Senior Transformation Manager

About us

At National Grid, we have a great track record of delivery across the UK and US and our business areas play a vital role in connecting millions of people to the energy they use, while continually seeking ways to make the energy system cleaner.  We’re committed to net zero for our own emissions by 2050, and so we have a huge ambition ahead of us to deliver the Energy Transition within our jurisdiction to achieve net zero ambitions.

We’re planning to invest around £35 billion across the next five years and this significant scale of investment in our energy networks will unlock economic growth and enable the increasingly digital, electrified and decarbonised economies of the future. This makes us one of the biggest green investors in the sector, allowing us to revolutionise and decarbonise the energy future across electricity, gas and renewables for the benefit of everyone.

A large part of this investment will be across the UK within the Electricity Transmission (ET) business where we maintain the high-voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales. We take electricity generated from windfarms and other power sources and transport it through our network of pylons, overhead lines, cables, and substations. It then goes on to separate lower voltage local distribution networks, which connect directly to homes and businesses.

About the role

Reporting to the Director of ET Transformation, with a strong interface to the ET business executive sponsor, you will provide dedicated leadership, support, and oversight at the portfolio level to critical business transformational workstreams.

Summary of Key Accountabilities

• Support ET Business Exec sponsor & leaders to define, structure, manage and support delivery of a transformation portfolio.
• Lead a working team spanning the Transformation Office and business units.
• Create & maintain a 3, 5, 10-year view of the target state ambition/vision for the transformational shift setting out measurable outcomes and targets to achieve.
• Work with the business to translate the target vision & evolve current initiatives and activities into a structured portfolio of initiatives with clearly defined outcomes structured to achieve the target end states.
• Bring thought leadership, external perspective, best practice, benchmarking, and deep transformation expertise to challenge and enable the business to achieved better outcomes.
• Support business units to define the delivery and implementation plan ensuring that there are clearly defined milestones linked to value delivery, business cases and clear business led ownership of initiatives.
• Act as an ‘activist’ programme manager – ensure robust, productive challenge to the delivery team with transparent performance & reporting.
• Influence business sponsor, leads, and coach/enable delivery teams, challenging when needed.
• Provide oversight & support to the PMO analyst ensuring clearly defined benefits case, KPIs /milestone tracking & performance reporting, and effective governance / processes are in place .
• Work across the business to set out the narrative for change – why, what, how and the change management plan and approach considering both the relevant teams and ET wide population. 
• Ensure key interdependencies and risks are managed across the broader ET transformation.

We’re flexible on where you’re based, but you’ll need to attend of our offices in Warwick regularly for meetings.  The role will offer a mix of office and home working.

What you'll need

You’ll have considerable experience in business transformation and change, including developing portfolio and transformation roadmaps, defining KPIs, benefits cases, change management and complex programme management. Ideally this will be within a large scale, complex business environment.

A self-starter, able to identify value-add areas, with experience of structuring the work needed to proactively delivery, you’ll have experience in business vision and strategy, taking account of external and internal factors driving change.

With a demonstrated ability to clearly structure and manage complex projects/programmes across a wide range of senior stakeholders and extended teams, you’ll have strong analytical and critical thinking skills and be able to down problems into root causes, drivers, structuring a clear action plan.

Experience of working closely with business executives and senior leaders with a demonstrated ability to build strong relationships, you’ll have effective people management skills with the ability to influence and manage individuals across multiple teams to work together.

Strong communication skill, both written and verbal, with an ability to get to the key insights and recommendations clearly and effectively at multiple levels is essential as is someone who can embody the change needed, by motivating and inspiring others to adopt and embrace new behaviours.

What you'll get

• A salary of £85,000 to £100,000 + Benefits package.
• Company car
• Annual Performance Based Bonus of up to 20%
• 28 days annual leave plus eight statutory days
• Private Medical Insurance with the chance to purchase for your partner or family.
• Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.
• Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave – so long as it’s relevant to your role.
• Access to flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
• Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).
• Access to apps which support health, fitness and wellbeing.

More Information

This role closes at midnight on 29th July 2025 however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

At National Grid we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.

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