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Role title: Operations Business Manager (DDAT)
TPR grade & pay group: Grade 7 & Core
Directorate: Digital, Data & Technology
Salary: £54,074.00 Per Annum
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Brighton: Hybrid (6 days per month in the office)
The role and responsibilities
DDaT Operations & Framework Manager reports to the DDaT Operations Lead and plays a key part in supporting the directorate’s critical activity through oversight, coordination and operational enablement. It strengthens grip, visibility and alignment across DDaT, ensuring priorities are supported by effective planning, governance and resourcing.
Lead DDaT operational frameworks & standards across the organisation – accountable for developing and maturing TPR’s 10 DDaT frameworks, including establishing clear definitions, owners and consistent mechanisms to monitor implementation and capability/ maturity so TPR has unified design, technology and data rules as envisioned in the DDaT Strategy. The role will drive continuous improvement of these frameworks to enable TPR’s transformation into a more digitally enabled and data-led regulator.
Strengthen DDaT operational governance and ways of working – lead a range of DDaT operational activities and build robust stakeholder relationships across TPR to enhance central governance of DDaT processes and practices. Align DDaT frameworks, delivery processes, and outcomes to relevant Government Functional Standards (e.g. GovS 005: Digital) and service standards to enable ongoing oversight and assessment. Ensure that DDaT’s operational Frameworks and Standards are embedded in daily operations, supporting agile, product-focused and portfolio management practices while balancing proportionate governance with autonomy for empowered service teams.
The role criteria
Essential Criteria
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Proven experience in operational management, including planning and performance management in a complex environment, project/programme or portfolio management (e.g. PMO) and resource planning across multiple workstreams.
- Strong organisational and analytical skills – capable of integrating diverse data inputs, synthesising management information (MI) and producing both numeric and narrative reports and dashboards; comfortable designing new reporting mechanisms from the ground up when needed.
- Financial and budget management experience – familiarity with budget planning and monitoring in a project or programme context, ensuring effective use of resources and value for money.
- Understanding of risk and assurance practices – able to apply risk management principles and oversee assurance activities, ensuring key outputs meet quality standards and control requirements.
- Knowledge of DDaT methodologies and standards – understanding of agile delivery, product management principles, digital service standards (e.g. UK Government Service Standard), and relevant government functional standards (such as GovS 005 Digital), or comparable industry frameworks.
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills – capable of working effectively with senior leaders and teams across an organisation, influencing without direct line authority. Able to provide clear written and verbal updates and secure support for key messages and decisions.
- Self-driven and adaptable – a proactive self-starter who identifies opportunities for improvement, responds flexibly to emerging needs, and maintains a positive, solutions-oriented approach. Comfortable managing multiple concurrent priorities and adapting to evolving strategic requirements.
- Strong interpersonal and leadership skills – relationship-building ability across all levels of the organisation, fostering collaboration and trust. The ability to work with others to implement practical, proportionate improvements within constraints, aligning teams toward common goals.
The team
Our vision is to use digital, data, and technology to revolutionise pension regulation, making it more efficient, secure, transparent, and customer centred. We believe only our people can change things. In DDaT, we're customer obsessed, whether the customer is a saver, scheme provider, a user in one of our teams or one of our immediate colleagues. We focus on outcomes, are willing to experiment, collaborate and learn with our colleagues. We need brilliant people to help bring our ambitions to life.
TPR offers:
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Genuine opportunities for learning and development.
- A values-led, inclusive environment.
- Hybrid working and flexible shift patterns.
- A vibrant workplace with employee networks (Disability, Family, LGBT+, Minority Ethnic, Mental Health, Women’s).
Reward and benefits
We offer 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a hybrid working model, 35 hour working week (full-time), flexible working patterns, and flexitime. We also provide competitive parental leave, as well as a Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 28.97%. Our dedicated benefits portal (Edenred) offers retail, gym, tech and restaurant discounts, and a cycle to work scheme.
Our culture
TPR strives to be a high-performing organisation, and we prioritise our people's growth and well-being. We offer various learning, secondment and development opportunities, support flexible working, and foster a diverse and inclusive environment.
Equality, diversity and inclusion is very important to us and we strive to make sure everyone has an equal opportunity to succeed. Our modern Brighton offices are in Telecom House overlooking Preston Park, they are over two floors of a shared building facility and when designed in 2023 we followed the government’s workplace design guide to ensure accessibility by design was achieved for our section.
We're proud to have a range of networks and opportunities to bring people together with supportive and safe spaces to connect with one another.
About The Pensions Regulator
With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation with real purpose and who are proud of their diverse range of skills and experience that positively impact on millions of people. Everyone at TPR plays an important role in helping to keep more than £2trn of savings safe.
Our Corporate Strategy outlines a bold and challenging vision of how pensions regulation should continue to evolve to keep pace with a change in the scale and nature of the pensions landscape. We believe diversity and inclusion are vital to good decision-making for positive saver outcomes. We’re committed to creating a supportive, inclusive, and dynamic work environment where everyone can thrive; understanding the link between the work we do and its positive impact on society.
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Applications
To avoid disappointment, we would invite you to submit your application as soon as possible, as we reserve the right to close the vacancy early if a high volume of applications are received. This is to ensure that we can continue to provide a positive candidate experience, with each application being reviewed and considered. Unfortunately, once a vacancy has closed, we are unable to consider further applications.
Current TPR employees who want to apply for this vacancy should first contact their line manager to discuss their application.
We welcome applications on a part time and job share basis.
Please note that TPR is unable to offer visa sponsorship. All applicants must already hold Right to Work in the UK for the duration of their employment. For more information on Right to Work, please visit Prove your right to work to an employer: Overview - GOV.UK.
Selection and interview
If you are shortlisted for interview, we’ll be in contact with you shortly after the closing date. We aim to respond to every application however due to the large volume of applications this is not always possible. If you have not heard from us within 21 days of submitting your application, please assume you have been unsuccessful on this occasion.
As a Disability Confident Employer, we’re committed to the recruitment, employment, retention, and development of people with disabilities, and to improving their employment opportunities. Candidates who declare that they have a disability and who meet the essential criteria will be an offered an interview. Please note that if we receive a high volume of Disability Confident applicants, we reserve the right to offer an interview to those who best meet the essential criteria.
Diversity and inclusion
TPR is committed to promoting diversity, inclusion and equality in the workplace, creating an environment where everyone is encouraged to be themselves, enabling our people to feel supported, represented and do their best work.
We encourage applicants from all backgrounds and with different identities and experiences to apply for roles with TPR.
Further information
Please visit our website to find out what it is like to work at TPR, our culture, interview process and our commitment to our employees.
If you have any queries about this role, or if you have a disability and wish to request a reasonable adjustment at any stage of the recruitment process, please email [email protected].
