Job profile for Commercial Business Partner
Commercial Business Partner
Brighton with Hybrid working
16/10/2025
Commercial Business Partner
The job requirements are detailed below. Where applicable the skills, qualifications and memberships required for this job have also been included.
Job details
Salary
Salary between £43,682 to £45,980 per annum (pro rata) dependent on skills and experience
Contractual hours
35
Basis
Full time
Package
Excellent benefits package, and flexible working arrangements
Job category/type
Commercial / Procurement / Contract Management
Date posted
02/10/2025
Job reference
REQ000163
Job description
Role title: Commercial Business Partner
TPR grade & pay group: Grade 8 – R&O
Directorate: COO Group
Starting salary: Salary between £43,682 to £45,980 per annum (pro rata) dependent on skills and experience, plus excellent benefits package, and flexible working arrangements
Contract type: 5-month (approx. until 31st March 2026) fixed term
Location: Brighton/hybrid (6 days per month in the office)
Closing date: 16 October 2025
The role and responsibilities
We're looking for someone to deliver best practice commercial services and solutions. They will be required to lead on procurements and deliver robust, value for money contracts.
You will:
* Support the Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Directorate and lead on procurements and deliver robust, value for money contracts
* Develop effective working relationships and communicate clearly / confidently to all stakeholders, both orally and in writing; to influence thinking and to indirectly manage the actions of others
* Work with a high level of autonomy, proactively, with minimal guidance or oversight required and freedom of thought in undertaking tasks
* Make actions count by identifying, prioritising, and planning effectively
* Scope, prioritise and plan all procurement activities required to meet business outcomes – identifying outputs, dependencies, resource estimates, stakeholders, risks, and timescales
* Use DDaT Category experience to upskill colleagues on the DDaT specific frameworks available to TPR and how to determine route to market
The role criteria
Essential criteria: -
* Professional Membership/Experience: MCIPS or equivalent with extensive business awareness gained from significant experience of related work from either private or public sector
* Procurement Legislation: In-depth breadth of specialised knowledge of Public Procurement directives, principles, and UK specific legislation
* DDaT Category Experience: Whilst a depth and breadth of general public sector procurement is required, knowledge and experience of the DDaT category from a public sector perspective is required
* Personal skills:
* Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence teams to follow best practice and governance standards and to inform and influence Board/Executive/Senior Leadership Team decisions
* Acting with integrity, having a positive attitude with the ability to take ownership and responsibility for the completion of tasks and the ability to take and demonstrate initiative
* Ability to adapt and work within TPR's governance framework but with the professional confidence to use judgement and pragmatic thinking to recommend policy and procedures efficiencies within the procurement lifecycle
* Desire to disseminate knowledge and experience across the wider commercial team
Procurement Strategies: extensive knowledge, experience and understanding of public sector frameworks, plus being aware of new avenues of supply.
The team
Head of Commercial & Facilities
x4 pillars:
* X2 Procurement: BAU & Projects
* X1 Contract Management (soon to incorporate SRM) – tier 1, strategic contracts
* X1 Continuous Improvement & Governance
Each pillar includes the following (numbers vary):
* Manager
* BP
* JBP
* Adviser
Directorates and teams are assigned to BPs, but with flexibility to cross over where resource is required.
For more information, please see the role description.
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 27%. 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.
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 criteria outlined in the 'what you will bring' section will be offered an interview.
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
Commercial Business Partner