Digital Assets Policy Manager

Salary: National up to £80,500 and London up to £90,000 per annum

Are you interested in making a real difference in the fascinating and fast-moving world of Digital Assets policy and to shape the future regulatory regime for crypto as well as developing an in-depth knowledge of the sector.

What you will be doing?

You will be working in the heart of the innovative and fast-moving world of crypto, where we are currently designing the regulatory regime for crypto assets, working closely with the Government, managing the Digital Assets Policy Team. You will be managing a team delivering significant projects, and developing new regulatory regimes, as well as playing a key role coordinating the development of crypto policy across the FCA and inputting heavily into international crypto policy.

In addition, you will:

• Be part of the departmental management team for Market Analysis and Policy – Payments and Digital Assets and contribute to the development and delivery of our work around Digital Assets
• Manage material workstreams to shape and develop various aspects of Digital Assets Policy, working closely with the existing crypto policy team
• Establish and maintain effective relationships with key internal and external stakeholders
• Maintain and manage a high performing team through effective recruitment, performance management and development of staff from diverse backgrounds and of various levels

What will you get from the role?

You will have the opportunity to focus the direction of regulation of this sector at a time of both domestic and international change and to shape the future regulation of the crypto market within the UK.

The role offers intellectually challenging and engaging work, solving real world problems in a fast-paced and highly collaborative environment, drawing on the support of a network of peers across a range of disciplines – lawyers, economists, data analysts and subject matter experts amongst others. It also offers the chance to build technical knowledge and expertise as well as professional competencies, through a wide range of formal and informal learning opportunities.

Our competitive flexible benefits scheme gives you the opportunity to create a personalised benefits package, tailored to suit your lifecycle. You can use this allowance to purchase additional benefits such as dental or cycle to work or you have the option top up your base salary by taking this as cash.

Core benefits that you will receive as standard are:

• 28 days holiday per year
• Private healthcare with Bupa
• A non-contributory Pension of at least 8% of your basic salary each month (there are several contribution levels that increase depending on your age – up to 12% a month once you reach the age of 35)
• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary
• Income protection
• We support hybrid working which means you will be able to work from home up to 60% of the time over a month with the remainder of your time in one of our three office locations

The skills and experience you will have

We are a signatory to the Government’s Disability Confident scheme. This means that we will offer an interview to disabled candidates entering under the scheme, should they meet the minimum criteria for a role.

Minimum

• The successful candidate will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting at a minimum. This requires at least two years of UK address history and other checks
• Experience of policy making within a Regulatory or Government body
• Evidence of people management, including experience of building and maintaining high performing teams

Essential

• An understanding of the Digital Assets sector including, key products, schemes, systems, and the roles played by various firms and institution
• An ability to consider complex information and contribute to the development and delivery of policy
• Excellent organisational skills with a capability to manage a variety of priorities and issues
• High standard of problem solving and strategic thinking with sound judgement
• A broad thinker with an analytical mind-set and a risk-based approach to making judgements
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills with a clear ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels
• Willingness to learn and develop, taking on new responsibilities and adopting a flexible and pragmatic approach to your work
• Good understanding of the Financial Services Industry

About the FCA

The FCA regulates the conduct of 50,000 firms in the UK to ensure our financial markets are honest, fair, and competitive. We do this to make sure markets work well for individuals, businesses, and the economy. For more information on what we do, our three-year strategy can be found here.

The FCA's Values & Diversity

Our ambition is to cultivate a culture of inclusion 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. We particularly welcome applications from women, disabled, and minority ethnic candidates, as under-represented groups

Flexible Working

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 won’t judge you for asking.

Multilocation & Hybrid Working

As part of the FCA’s on-going commitment to develop our national presence, most of our vacancies are now open to working in our Edinburgh, Leeds, or London offices.  This means that as part of the application process you will be able to select your preference of which office location you would like to work from.

Useful Information

Applications for this role close on February 26th 2024

This role is graded as Manager – Regulatory

Got a question?

If you are external and interested learning more about the role, please contact Chhavi Bartaria at [email protected]

If you are internal and interested learning more about the role, please contact Kezia Downie at [email protected]

What to expect from our interview process

The process will involve three separate stages:

• A competency-based interview
• Psychometric Assessment
• Final Interview

Application support

We want to remove any possible barriers and are committed to providing a wide range of reasonable adjustments so that you can keep the focus on your conversations and be at your best.

If you have an accessibility requirement, disability, or condition that means you might require changes to the recruitment process, please contact your recruiter to discuss this further. Our aim is to make your application as easy and comfortable as possible, and your recruiter will be happy to work with you to make any necessary arrangements where possible.

Security Clearance/Vetting

The successful candidate will hold or will be required to obtain Security Clearance (SC) level vetting.

Please note: that all applications must be submitted through our online portal, applications sent via email will not be accepted.