International Strategy and Delivery Lead

Location: City of Edinburgh

## International Strategy and Delivery Lead Apply locations:
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Leeds:
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End Date:
July 30, 2026 (13 days left to apply) job requisition :
JR0022025
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* Job title:

International Strategy and Delivery Lead*
* ** Division:
Supervision, Policy and Competition*
* ** Department:
International Division**
* ** Salary:
** National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £60,700 to £80,000 and London £66,600 to £88,000 per annum (Salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
* ** This role is graded as:
** Lead Associate, Regulatory
* ** Your external recruitment contact is
** Shafika via
* ** Your internal recruitment contact is Iona
** via iona.magee.uk Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via social media or email will not be accepted.
** About the FCA and team
** We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services.

SPC oversees firms and individuals (supervision), creates and reviews the rules by which they operate (policy) and identifies and remedies ineffective competition in markets (competition). The International Division leads and co-ordinates the delivery of the FCA’s objectives and strategy through international work. We do this via bilateral engagement with regulators in other jurisdictions and multilaterally with Global Standard-Setting Bodies. This role sits within the International Strategy and Delivery team who have a focus on strategic oversight and central services, bringing together the work of the 4 other international teams.
** Role responsibilities
*** Line management and active mentoring of junior members of the team, helping to support their training and development
* Leading on the development and implementation of the international delivery plans and relationship management plans; working closely with the leadership team and stakeholders across the FCA to achieve the desired outcomes
* Overseeing the development and delivery of improved management information reporting tools to aid performance and delivery of international work
* Ensuring high-quality and effective secretariat support to the FCA International Steering Committee, a decision-making body that provides strategic oversight for all international work
* Oversight and coordination of high-quality briefings to FCA leadership at International Committees and working groups, ensuring members are fully supported
* Oversight of internal and external communications strategy, working with partners across the FCA to drive awareness of our international work
* Leading on the delivery of International programmes including Technical Assistance and data and technology projects as they arise
** Skills required
**** Minimum:
*** Proven management capabilities or leadership skills
* Demonstrable experience coordinating and delivering cross-cutting projects
* Prior international engagement and or financial services experience
** Essential:
*** Demonstrable organisation, prioritisation, and time management skills
* Experience of implementing initiatives to improve services delivered to internal teams
* Collaborative approach and ability to deliver with, and through others, across an organisation
* Clear and confident communications style, including communicating effectively in person and writing succinctly for an audience, even where issues are complex
* Confidence in working with members of the senior leadership team
* Flexibility and the ability to deliver effective outcomes in an environment of dynamic change and complexity by prioritising work and resource alignment to sustain successful delivery
* Experience of implementing project management frameworks for monitoring a divisions’ performance
** Benefits
* ** 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
* Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary
* Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance
* 35 hours of paid volunteering annually
* Hybrid…