Senior Delivery Manager

The Pensions Regulator; Brighton; Hybrid; GBP 54,000 - 65,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Learning and development

Inclusive environment

Hybrid working

Employee networks

Job summary

The Pensions Regulator is seeking a Senior Delivery Manager in Brighton with a focus on delivering complex initiatives that protect savers and strengthen confidence in the pensions system. You will lead multiple projects across teams, ensuring value, quality and timely delivery.

You will work with senior stakeholders, mentor delivery teams and apply agile methods to drive progress, adapt to change and optimise outcomes for the organisation and its customers.

Qualifications

• Significant project management experience, in senior/leadership roles in government, regulatory or financial services.
• Track record of delivering complex projects on time, within budget and to high quality standards using agile methods.
• Strong leadership to guide multidisciplinary teams and clear written and verbal communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple projects from start to finish, coordinating across teams to deliver on time and to budget.
• Apply agile, iterative approaches to help teams learn, adapt and deliver value earlier.
• Build trusted relationships with senior stakeholders to support decision-making and shared ownership.
• Mentor others, grow delivery capability and ensure risks are well managed.

Skills

Project management

Leadership

Agile methodologies

Communication

Structured thinking

Education

Project Management certification

Tools

Azure DevOps

Jira

Trello

Job description

Role title: Senior Delivery Manager

TPR grade & pay group: Grade 7 – CORE – Lead Specialist

Directorate: Chief Operating Officer Group (COOG)

Salary: £59,481 Per Annum (inclusive of a 10% Market Premia)

Contract type: Permanent

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

The Role And Responsibilities

This role is ideal for someone who:

• Enjoys bringing people together to deliver shared goals across different teams
• Takes a thoughtful and adaptable approach to planning and delivery
• Values continuous learning and encourages others to improve and grow
• Builds positive, trusting relationships with a wide range of stakeholders
• Stays focused on outcomes while navigating complexity and change

The role criteria

• Has significant project management experience, including time in a senior or leadership role within government, regulatory or financial services environments
• Has a track record of delivering complex projects on time, within budget and to high quality standards using agile methods
• Demonstrates strong leadership and the ability to support and guide multidisciplinary teams
• Communicates clearly in writing and verbally, including explaining complex information in a straightforward way
• Uses structured thinking and sound judgement to solve problems and make decisions
• Builds and maintains effective working relationships with a range of stakeholders
• Holds recognised Project Management certification, preferably including agile project management experience.
• Is confident using agile project management tools such as Azure DevOps, JIRA or Trello

You Will

As a Senior Delivery Manager, you will play a key role in delivering complex initiatives that help protect savers and strengthen confidence in the pensions system. You will lead multiple projects from start to finish, bringing together colleagues from across teams to deliver high-quality outcomes on time and within budget. Working closely with senior stakeholders, you will build trusted relationships that support clear decision-making and shared ownership. You will use agile, iterative approaches to help teams learn quickly, adapt to change and deliver value earlier.

This role is central to how TPR delivers its priorities—ensuring work is well planned, risks are managed, and public value is achieved. You'll create an environment where people feel supported to collaborate, solve problems and continuously improve. By mentoring others and encouraging learning across teams, you'll help build delivery capability while making a meaningful difference to the organisation, its colleagues and the people who rely on a well-run pensions system.

The team

This role is within Planning, Partnerships and Corporate Reporting at TPR. This team is at the centre of all TPR initiatives and includes skilled change professionals who are experienced across Project Delivery, Business Analysis and Design and Portfolio Management and Quality.

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.

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.

Find out more about us.

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 [e-mail].

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.

We welcome applications on a part time and job share basis.

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.