Manager – Life Insurance Projects

Manager - Life Insurance Projects

Division - Insurance

Department - Insurance Flexible Department

Salary - National (Edinburgh and Leeds) ranging from £72,100 to £90,000 and London £79,300 to £100,000 per annum (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 About the FCA.

We are recruiting for a Manager for our Life Insurance Projects Delivery Team. This role involves setting and delivering the supervisory strategy and workplan for our Life Insurance firms, although at times it may also involve delivery of work across Retail and Wholesale insurance portfolios.

As the Manager, you will play an important role in keeping abreast of the changing market and the emerging risks for insurers and consumers. You will be helping to shape and deliver our supervisory strategy for this complex portfolio. You will also be responsible for the ongoing development and management of the team as well as building an important internal and external network.

What will you be doing?

• Working with a range of stakeholders to shape our strategy for supervising Life Insurance firms

• Taking the lead in the design and delivery of projects to address risk areas identified through our market analysis

• Identifying and dealing with firms that present the most risk

• Leading, line-managing and developing a team to ensure excellent standards of performance

What will you get from the role?

This is a manager role that is both high profile and diverse and offers a real opportunity to develop your career, enhance your leadership skills, improve your technical knowledge and supervision expertise within this sector. You will have the opportunity to engage at senior level with firms in the Life Insurance sector, fostering valuable contacts internally and externally across the industry and at other UK and international regulatory bodies.

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 Click Here)

Minimum

• Prior experience of the Life Insurance / Protection sector and a good understanding of the relevant products, services & structures

• Prior experience in a role where good judgement has been critical, alongside excellent communication skills and experience conveying complex issues in a coherent, logical and compelling way

• Prior people management skills, with experience of leading, coaching, motivating and developing people

Essential

• Experience of engaging senior stakeholders and building effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders

• Ability to manage priorities and workload, and experience in managing a range of work across multiple projects at the same time​

• Experience in dealing with contentious issues in firms, taking decisive action and influencing with well-reasoned arguments ​

• Sound analytical skills, able to review information and identify salient issues; exercising judgement, knowing when to act

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 were the first in their family to attend university.

Benefits of working at the FCA

• 28 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% of basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach age 35)  

• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary  

• 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.

We welcome applications from candidates who are looking for flexible arrangements.  Many of our staff work flexibly including working part-time, staggered hours, and job shares.  We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want but we can explore what might work best for both sides.

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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 as: Manager - Regulatory

• Advert Closing Date:  Wednesday 13th August (midnight)

• First Round Competency Based Interview: w/c 25th August

• Psychometric Assessment: To be completed end August

• Final Interview: Start of September 2025

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?

For interested internal and external candidates: please speak to Cameron Nunn – [email protected]

Applications must be submitted through our online portal. Applications sent via email will not be accepted.