Energy and Water Senior Manager

Baringa; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consulting firm in the UK is seeking a Senior Manager - Director for their Energy and Water team. This role requires 8+ years of consulting experience in utilities and offers the chance to lead complex change programmes and develop client relationships. The ideal candidate will have a track record of successful project delivery, business development, and team leadership. Competitive benefits and potential for partnership await the right individual in this award-winning workplace.

Benefits

5 weeks of annual leave

Flexible working policy

Corporate responsibility days

Wellbeing fund

Quarterly promotion reviews

Profit share scheme

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in consulting, preferably in utilities.
• Track record of building client relationships at senior levels.
• Experience leading blended teams of clients and consultants.

Responsibilities

• Act as a trusted advisor for clients on complex business challenges.
• Scope and deliver complex change programmes.
• Lead project teams, driving business development activities.

Skills

Consulting experience in utilities sector

Client relationship management

Project delivery

Business development

Communication skills

Leadership skills

Education

8+ years of consulting experience

Preferred 10+ years for Director role

Tools

Digital platforms

AI solutions

Job description

Energy and Water Senior Manager - Director

Posted 15 days ago – Permanent – Competitive

About Baringa

We set out to build the world's most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people‑first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start‑ups, in every sector.

You'll find us collaborating shoulder‑to‑shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.

We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world – from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.

We are looking for experienced Senior Managers and Directors to join our thriving and award‑winning energy and water team.

Our practice

Our Energy and Water team is a dynamic, award‑winning group of experts dedicated to tackling the utilities sector's most pressing and public‑facing challenges, including driving the transition to Net Zero.

Our clients rely on our deep industry experience, knowledge and insight coupled with a hands‑on, pragmatic delivery approach to solve challenges in Retail Energy, Energy Networks and Water, including market reform, customer operations, net‑zero strategies, policy, strategy, innovation, and digital solutions.

What you will be doing

This is an exciting opportunity for entrepreneurial‑minded consultants who are excited at the possibility of joining and helping grow our energy and water team. As a privately held LLP, this position offers the future possibility of admission to an equity partnership with sustained high performance.

• You will be a trusted advisor for our clients helping them identify, assess, design and implement solutions to their most complex business challenges.
• You will be responsible for scoping and delivering complex multi‑faced change programmes under challenging market conditions.
• You will work frequently in industry within high visibility areas, leading blended project teams of Baringa and client personnel.
• You will be part of our practice's leadership team, driving business development activities and go‑to‑market strategy.

Your skills and experience

Our Senior Manager position requires 8+ years of experience (Director 10+ years) in a consulting role with extensive experience within the utilities sector.

We are seeking experienced industry professionals who have deep management consulting experience and a curious personality with a track record of:

• Successfully contributing to building and growing trusted client relationships at senior levels.
• Shaping, building, nurturing and leading successfully blended teams of clients and consultants.
• Delivering complex client engagements with tangible outcomes.
• Excellent commercial awareness and the ability to drive business development.
• Strong communication, leadership and presentation skills.
• The ability to explain complex concepts to non‑specialists.

We are particularly looking for individuals with experience or specialisation in the following key areas:

• Digital: Experience delivering digital, data platforms & solutions including AI in utilities.
• Customer: Understanding of complex processes across customer metering, billing, debt management from a systems, process and regulatory perspective.
• Field Services: Experience in field service transformation to enable performance improvement and net‑zero delivery.
• Network Infrastructure: Experience shaping, delivering & digital enablement of asset management & capital delivery programmes in utilities.
• Energy Distribution: Knowledge of DSO, flexibility markets or grid connection processes and relevant industry reforms.

Our main focus for these roles is across the UK & Ireland markets, but experience in Australia, the US or Continental Europe would also be useful.

What a career at Baringa will give you

Putting People First

• Generous Annual Leave Policy – 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year, plus a 5‑Year Recharge benefit for an additional 2 weeks after 5 years continuous service.
• Flexible Working – hybrid working policy and more flexibility around unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days – 3 days each year to help social and environmental causes.
• Wellbeing Fund – annual People Fund to support wellbeing activities.
• Career Progression – quarterly promotion reviews without quotas.
• Profit Share Scheme – all employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme.

Diversity and Inclusion

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation and value for our clients and our people.

An award‑winning workplace

We have been recognised as a Great Place to Work, with a commitment to women and well‑being in the workplace for all.

Using business as a force for good

Our B Corp™ certification shows that we meet high standards of social and environmental performance and transparency. Our people‑first philosophy is embodied in our mantra – Be Kind. Be Curious. Be Great at Work.

Join us

All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further.

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