Programme Manager in Brighton

Role title: Programme Manager

TPR grade & pay group: Grade 6 - Principal

Directorate: COO Group

Salary: £73,214 (inclusive of 10% Market Premia)

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Brighton/hybrid 6 days per month in the office

The role and responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced Senior Programme Manager to lead delivery of TPR's Auto Enrolment Agenda - a complex, high-profile programme of work.

This role is ideal for someone who:

• Has a proven track record of leading large-scale, complex transformation programmes.
• Can confidently manage senior stakeholders and suppliers.
• Enjoys working across people, process and technology change.
• Can translate strategic objectives into successful programme outcomes.
• Is motivated by delivering public value and organisational transformation.

You will:

• Lead and direct the on-time delivery of multi-disciplinary business and/or IT transformation projects and programmes.
• Manage senior stakeholder and supplier engagement to ensure smooth delivery.
• Ensure there is a cohesive end-to-end plan and approach for delivery of changes to the Auto Enrolment design and operating model.
• Deliver programmes aligned to recognised methodologies including PRINCE2, MSP and Agile.
• Work with operational and regulatory teams to manage high-level business and IT solution designs through to implementation and embedding into business operations.
• Manage and challenge dependencies across the programme.
• Report programme progress to senior stakeholders and governance forums.
• Lead programme governance, planning and assurance activities.
• Drive delivery of efficiencies, operating model improvements and business value realisation.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams and foster collaboration across business, digital, operational and supplier communities.

The role criteria

• Have a proven track record of leading programme teams delivering large-scale, high-complexity change initiatives.
• Have managed programmes lasting 24 months or longer, with budgets up to £5m and matrix teams of 10-50 people.
• Have experience delivering transformational business and technology change, including supplier management.
• Have line management experience.
• Hold a recognised project or programme management qualification (e.g. PRINCE2, MSP, SAFe, APM) or equivalent experience.
• Have experience applying both Agile and Waterfall methodologies.
• Possess strong planning, governance and programme delivery skills.
• Understand budgeting principles and financial management.
• Have experience implementing approved Target Operating Models.
• Ideally possess knowledge of Automatic Enrolment and the wider pensions landscape.
• Ideally have knowledge of contact centres and omni-channel communications.

The team

The role sits within the COO Group – PPCR, reporting to the Head of Strategic Change & eVMO. The team is responsible for delivering strategic transformation initiatives that support TPR's corporate objectives and major pensions reform agenda. Working across multiple business areas, the team provides programme leadership, governance and delivery expertise to ensure successful implementation of complex organisational change.

TPR offers:

• 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.

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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 Strategyoutlines 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.

Find out more about us.