Senior Manager - Group Regulatory Policy (12-month FTC)

End Date

Wednesday 13 May 2026

Salary Range

£78,098 - £91,880

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Job Description

JOB TITLE: Senior Manager - Group Regulatory Policy (12-month FTC)

SALARY: £78,000 - £91,800
LOCATION(S): Bristol, Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds or Birmingham
HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.

What you’ll be doing

Would you like to be at the centre of the latest regulatory developments relevant to Lloyds Banking Group and our ability to grow, focus and change? Be it home ownership, payments, pensions or savings, our ability to serve customers is affected by a regulatory and political environment that is constantly evolving. Our team plays a key role in working with politicians, government departments, regulators and trade associations to shape the UK financial services policy environment.

Working in the team, as part of the wider Group Corporate Affairs function, you will help coordinate, develop and deliver the Group-wide regulatory policy strategy and influencing approach, with a particular focus on the consumer and conduct agenda. You’ll work collaboratively with Group-wide teams to identify and assess emerging regulatory developments at their infancy, to prioritise the issues that matter the most, and to devise effective advocacy strategies.

Day to day, you will:

• Monitoring and assessing regulatory developments and trends.

• Providing ‘air traffic control’ to avoid conflicting messages from different teams.

• Coordinating efforts to define positions on high-impact developments, which maximise our influence.

• Identifying and prioritising policy issues to maximise impact in line with the Group’s strategy.

• Collaborating with teams across the business and critical support functions such as our risk, compliance, legal and corporate affairs teams to ensure insight gleaned from interactions with regulators informs our strategy.

• Providing counsel to the leadership team and writing insightful and concise briefings to facilitate effective external engagement for senior leaders, including the chief executive.

• Developing external relationships – such as HMT – to maintain an effective flow of dialogue and information. Maintaining engagement plans to ensure we maximise our engagement.

• Drafting clear communications and policy opinions for consideration by seniors across the Group.

• Working closely with a senior leadership team to cultivate a team of engaged, motivated professionals able to work collaboratively in a fast-paced environment across a range of changing issues.

Why join us?

We’re transforming at pace. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to change the way we meet the needs of our 28 million customers. We’re growing, and we’d love you to be part of the journey.

What we’re looking for:

We’re looking for someone with a passion for securing lasting regulatory change that helps to facilitate the positive role of financial services in the economy, to help Britain prosper. Awareness and understanding of regulatory trends and future challenges is key. You'll have:

• A strong background in regulatory policy, with experience of consumer and conduct regulation.

• Expertise and appetite to influence regulatory developments, including external networking.

• Experience in delivering (within your area of expertise and level of experience) autonomously with minimal oversight.

• Recent experience of regulatory policy development either for a regulatory actor or a financial services firm.

• An ability to work flexibly to meet urgent requests, and resilience under pressure - internally and externally.

• Excellent organisational and written and verbal communication skills.

• A dedication to encouraging diverse, inclusive and high-performance teams.

About working for us

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

 

We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative.

 

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

 

We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%

• An annual performance-related bonus

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping

• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Ready to make an impact? Apply today.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks.  We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. 

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.