Delivery Lead
Division – Intelligence & Digital
Department – Digital Delivery Hub
Salary – National (Leeds) ranging from £59,100 to £69,666 (salary offered will be based on skills and experience)
About the FCA
The FCA regulates the conduct of 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair and competitive. Follow this link to find out more
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We are looking for a Delivery Lead to support our Digital Delivery Hub in Leeds. This role is pivotal in ensuring the optimisation, reporting, and transparency of the digital products we deliver, and in fostering collaboration across the wider FCA organisation.
This is an exciting opportunity to join at the start of a transformative journey within the FCA. You will act as the primary point of contact for delivery activities within the department and further across the FCA, reporting on progress using qualitative and quantitative data.
We are seeking someone who is innovative, comfortable with ambiguity, and ready to challenge the status quo. You will help shape how the FCA delivers digital products and support management of its supplier and contract landscape
What will you be doing?
- Driving operational excellence and continuous improvement by implementing best practice agile delivery processes, fostering a culture of learning and using feedback and data to enhance efficiency and effectiveness
- Lead and coach multidisciplinary teams to deliver complex digital products and services
- Supporting performance monitoring and governance, maintaining clear reporting mechanisms, identifying risks and ensuring compliance with internal policies and external regulations
- Facilitating stakeholder engagement through open communication, managing expectations and building trusted relationships across delivery teams and key partners
- Coordinating supplier and contract management with precision, aligning procurement activities and vendor relationships to support FCA’s delivery goals
- Enabling inclusive recruitment and onboarding across departments and programmes, helping DDH grow through thoughtful collaboration and strong partnerships
What will you get from the role?
- Supporting the growth of the Digital Delivery Hub by embedding operational practices that enable high-performing, self-sufficient teams and contribute to consistent, high-quality delivery across the FCA
- Collaborating within an innovative and solutions-focused environment to address complex technical challenges in financial regulation and drive meaningful impact within the organisation’s development function
- Benefiting from flexible and hybrid working arrangements designed to promote productivity, balance and inclusive ways of working
Which skills are required?
We are a Disability Confident Employer; therefore, disabled people or individuals with long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. (To learn more about the Disability Confident Scheme
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Minimum
- Experience delivering products and services in a high visibility, complex operating environment
- Experience of creating and implementing data-led reporting structures
- Experience of procurement activities including but not limited to Work Order drafting, contract negotiation and drawdown
- Strong experience of supplier management
Essential
- Demonstrating strong organisational, communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to manage competing priorities and collaborate effectively across stakeholder groups
- Applying independent analytical thinking, strategic judgement and problem-solving capabilities within regulatory, financial or public sector contexts, including UK government digital transformation initiatives
- Showing adaptability and a commitment to continuous learning, with working knowledge of frameworks such as GDS standards and CDDO service assessment processes
Our Values & Diversity
We are proud to be an inclusive employer and our ambition is to cultivate a culture for all employees that respects their individual strengths, views, and experiences. We believe that our differences and similarities enable us to be a better organisation – one that makes better decisions, drives innovation, and delivers better regulation.
Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions.
Did you know? 50% of our Executive Committee are women (4 in 8)
The FCA is committed to achieving greater diversity across all levels of the organisation. Given this, we particularly welcome applications from women, minority ethnic, disabled, and neurodivergent candidates for this role.
Benefits of working at the FCA
- 25 days holiday per year plus bank holidays
- Hybrid working (work from home up to 60% of your time)
- Private healthcare with Bupa
- A non-contributory Pension of at least 8%
- Life assurance
- Income protection
We also have a competitive flexible benefits scheme which gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifestyle.
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Application Support
We are dedicated to removing barriers and ensuring our application process is accessible to everyone. We offer a range of adjustments to make your application experience as comfortable and straightforward as possible.
If you have an accessibility need, disability, or condition requiring changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter using the details below and they will be happy to discuss this further with you.
Useful Information and Timeline
- This role is graded – Lead Associate - Regulatory
- Advert Closing Date: 31st August
- CV Review/Shortlist: 2nd September
- First Stage Interviews: w/c 11th September
- Face to face Interviews: w/c 21st September
Your Recruiter will discuss the process in detail with you during screening for the role, therefore, please make them aware if you are going to be unavailable for any date during this time.
Got a question?
If you are interested in learning more about the role, please contact
benjamin.paulon@fca.org.uk
Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.