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Role title: Senior Product Manager
TPR grade & pay group: Grade 5 & Digital
Directorate: Digital, Data & Technology
Salary: £85,126.00 Per Annum
Contract type: Permanent
Location: Brighton: Hybrid (6 days per month in the office)
The role and responsibilities
You will play a pivotal leadership role in transforming The Pensions Regulator (TPR) and the wider pensions landscape.
As a Senior Product Manager, you will operate at the centre of Digital, Data and Technology, working closely with policy, regulatory and operational teams to shape outcomes from early policy intent through to delivery.
With major regulatory change underway, you will have a unique opportunity to improve the lives of millions of people across the UK as they save for and live through retirement.
As one of two Senior Product Managers, you will lead a complex portfolio of services, taking accountability for strategy, delivery and outcomes.
You will lead on both external and internal services. This includes shaping and transforming external services that enable schemes, employers and trustees to meet regulatory obligations, access accounts and interact digitally with TPR, as well as providing guidance to help users understand and meet their responsibilities.
You will also lead internal services that enable effective regulation, including supervision and enforcement, stakeholder relationship management, and data-driven decision making. This includes shaping the platforms and tools that underpin how TPR operates, enabling teams to collaborate effectively and deliver outcomes for savers at scale.
The role criteria
Strategic Leadership & Product Ownership
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Experience leading complex product portfolios at a senior level
- Ability to define and deliver product vision, strategy and outcomes
- Experience leading full product lifecycles, prioritising based on value and impact
- Ability to make clear, data-driven decisions balancing value and risk
Agile, Lean & Operational Excellence
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Strong experience working in Agile and Lean environments across teams
- Ability to drive efficient delivery and navigate complexity and ambiguity
User-Centred Design & Value Delivery
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Ability to champion user needs using research, data and insight
- Experience building business cases and delivering measurable outcomes
- Focus on solving end-to-end service and organisational challenges
Stakeholder Engagement & Communication
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Experience engaging and influencing senior stakeholders
- Ability to communicate complex ideas clearly to support decisions
- Ability to motivate teams by connecting work to purpose and impact
DDaT & Technical Collaboration
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Understanding of digital, data and cross-functional delivery environments
- Experience working with data services and modern technology, including Microsoft platforms (M365, Dynamics 365, Azure data platform, Power Platform) and other technologies
Team Development & Innovation
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Experience developing teams and building capability
- Curious, adaptable and motivated to improve how teams work
Delivery Planning & Prioritisation
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Experience managing roadmaps and prioritising work based on impact and outcomes
You will:
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Own and evolve product or portfolio-level strategies and roadmaps, aligning TPR strategic priorities and user needs, driving modernisation, simplification optimisation and re-use.
- Work with senior stakeholders to shape outcomes, business design and key decisions.
- Ensure products deliver measurable value for users and the organisation.
- Lead end-to-end delivery, promoting user-centred and data-driven approaches.
- Build capability, develop people, and foster a high-performing team culture.
This role is ideal for someone who:
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Cares about making a real difference to people’s lives
- Focuses on solving real problems, not just building digital solutions
- Is confident working with senior leaders and influencing decisions
- Can turn big ideas into clear plans and deliver results
- Enjoys helping others grow and improving how teams work
The team
Reporting to the Head of Product, you will be a core part of TPR’s growing Product community. You will lead and manage members of the Product team directly, while also working with and influencing colleagues across Digital, Data and Technology and the wider organisation.
You will work across multidisciplinary teams delivering high-impact services, helping to shape how Product operates across TPR and how we deliver value at scale. This includes regular engagement with Heads of Department and senior stakeholders, including executive-level leaders, to shape strategy, define outcomes and drive delivery.
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].
