Net Zero Innovation Manager

Jersey Electricity Plc; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 66,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company in Warwick is seeking a Net Zero Innovation Manager to lead a team of Innovation Engineers and manage innovation projects focused on transitioning to net zero emissions. The role offers a hybrid working model, performance bonuses, and opportunities for professional development. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in innovation and stakeholder management.

Benefits

Annual Performance Based Bonus

Generous contributory pension scheme

Flexible benefits and employee assistance

Family care benefits

Health and fitness app access

Qualifications

• Significant experience in innovation project ideation, delivery, and implementation.
• Strong internal and external stakeholder management experience.
• Skilled in business case writing for funding.

Responsibilities

• Manage a team of Innovation Engineers to prioritize projects.
• Provide oversight of delivery and implementation of innovation projects.
• Ensure alignment with innovation strategy and regulatory requirements.

Skills

Innovation project management

Stakeholder management

Creative thinking

Technical knowledge of electricity transmission

Education

Experience in innovation environments

Experience mentoring and coaching

Job description

About us

At National Grid, our commitment to a cleaner, greener energy future is powered by the dedication and ingenuity of our people. Join our team as a Net Zero Innovation Manager and be a part of something bigger-where your unique skills and passions can make a real difference. Together, we are superpowered.

National Grid is hiring a Net Zero Innovation Manager for our Customer and Network Development Team based in Warwick.

About the role

Here at National Grid, we are almost doubling our innovation activity as we have recently secured more funding to help to test new ideas to get to Net Zero. As a result of our increase in innovation activity we are looking for a Net Zero Innovation Manager to lead and guide a team of Innovation Engineers to facilitate the end-to-end delivery and implementation of our innovation plans.

In this role you will ensure we are prioritising the right projects and focussing on how we deploy these to our network, keeping a close eye on the cost benefit, deploy-ability and the overarching National Grid strategy when it comes to Innovation.

You will also have the opportunity to build your team, ensuring as a function we have the best people ideating, developing, delivering and implementing innovation projects. As the Manager of this team, you will be comfortable communicating about our projects internally and externally, attending conferences and internal meetings.

What you'll do

• Manage a team of Innovation Engineers, ensuring we are priotising the right projects to deploy to our network

• Provide oversight of delivery of innovation projects

• Management of innovation projects to align with our innovation strategy

• Oversight of implementation of innovations into business as usual activities

• Management of regulatory allowances and budgets for innovation

• Regulatory and industry reporting on innovation activities

• Expand and build your Innovation Team through recruitment

About you

• Significant experience in working in an innovation environment and ideating, developing, delivering and implementing innovation projects

• Experience mentoring and coaching people to think creatively and performance research and development activities in a technology driven environment

• Strong internal and external Stakeholder Management experience

• Skilled in writing successful funding/investment business cases

• Project and portfolio management skills

• Ideally knowledge of Electricity Transmission network and its assets

• Excellent understanding of internal and external innovation practice and organisations

• Ability to think laterally and see the wider perspective based on a solid foundation of science, facts and data

• Understanding of technical, commercial and legal aspects around innovation

What you'll get

£66,000 - £75,000 dependant on experience

• Annual Performance Based Bonus of up to 30%

• Hybrid working model between Home, Site and Office

• 28 days annual leave, plus eight statutory days

• The option to buy additional or sell holiday days

• 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 several 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 a numerous apps which support health, fitness and wellbeing

We are keen to see our people progress and will support you in gaining the qualifications and skills you need to develop, bespoke to your needs and those of the business.

More information

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) own the electricity transmission network in England and Wales.

Every time you plug in your phone or flick a light switch, we've played a part. Not only are we responsible for delivering energy to millions of homes and businesses, we are also driving the move to cleaner energy, and the Government's target of net zero emissions by 2050.

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is at the heart of energy in the UK. The electricity we provide gets the nation to work, powers schools and brings energy to life. Our energy network connects the nation, so it's essential that it's continually evolving, advancing, and improving.

In NGET we are passionate about both operating our network safely and providing highly reliable quality of supply for our customers. At the heart of achieving these outcomes is the effective control and operation of our network.

To find out more about us, please follow the link below:

https://www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-transmission/

The closing date for applications is 29/07/25

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