Role, purpose and impact

You will help to advance LSEG’s policy agenda and profile alongside key policy stakeholders, specifically focusing on data and technology issues. Working in the UK Middle East and Africa (UK/MEA) team, you will be a strategic adviser on reputational issues and business initiatives impacting LSEG, our customers and our stakeholders. This role is central to GRRS’ mission to anticipate, develop and implement advocacy strategies to shape a supportive policy environment for LSEG.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead engagement for the team on areas specific to data and technology – such as digital trade, cross-border data flows, privacy, and AI.
• Advise and partner with colleagues across the business on key policy and regulatory developments in the UK.
• Provide support on additional policy areas within the team, including sustainable finance, capital markets, operational resilience or geopolitics.
• Contribute to stakeholder mapping, engagement planning, drafting consultation responses, and developing policy positions.
• Work alongside colleagues in the GRRS team globally to ensure a consistent approach.

Desirable skills

• Excellent knowledge in financial services regulation, data/technology/AI or another area of policy and regulation
• A good political acumen and a strong understanding of Whitehall, Westminster and the main UK political parties
• Exceptional written and spoken communication skills.
• Ability to quickly understand technical issues and explain them simply to a range of stakeholders.

Leadership & management responsibilities / expertise

• No direct reports
• Work with other members of the GRRS UK/MEA team and other regional teams.

Join us and be part of a team with unique insight on the firm’s regulatory environment, operating across the world to shape financial services policies.

We take a hybrid approach to workplace, this role is Blended, with a requirement to work three days per week working in the office

LSEG is a leading global financial markets infrastructure and data provider. Our purpose is driving financial stability, empowering economies and enabling customers to create sustainable growth.

Our purpose is the foundation on which our culture is built. Our values of Integrity, Partnership, Excellence and Change underpin our purpose and set the standard for everything we do, every day. They go to the heart of who we are and guide our decision making and everyday actions.

Working with us means that you will be part of a dynamic organisation of 25,000 people across 65 countries. However, we will value your individuality and enable you to bring your true self to work so you can help enrich our diverse workforce. You will be part of a collaborative and creative culture where we encourage new ideas and are committed to sustainability across our global business. You will experience the critical role we have in helping to re-engineer the financial ecosystem to support and drive sustainable economic growth. Together, we are aiming to achieve this growth by accelerating the just transition to net zero, enabling growth of the green economy and creating inclusive economic opportunity.

LSEG offers a range of tailored benefits and support, including healthcare, retirement planning, paid volunteering days and wellbeing initiatives.

We are proud to be an equal opportunities employer. This means that we do not discriminate on the basis of anyone’s race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, veteran status, pregnancy or disability, or any other basis protected under applicable law. Conforming with applicable law, we can reasonably accommodate applicants' and employees' religious practices and beliefs, as well as mental health or physical disability needs.