Senior Product Manager

TPR grade & pay group: Grade 5 & Digital

Directorate: Digital, Data & Technology

Contract type: Permanent

Location: Brighton:
Hybrid (6 days per month in the office)

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.

• Ability to define and deliver product vision, strategy and outcomes
• Experience leading full product life cycles, prioritising based on value and impact
• Ability to make clear, data-driven decisions balancing value and risk

• Strong experience working in Agile and Lean environments across teams
• Ability to drive efficient delivery and navigate complexity and ambiguity

• 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

• 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

• 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
• Experience developing teams and building capability
• Curious, adaptable and motivated to improve how teams work

• Experience managing roadmaps and prioritising work based on impact and outcomes

• 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.

• 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

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 s includes regular engagement with Heads of Department and senior stakeholders, including executive-level leaders, to shape strategy, define outcomes and drive delivery.

• Genuine opportunities for learning and development.
• Hybrid working and flexible shift patterns.
• A vibrant workplace with employee networks (Disability, Family, LGBT+, Minority Ethnic, Mental Health, Women’s).

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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