Delivery Strategy Lead

About the role

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National Grid Strategic Infrastructure (SI) delivers the projects that enable the UK’s transition to Net Zero. To ensure success, our investment workbook must be deliverable from the outset. The Delivery Strategy team seeks to provide answers to questions such as: What system access do we require and how do we secure it? What equipment do we need to procure to deliver the workbook and how do we ensure there is sufficient capacity in the supply chain? How do we optimise the delivery of the workbook alongside the wider NGET portfolio? 

We're seeking an enthusiastic Delivery Strategy Lead to help shape these decisions and influence project outcomes. This is a unique opportunity to contribute to the development and delivery of projects critical to achieving Net Zero. Applicants should be passionate about the energy transition and bring one or more of the following capabilities: technical, commercial, or strategy development expertise.

This role is based from Warwick and you can enjoy our hybrid working from office and home. 

Key accountabilities

• Own delivery strategy workstreams, identifying risks and opportunities, and provide clear recommendations, templates and assurance to shape how projects are developed and delivered. This will require close coordination with the other Development Strategy Leads in the team.
• Develop the ‘toolkit’ of levers at our disposal to improve the deliverability of projects, consider implications across our portfolio, and clearly articulate the time, resource and other deliverability impacts versus business-as-usual processes.
• Coordinate with stakeholders across SI and the wider business to collect relevant information for the development of robust delivery strategies, generate insights, and justify recommendations that maximise deliverability and consumer value.
• Provide data-driven insights to support internal and external workstreams.
• Contribute to option or portfolio reviews to ensure [a] a consistent approach to developing delivery strategies [b] wider strategic business drivers are considered in the same way across all projects and [c] deliverability assurance.
• Conduct first-line reviews of Investment Cases to provide deliverability assurance.
• Represent SI in NGET forums, promoting whole-system thinking and ensuring SI requirements are considered.
• Provide advisory support to Project Development teams. 

About you

• Strategic thinker with ability to see the bigger picture and think beyond existing parameters.
• Curious and proactive learner, driven to explore and understand deliverability issues.
• Well organised, skilled in collecting, structuring and analysing data and information effectively.
• Excellent writing and presentational skills to translate research and analysis into clear insights and recommendations
• Collaborative team player with experience of working across multidisciplinary teams.
• Good stakeholder management and relationship-building skills.
• Relevant technical/professional qualification such as Degree or equivalent in economics or management.
• Experience in project delivery and knowledge of the energy sector is desirable.

What you'll get

A competitive salary between £54,000 - £68,000 – dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of 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.

About us

National Grid Strategic Infrastructure is a Business Unit created to propel our grid forward to deliver in 5 years, what has been achieved in the previous 30. By 2030 we aim to have 17 new major infrastructure projects live across England, Scotland and Wales.

Here at National Grid, we connect homes and businesses to power, making sure supply and demand match each other. We make sure the lights are on in schools, operating theatres, and sporting arenas; we’re thousands of people working on behalf of millions of people.

Our investment in Strategic Infrastructure via The Great Grid Upgrade will mean more home-grown power, greater energy security and a cleaner future.

Whatever your role, wherever you work with us, you’ll help us hit stretching targets and achieve our far-reaching goal: to secure, clean energy that supports our world far into the future. Here, you will be at the heart of energy.

More information

This role closes on 2 February 2026 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary. Interviews to be held week commencing 9 February. 

In most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points-based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points-based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider offering sponsorship. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnic origin.

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