Reference number: 475917
Salary: £84,800 - £90,500
Working hours: Permanent, full-time, part-time
Location: Belfast, Cardiff, Edinburgh, London, Manchester
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) is an independent non-ministerial UK government department and is the UK’s principal competition and consumer protection authority. Our purpose is to promote competition and protect consumers with a clear end goal in mind: to drive economic growth and improve household prosperity.
Do you want to that tackle complex issues in markets across the UK economy, delivering savings for consumers and enabling business dynamism?
Can you lead an inclusive, multi-disciplinary team that delivers high-profile projects to ambitious timelines?
If so, we’d love to hear from you!
The Assistant Director, Markets at the UK Competition and Markets Authority leads multi-disciplinary teams to improve market functioning and consumer outcomes through strategic policy and project delivery. This role drives high-profile projects, stakeholder engagement, and policy innovation across diverse market sectors.
- Responsibilities include leading a delivery and engagement team (typically 3-7 people) and/or multi-disciplinary policy and analysis workstreams. This is part of a larger team (up to 40 people depending on the scale of the project), developing solutions to complex market issues, and managing project delivery with a focus on evidence-based analysis and risk management.
- Depending on the nature of specific markets projects, the role may involve leading substantive competition and/or consumer policy analysis and development, leading an extensive programme of stakeholder engagement, drafting high-quality reports, and overseeing project management and coordination functions that drive forward delivery.
- The role demands strong leadership, strategic policy skills, excellent communication, and stakeholder management capabilities, alongside supporting staff development and organizational culture.
- The position operates within a project-based resourcing model and requires navigating ambiguity to influence government policy and market regulation effectively.
The benefits
Your benefits package will include an excellent contributory pension scheme and generous annual leave, alongside flexible and hybrid working arrangements. You’ll also have access to learning and development opportunities, staff networks and a supportive environment committed to inclusion and professional growth.
Closing date: 1 September 2026.
