Abu Dhabi Global Market

7 months ago

Senior Manager - Policy

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Job Summary

Senior Manager – Policy supports the Director of Policy in the Policy & Legal Division of ADGM’s FSRA, leading policy development, consultation processes, and liaison with internal and external stakeholders. Focus areas include regulatory framework development, international standards alignment, legislative drafting support, and sector-wide policy initiatives in insurance, asset management, fintech and more.

Location: Abu Dhabi

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Government Affairs & Public Policy

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Identifying and implementing policy initiatives for the development and maintenance of the regulatory framework of the FSRA in response to industry developments and in line with international standards set by bodies including the IAIS, BCBS, IOSCO, and FATF.
•Managing a policy proposal from project initiation, planning, benchmarking, policy development, to seeking relevant approval(s) to publish.
•Managing the consultation process by collating and analysing feedback in response to published consultation or discussion papers with a view to implementing legislative changes to enact policy proposals.
•Preparing relevant Board Papers and liaising with internal ADGM bodies, including the Office of Legal Affairs, Governance and Compliance.
•Providing high-quality advisory services in order to enable other divisions of the FSRA to achieve the objectives of the FSRA and ADGM.
•Supporting wider policy and legislative initiatives for the key sectors in ADGM including the following: Insurance; Asset Management; Fintech, Regtech and Suptech; Private Banking and Wealth Management; Market Infrastructure and Digital Assets; Sustainable Finance.
•Reviewing and provid[ing] feedback to legislation enacted by other local and federal regulatory and government authorities including the CBUAE, SCA and the MoF.
•Participating in any workings groups and committees with other local and federal regulatory and government authorities, including international assessments of the UAE undertaken by the OECD, FATF and the IMF/World Bank.
•Provide other divisions in the FSRA with timely, high quality and consistent policy advisory services in order to enable the FSRA to achieve its objectives and those of the ADGM, including through peer reviewing materials produced by the team, the division and other areas of the FSRA and ADGM.
•Manage complex and large policy projects, including staff and external resources.
•Contribute to the legislative drafting process for both improvements to the current FSRA legislative framework and any new legislative initiatives, as well as any other associated legislation where relevant to the FSRA and the broader ADGM.
•Manage the public consultation process with respect to legislative changes proposed by the FSRA.
•In conjunction with the Legal team consider and where appropriate respond to policy queries and interpretation requests from internal and external stakeholders.
•Horizon scan for international financial services policy and legislative landscape and propose any relevant proposals for improvement for consideration by the FSRA.
•Monitor and seek to improve the internal processes and procedures of the team, the division and, where required to do so, the FSRA.
•Where required by the Director, manage relationships with external stakeholders, including international regulators, market participants and any other relevant stakeholders.
•Where appropriate, participate in national and international forums with regulatory bodies to consult on policy and legislative matters relating to financial services and its regulation.
•Demonstrate behaviours and actions consistent with ADGM’s competencies framework for this role including leadership, communication, collaboration, integrity and trust, problem solving, innovation, agility and accountability.
•Mentor more junior members of the team and line manage, if required.
•Understand, adopt, adhere and practice responsibilities or controls as per ADGM Information Security policy and as per best practices explained in the induction and awareness sessions.
•Confidentiality, Integrity and availability of the ADGM Information shall be maintained at all times i.e. within as well as outside ADGM.

Key Requirements

•Minimum of 10-12 years of experience in the insurance or banking industry, ideally with an international regulator.
•Expertise in prudential matters, ideally in the insurance industry.
•Expertise in leading and contributing to the creation and implementation of regulatory policies.
•Strong internal and external stakeholder management skills, including excellent influencing and negotiation skills.
•Demonstrate strong project management, planning, organisation and analytical skills.
•Excellent written and oral communication skills to translate complex ideas into plain language for others at all levels of the FSRA, other ADGM authorities and external stakeholders.
•Fluent in business English.
•Bachelors / Masters degree, ideally in the fields of finance, public policy, actuarial sciences.

Experience:10-12 yearsInsuranceBankingRegulatory policyRegulation

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:CommunicationLeadershipNegotiationStakeholder managementProject managementAnalytical thinking

Languages:English

Company Brief

Abu Dhabi Global Market

Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM) is Abu Dhabi’s international financial centre and free zone, providing a common-law regulatory framework, licensing, and services for financial and non-financial institutions to operate across Al Maryah and Al Reem Islands.

