All agencies must sign White & Case terms of business, which are office specific. Candidates submitted by an agency without terms of business agreed with the appropriate office, and/or outside of our online application tracking system, will not be considered a formal introduction.

Any applications and CVs sent directly to White & Case Partners and employees will not be accepted as formal introductions. If you have any questions, please contact the London Recruitment team.

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