Programme Manager Storage Points

Anglian Water Services; Peterborough; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading water services company in the UK is seeking a Programme Manager to oversee the critical Storage Point programme. The role involves managing risks, stakeholder relationships, and ensuring efficient delivery while balancing immediate and long-term goals. Candidates should have proven programme management experience, strong analytical skills, and a proactive attitude. Competitive salary and flexible working options are included, with various benefits to promote wellbeing and career growth.

Benefits

Personal private health care

26 days annual leave

Flexible working options

Competitive pension scheme

Company car allowance

Flexible benefits

Bonus scheme

Qualifications

• Proven experience in programme or project management, ideally within a regulated environment.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence and collaborate.
• A proactive, solution-focused approach, able to anticipate issues.

Responsibilities

• Develop and monitor the Storage Point programme, ensuring visibility of progress and risks.
• Build strong relationships with Delivery Managers and supporting teams.
• Provide clear programme updates to stakeholders, ensuring impacts are understood.

Skills

Programme management

Stakeholder management

Analytical skills

Communication skills

Risk management

Job description

Location: Flexible across the Anglian Water Region (with flexible/hybrid working) Salary: £50,000 - £58,000 per annum dependent on experience

Bringing focus, foresight and flow to storage delivery.

As Programme Manager, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the effective planning, control and delivery of a critical programme that underpins safe, resilient water supply for our customers.

Reporting to the Enablement Lead, you’ll provide clear oversight of progress, risk and cost, bringing structure and momentum to a complex delivery environment. This is a role with real scope, requiring commercial awareness, confident stakeholder engagement and the ability to translate insight into action.

You’ll work across multiple teams, balancing immediate delivery pressures with longer-term programme objectives, helping shape how the Storage Point programme is planned, challenged and delivered.

What you’ll be doing

Programme oversight and control

• Develop, manage and monitor the Storage Point programme, ensuring clear visibility of progress, risks, opportunities and financial impacts
• Own and actively manage the programme Risk & Opportunity Log, working with delivery and enabling teams to identify, track and mitigate risks
• Regularly interrogate and challenge project plans to ensure delivery remains realistic, aligned and on track

Stakeholder collaboration

• Build strong, trusted relationships with Storage Point Delivery Managers, planners and supporting teams
• Identify and address deviations in delivery, construction sequencing, timelines and cost at job and parcel level
• Provide clear, timely programme updates to internal and external stakeholders, ensuring impacts and dependencies are well understood

Efficient delivery coordination

• Maintain a programme-wide view to identify opportunities to bundle work, optimise sequencing and make best use of available resources
• Collaborate closely with Water Supply and operational teams to align the Storage Point programme with annual maintenance plans
• Promote efficient delivery approaches and proactive risk mitigation across all sites

Programme refinement, reporting and improvement

• Develop, monitor and refine the programme delivery profile to meet strategic, regulatory and local commitments
• Recommend remedial actions or re-profiling where required to maintain efficient and effective delivery
• Collate, analyse and present cost and schedule data in collaboration with performance teams
• Produce clear, professional reporting with meaningful lead and lag indicators to support informed decision‑making
• Encourage constructive challenge to improve how the programme is planned and delivered

What we’re looking for

This role will suit someone who is comfortable operating with autonomy and accountability in a complex delivery environment.

You’ll bring:

• Proven experience in programme or project management, ideally within a regulated or asset‑intensive environment
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the confidence to influence, challenge and collaborate at all levels
• A commercial mindset, with experience managing cost, risk and programme performance
• A proactive, solution‑focused approach, able to anticipate issues and drive momentum
• Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to turn complex information into clear insight
• Experience within water, utilities or infrastructure delivery is advantageous, along with familiarity with programme controls, planning tools and risk‑based delivery.

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care
• 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service
• Flexible working – Includes a mixture of home, site and Anglian Water Office
• Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double‑matches your contributions up to 6%
• Company car or car cash allowance up to £450pcm
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.
• Bonus scheme

Inclusion is for Everyone

We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all suitably qualified applicants, regardless of gender identity, ethnic origin, nationality, religion, age, sexual orientation, disability, or any other protected characteristic

Closing date: 11th February 2026

Interview dates: week commencing 23rd February 2026