The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable, the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
Role Title: Senior Stakeholder Manager
TPR Grade & Pay Group: R&O Grade 7 - Lead Specialist
Reporting to: Engagement Lead – Business Lead
Reports: Engagement Lead Associate, x2 Engagement Officers
Directorate: Market Oversight (Marketing & Engagement division)
Salary: starting from £54,074 per annum dependent on skills and experience, plus excellent benefits package
Location: Brighton/hybrid (6 days per month in the office)
Contract: Permanent
Closing date: Tuesday 30th June 2026
About us
More than half the UK working population rely on The Pensions Regulator (TPR) to regulate their retirement savings. With a career at TPR, you’ll be joining an organisation that will impact on millions of lives for decades to come.
Job description
Role
We’re looking for an experienced manager to lead and provide strategic oversight of our engagement with key pensions industry stakeholders, bodies representing members, trade and professional bodies and communications partners. You will manage a small team playing a central role in promoting understanding and support of TPR’s prudential regulatory approach, building advocacy and consensus among external stakeholders and sharing information and campaign messages, in order to influence behaviour and reduce the need for TPR to take compliance action and to successfully deliver our Corporate Strategy, including key aspects of the pensions reform agenda.
You will work closely with TPR’s Executive Team and senior leaders, providing them with advice and support with their external engagement. You will work with colleagues to make sure that knowledge and insight from our external engagement is captured to maintain a joined-up approach across the organisation. You will also help to drive forward the work of TPR’s strategicr panels and forums to ensure that the voice of employers, trustees, industry professionals and members is heard within the organisation.
Responsibilities
You will:
Lead the strategic design and coordination of our external engagement with stakeholders in order to understand and influence their positions, increase awareness and support for TPR’s regulatory activity, and support the delivery of TPR’s priorities set out in our corporate strategy and plan.
- Drive a programme of senior-level strategic engagement with our stakeholders, providing advice and support to the Executive Team and senior leaders, ensuring that engagement plans are in place and progress with relationships is tracked.
- Oversee and build communications partnerships with a range of stakeholder representative bodies in order to share and promote TPR’s messages through their channels and positively influence the behaviour of their members.
- Lead and manage the Stakeholder Engagement team, ensuring work is planned and delivered to a high standard and team members are motivated and developed in line with TPR’s People strategy.
- As a senior communications manager, play a leading role on TPR communications working groups and cross-functional teams, supporting the development and delivery of TPR’s communications strategy and multi-channel communications plans.
Person specification
Essential and Desirable Criteria
Essential:
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A track-record of leading, designing and delivering strategic stakeholder engagement programmes that support an organisation in fulfilling its mission and objectives, gained through significant experience in a stakeholder engagement or similar role, including:
- A track-record of evaluating the impact and effectiveness of stakeholder engagement to meet organisational objectives using quantitative and qualitative approaches.
- Experience of building, developing and leading high-performing teams, with significant experience of leading and managing teams.
- Experience of working in partnership with stakeholder bodies in various sectors to deliver campaign and behavioural change messages.
- Ability to analyse complex issues and policy matters in order to produce clear, persuasive communications materials which resonate with stakeholders.
- Evidence of producing or overseeing collateral including newsletters, bulletins, and messaging “toolkits” to keep stakeholders informed and support campaigns.
- Internal stakeholder management including a proven track-record of working closely with senior leaders to develop external engagement plans relevant to their portfolios.
- Experience coordinating and quality-assuring written and verbal briefings to prepare colleagues for meetings and events.
Desirable:
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Experience of working in the financial services or pension sectors.
- Experience of working as an in-house stakeholder relations manager.
- Working knowledge and experience of using a relationship management system such as Microsoft Dynamics 365.
Person Specification
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Attention to detail and accuracy.
- Personable and a team player.
- Self-starter who can prioritise and use initiative.
- Problem solving and analytical skills.
- Excellent communications skills – both written and verbal.
