Role:                          Chief Executive

Reporting to:          The Chair & Board

Direct reports:       The Executive Team

Role purpose

• To develop and lead a clear strategic and regulatory vision, delivering a transformational approach to regulation, focussed on delivering measurable improvements to saver outcomes.
• To champion and lead on robust strategic plans that drive the organisation forward.
• To continually challenge and develop the organisational capabilities and capacity of TPR to enable outstanding performance.
• To lead and empower the Executive Team to deliver effectively as a team and as individuals in line with the corporate and regulatory strategy
• To provide visible and inspirational leadership to all staff of TPR role modelling the values at all times ensuring a ‘one TPR’ team where everyone contributes to the success of TPR.
• To build and develop strong relationships with key stakeholders and partners including DWP, Minister for Pensions, other regulators and the regulated community.
• To be an effective thought leader for the industry, using media and communication strategically.
• To ensure efficient delivery of all responsibilities, with a robust focus on value for money.

• Creating successful collaboration with sponsored department and government representatives to position TPR effectively in pensions policy and delivery
• Building effective relationships with the wider pensions industry and media as a thought leader on pensions issues and a key spokesperson on pensions challenges and regulation
• Cultivate and maintain partnerships with key regulatory bodies to provide a joined up regulatory service
• To represent TPR at senior committees, up to an including the Work and Pensions Select Committee
• Leading and maintaining a strong leadership team which is fairly and fully evaluated; Assigning responsibilities clearly to executive and senior management and overseeing the establishment of effective risk management and control systems;
• Recruiting, developing and retaining talented and diverse people to work at TPR
• Act as Accounting officer for TPR with delegated authority from DWP
• Communicating throughout TPR the strategic objectives and the values of TPR as agreed with the Board, and ensuring that these are achieved in practice; Sharing with the Chair and with other members of TPR senior management the responsibility for communicating TPR’s messages externally

Knowledge, and Experience

• Demonstrable leadership capabilities, enabling and empowering team members to deliver whilst also fostering a strong culture of accountability
• Ability to shape strategic vision, balancing the development of long-term strategy with delivery of short-term objectives
• Proven capability of leading coherent, joined up and fully delivered change programmes across the organisation building strategic capability for the future
• Experience of leading the development and delivery of transformational change in relation to digital and data techniques
• Ability to prioritise resource across multiple competing strategic objectives, aligning resource allocation to measurement of results delivery
• Familiar and at ease in a position with high public visibility and accountability; committed to establishing and maintaining the highest standards of integrity, professionalism, and due process
• Operating an effective system of controls, assurance and risk management
• Responsibility for overall delivery of regulatory (or other equivalent) functions

• Committed to diversity and inclusion in all their forms, ensuring diversity of thought is evident throughout the organisation’s work both internal and external
• Championing and role modelling the development of the people and culture within the organisation
• High levels of personal effectiveness, determination and resilience
• Inquisitive, with curiosity and openness to creative thinking
• An ability and a willingness to learn within a complex and challenging environment