Industry: Public Sector Agencies

Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)

Growth: Government & Public Sector

Funding: Government Funded

Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Founded: 2013

Glassdoor: 3.7

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Abu Dhabi Global Market

7 months ago

Senior Manager - Policy

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI

Last checked: 14 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Location: Abu Dhabi

Workplace: Onsite

Employment Type: Full time

Job Function: Government Affairs & Public Policy

Seniority: Manager level

Key Responsibilities

•Identifying and implementing policy initiatives for the development and maintenance of the regulatory framework of the FSRA in response to industry developments and in line with international standards set by bodies including the IAIS, BCBS, IOSCO, and FATF.
•Managing a policy proposal from project initiation, planning, benchmarking, policy development, to seeking relevant approval(s) to publish.
•Managing the consultation process by collating and analysing feedback in response to published consultation or discussion papers with a view to implementing legislative changes to enact policy proposals.
•Preparing relevant Board Papers and liaising with internal ADGM bodies, including the Office of Legal Affairs, Governance and Compliance.
•Providing high-quality advisory services in order to enable other divisions of the FSRA to achieve the objectives of the FSRA and ADGM.
•Supporting wider policy and legislative initiatives for the key sectors in ADGM including the following: Insurance; Asset Management; Fintech, Regtech and Suptech; Private Banking and Wealth Management; Market Infrastructure and Digital Assets; Sustainable Finance.
•Reviewing and provid[ing] feedback to legislation enacted by other local and federal regulatory and government authorities including the CBUAE, SCA and the MoF.
•Participating in any workings groups and committees with other local and federal regulatory and government authorities, including international assessments of the UAE undertaken by the OECD, FATF and the IMF/World Bank.
•Provide other divisions in the FSRA with timely, high quality and consistent policy advisory services in order to enable the FSRA to achieve its objectives and those of the ADGM, including through peer reviewing materials produced by the team, the division and other areas of the FSRA and ADGM.
•Manage complex and large policy projects, including staff and external resources.
•Contribute to the legislative drafting process for both improvements to the current FSRA legislative framework and any new legislative initiatives, as well as any other associated legislation where relevant to the FSRA and the broader ADGM.
•Manage the public consultation process with respect to legislative changes proposed by the FSRA.
•In conjunction with the Legal team consider and where appropriate respond to policy queries and interpretation requests from internal and external stakeholders.
•Horizon scan for international financial services policy and legislative landscape and propose any relevant proposals for improvement for consideration by the FSRA.
•Monitor and seek to improve the internal processes and procedures of the team, the division and, where required to do so, the FSRA.
•Where required by the Director, manage relationships with external stakeholders, including international regulators, market participants and any other relevant stakeholders.
•Where appropriate, participate in national and international forums with regulatory bodies to consult on policy and legislative matters relating to financial services and its regulation.
•Demonstrate behaviours and actions consistent with ADGM’s competencies framework for this role including leadership, communication, collaboration, integrity and trust, problem solving, innovation, agility and accountability.
•Mentor more junior members of the team and line manage, if required.
•Understand, adopt, adhere and practice responsibilities or controls as per ADGM Information Security policy and as per best practices explained in the induction and awareness sessions.
•Confidentiality, Integrity and availability of the ADGM Information shall be maintained at all times i.e. within as well as outside ADGM.

Key Requirements

•Minimum of 10-12 years of experience in the insurance or banking industry, ideally with an international regulator.
•Expertise in prudential matters, ideally in the insurance industry.
•Expertise in leading and contributing to the creation and implementation of regulatory policies.
•Strong internal and external stakeholder management skills, including excellent influencing and negotiation skills.
•Demonstrate strong project management, planning, organisation and analytical skills.
•Excellent written and oral communication skills to translate complex ideas into plain language for others at all levels of the FSRA, other ADGM authorities and external stakeholders.
•Fluent in business English.
•Bachelors / Masters degree, ideally in the fields of finance, public policy, actuarial sciences.

Experience:10-12 yearsInsuranceBankingRegulatory policyRegulation

Education:Bachelor's

Skills:CommunicationLeadershipNegotiationStakeholder managementProject managementAnalytical thinking

Languages:English

Company Brief

Abu Dhabi Global Market

Industry: Public Sector Agencies

Company Size: Large (251 to 1,000 employees)

Growth: Government & Public Sector

Funding: Government Funded

Headquarters: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates

Founded: 2013

Glassdoor: 3.7

Website LinkedIn Glassdoor