Senior Strategic Planning & Performance Lead

Anglian Water @one Alliance; Norwich; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Anglian Water @one Alliance seeks a Senior Strategic Planning Manager to lead the development and delivery of long-term strategy across the Alliance, coordinating alignment between client priorities, regulatory commitments and programme delivery.

You will oversee governance, assurance and executive reporting while shaping business performance and transformation as AMP8 transitions into AMP9, working with senior stakeholders and partner organisations.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience within programme delivery or strategic planning.
• Experience in complex infrastructure, utilities, engineering or regulated industries.
• Strong track record of executive reporting, governance and performance assurance.
• Exceptional stakeholder engagement and influencing skills.
• Ability to turn complex data into meaningful strategic insight.
• Strong commercial and financial acumen.
• Outstanding communication, leadership and relationship-building skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic planning and business performance activities across the Alliance.
• Ensure clear alignment between client priorities, regulatory obligations and delivery outcomes.
• Support the Alliance Director and Executive Leadership Team in developing and implementing long-term strategy.
• Provide executive-level insight, challenge and recommendations to inform key business decisions.
• Drive governance frameworks and assurance processes that support excellence in delivery.

Skills

Leadership

Executive reporting

Stakeholder engagement

Data to insight

Commercial acumen

Communication

Relationship building

Education

Degree or professional accreditation (Business/Engineering/Management)

MSP / APM / PRINCE2 / MBA or Chartered Status

Water industry AMP knowledge (Desirable)

Job description

Anglian Water @one Alliance seeks a Senior Strategic Planning Manager to lead the development and delivery of long-term strategy across the Alliance, coordinating alignment between client priorities, regulatory commitments and programme delivery.

You will oversee governance, assurance and executive reporting while shaping business performance and transformation as AMP8 transitions into AMP9, working with senior stakeholders and partner organisations.