Job Opportunity: Data and Information Services Lead

Location: London ranging from £63,300 to £97,300 | National ranging from £57,600 to £88,500

About the Team/Department

The Data Strategy and Services department, part of the Intelligence & Digital Division, spearheads the FCA’s Data Strategy by optimizing data through management, governance, and analysis. Our key focus is on central coordination of all data-related activities. Within the Data, Technology & Innovation Division, we drive advanced analytics to transform financial regulation.

The Information Centre, a subset of the Data Acquisition Unit, is crucial in sourcing, providing access to, and optimizing commercial data and information sources. Our team ensures the use of commercial data to reduce the necessity for firm data requests and challenges suppliers on value for money. Essential commercial data and information sources, such as markets data, legal information, company data, consumer research, and news services, are managed by our team for the FCA’s critical operations.

Role Responsibilities

As a Data and Information Services Lead, you will:

• Engage effectively with external stakeholders and product vendors to ensure best value for money and meet business requirements.
• Conduct proactive research and work alongside procurement colleagues to run tender exercises and manage contracts for key commercial market data services and sources.
• Interact with internal stakeholders to understand business needs and ensure data sources are fully utilized.
• Perform intelligence gathering and research activities in response to staff queries.
• Promote the Information Centre’s work through presentations, products, and training to support data utilization across the FCA.
• Support and lead initiatives to improve the usability and efficiency of data sources and services.

What You Will Gain

As a candidate, you will acquire:

• A comprehensive understanding of data and information management at the FCA.
• Opportunities to work in a challenging and collaborative environment within a growing team.
• Involvement in high-profile and strategic cross-organizational workstreams.
• Continuous learning opportunities and access to training.
• A competitive flexible benefits scheme that allows the creation of a personalized benefits package, including additional benefits such as dental care or cycle to work, or the option to top up your base salary with cash.

Core Benefits

• 25 days of annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Private healthcare with Bupa.
• A non-contributory pension of at least 8% of basic salary per month, increasing with age (up to 12%).
• Life assurance of eight times your basic salary.
• Income protection.

We support hybrid working, allowing you to work from home up to 60% of the time, with the remainder in one of our three office locations.

Skills and Experience Required

Minimum Criteria

As a Disability Confident scheme signatory, we guarantee an interview for disabled candidates meeting the minimum criteria:

• Experienced in leading a team and coaching colleagues.
• Experienced in procurement processes from requirements gathering to implementation and ongoing access management.
• Significant experience in managing contracts and budgets.

Essential Criteria

• Excellent oral and written communication skills for presentations and concise report writing.
• Experience in data and information management for internal stakeholders.
• Familiarity with market data, commercial, legal, and other information sources for research purposes.
• Capability to work effectively with a variety of stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal skills to communicate with staff at all levels within and outside the FCA.
• Ability to prioritize and manage competing demands, a "can-do" attitude, and capacity to work under pressure.
• Significant stakeholder management experience.

About the FCA

The FCA regulates nearly 45,000 firms in the UK to ensure fair, honest, and competitive financial markets. Learn more about our mission and three-year strategy .