AI Value Office Director - Global AI Portfolio Leader

National Grid; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Annual performance incentive up to 30%

Job summary

National Grid is seeking an AI Value Office Director to lead the UK and US teams from its Warwick base, guiding the AI Value Office in prioritising opportunities and realising value across the organisation. You will partner with Connect AI, Data Science and Engineering to frame problems and drive decision-making.

The role reports to the Head of AI Value Office and requires strong leadership, governance, and commercial acumen to deliver measurable outcomes in a hybrid working setup from Warwick,

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience in AI, digital transformation, management consulting, technology-enabled change, portfolio management or a comparable advisory environment.
• Proven experience leading geographically dispersed, cross-functional teams and managing consultant resources.
• Strong track record of framing complex business problems and translating them into structured opportunities, options and decisions.
• Demonstrable experience developing business cases, investment recommendations, value frameworks and benefits-realisation plans.
• Experience managing portfolios through intake, prioritisation, governance, delivery oversight and outcome tracking.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen, including benefits, costs, ROI, total cost of ownership, assumptions and investment trade-offs.
• Experience partnering across Business, Finance, Technology, Data, Architecture, Risk and external suppliers.
• Proven ability to produce clear, evidence-based reporting and recommendations for executive audiences.
• Experience influencing senior stakeholders in a complex, matrixed and international organisation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the AI Value Office, translating strategic direction into clear priorities, delivery plans and effective day-to-day operations, while leading and developing a UK and US-based team.
• Shape the AI opportunity pipeline, partnering with senior stakeholders to identify, assess and prioritise high-value AI opportunities aligned to business and strategic priorities.
• Develop robust value and investment cases, defining expected financial and non-financial benefits, costs, KPIs, assumptions and success measures in partnership with Finance and business owners.
• Shape solutions and delivery routes, working across AI, Data, Technology, Architecture, Risk and business teams to assess feasibility, reuse opportunities, investment requirements and the most appropriate route to delivery.
• Own AI portfolio governance and value realisation, maintaining a clear view of initiatives from initial opportunity through approval, delivery, adoption and realised value.
• Provide executive-level insight and challenge, reporting on pipeline health, investment, delivery confidence, adoption, benefits, risks and dependencies to support effective decision-making.
• Drive quality and continuous improvement, establishing consistent standards, methodologies and controls for opportunity assessment, value cases and portfolio reporting.
• Embed effective governance and Responsible AI, ensuring opportunities meet relevant governance, risk, security, legal, data and compliance requirements and maintain appropriate auditability.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional teams

Business cases

Portfolio management

Financial acumen

Stakeholder engagement

Executive reporting

Job description

National Grid is seeking an AI Value Office Director to lead the UK and US teams from its Warwick base, guiding the AI Value Office in prioritising opportunities and realising value across the organisation. You will partner with Connect AI, Data Science and Engineering to frame problems and drive decision-making.

The role reports to the Head of AI Value Office and requires strong leadership, governance, and commercial acumen to deliver measurable outcomes in a hybrid working setup from Warwick,