Regulatory Engagement Manager

PSD Group; Southampton; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

PSD Group, a leading UK personal lines insurer, seeks a senior regulatory engagement lead to manage high-profile regulator relationships and provide strategic regulatory insights to the executive team.

You will coordinate FCA/PRA engagement, oversee regulator communications, and support senior leaders in meetings and supervisory activities, while building credible stakeholder relationships at board level.

Qualifications

• Proven experience managing high-profile regulator relationships (FCA and/or PRA) from an insurer, financial services firm, or regulator.
• Strong working knowledge of the UK regulatory landscape, including Consumer Duty.
• Ability to advise, challenge and influence senior stakeholders up to Board level.
• Track record of leading regulatory communications, submissions and supervisory engagement.

Responsibilities

• Act as the central coordinator for FCA and PRA engagement, driving a proactive engagement strategy.
• Oversee responses to regulator requests, ensuring consistency across communications.
• Provide constructive challenge to stakeholders up to Board level.
• Own governance of regulatory commitments, actions and deadlines and escalate risks.
• Prepare senior management for regulator meetings with briefings and messaging.
• Horizon scan regulatory developments and translate into practical insights for internal teams.
• Line management of 1–2 colleagues as capability grows.

Skills

Regulatory engagement

Stakeholder management

FCA/PRA experience

Consumer Duty knowledge

Regulatory communications

Strategic thinking

Governance & risk coordination

Job description

My client is one of the UK's leading personal lines Insurers who are on an exciting journey of expansion and transformation.

This role requires strong regulatory engagement experience and established credibility at a senior level. The key requirement is a candidate who has managed high-profile relationships with regulators, ideally the FCA and/or PRA, either from an insurer, wider financial services organisation, or directly from a regulatory body.

Strong understanding of the UK regulatory landscape, particularly Consumer Duty, and confidence advising and challenging senior stakeholders up to Board level, is essential. The successful candidate will act as the central point of coordination for regulator engagement, ensuring communications are proactive, consistent and well managed, while supporting executives in preparing for regulatory meetings and supervisory activity.

We are less focused on traditional compliance activity and more interested in someone who can build trusted regulator relationships, navigate complex regulatory discussions, and provide strategic regulatory insight and guidance.

What you'll be doing:

• Acting as the central coordinator for all FCA and PRA engagement, leading a proactive regulatory engagement strategy
• Overseeing responses to regulatory requests, ensuring a single, consistent version of the truth across all communications
• Providing constructive challenge to stakeholders up to Board level
• Owning governance and oversight of regulatory commitments, actions and deadlines — escalating risks promptly
• Preparing senior management for regulator meetings, including briefings and key messaging
• Horizon scanning regulatory developments and translating these into practical insight for internal stakeholders
• Line management of 1-2 colleagues as the capability matures (not initially required)

What we're looking for:

• Proven experience managing high-profile regulator relationships — ideally FCA and/or PRA — from an insurer, wider financial services firm, or a regulatory body itself
• Strong working knowledge of the UK regulatory landscape, particularly Consumer Duty
• Confidence advising, challenging and influencing senior stakeholders up to Board level
• A track record of leading on regulatory communications, submissions and supervisory engagement
• Someone who thinks strategically rather thi...
• Excellent judgement under pressure — comfortable coordinating across Compliance, Risk, Legal and Company Secretariat