Product Analyst - Lead Associate

This role is graded as: Lead Associate - Regulatory.

About the FCA and team:

We regulate financial services firms in the UK, to keep financial markets fair, thriving and effective. By joining us, you’ll play a key part in protecting consumers, driving economic growth, and shaping the future of UK finance services. The Authorisations Division ensures firms and individuals who apply to us to be authorised or approved understand how we test that they will comply with our regulation. You will be joining the Gateway Forms Team in the Authorisations Division where you will be working as part of a team of product owners with the development of the Gateway Forms products: you will understand their content and purpose; you will also understand the interaction they have with underlying systems and processes that firms use to apply to become authorised and tell us about changes to their business.

Role responsibilities:

• Guide agile product delivery across financial‑services projects, driving multidisciplinary teams to shape clear requirements, user stories and acceptance criteria that unlock faster, higher‑quality outcomes.
• Own the strategic roadmap for Gateway Forms, planning and prioritising ongoing monitoring, maintenance and iterative development to ensure users always experience reliable, intuitive journeys.
• Oversee end‑to‑end releases, coordinating testing and deployments so enhancements land smoothly and consistently deliver measurable improvements for users and stakeholders.
• Partner with regulatory, technical and operational experts — including legal, policy, user research and architecture — to optimise form content and functionality, ensuring compliance and excellent user experience.
• Use data‑driven insights to refine and evolve the Forms ecosystem, identifying opportunities that improve efficiency, reduce operational risk and add clear value to the business.
• Play a key role in the Gateway Forms leadership team, contributing to departmental planning and helping shape the culture and direction of RAS.

Skills required:

• Prior experience in either a Product owner, Business Analyst, or Management Consultant position with demonstrable product ownership in facilitating digital transformation programmes.
• Proven experience with business analysis in any of the following organisations/sectors: financial services, government/regulatory body, technology consultancy.
• Demonstrable project/programme environments involving business & IT change.
• Knowledge of business analysis tools, techniques and best practice approaches, including end-to-end requirements management.
• Solid understanding of product delivery, planning, estimation and risk management approaches.
• Logical and pragmatic leader with strategic thinking skills and experience working with agile multi-disciplinary teams.
• Experienced in using JIRA.
• Outstanding stakeholder management skills, building strong engagement with SMEs, and establishing good relationships with business sponsors, project stakeholders, and supplier delivery teams.
• Assures the delivery of business requirements to ensure that the solution is fit for purpose.
• Experience of project lifecycles delivered within a range of project delivery methodologies including Waterfall & Agile.

Benefits:

• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Hybrid model with up to 60% remote work.
• Non-contributory pension (8–12% depending on age) and life assurance at eight times your salary.
• Private healthcare with Bupa, income protection, and 24/7 Employee Assistance.
• 35 hours of paid volunteering annually.
• A flexible benefits scheme designed around your lifestyle.

Our values and culture:

Our colleagues are the key to our success as a regulator. We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive culture: one that’s free from discrimination and bias, celebrates difference, and supports colleagues to deliver at their best. 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. If you require any adjustments due to a disability or condition, your recruiter is here to help - reach out for tailored support. We welcome diverse working styles and aim to find flexible solutions that suit both the role and individual needs, including options like part-time and job sharing where applicable.

Disability confident: our hiring approach:

We’re proud to be a Disability Confident Employer, and therefore, people or individuals with disabilities and long-term conditions who best meet the minimum criteria for a role will go through to the next stage of the recruitment process. In cases of high application volumes we may progress applicants whose experience most closely matches the role’s key requirements.

Useful information and timelines:

Timeline: CV Review/Shortlist: [Date] Case Study Assessment: From the 29th of January First Interview: w/c 2nd February Job advert close: 18th January 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.