Strategic Investment Need and Spatial Context Delivery Manager

National Grid; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 64,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy organization is seeking a Regional Energy Strategic Planner. This role involves leading a small agile team to deliver Strategic Investment Needs and Spatial Context for Regional Energy Strategic Plans. Candidates should have experience in the energy sector, strong data analysis skills, and project management expertise. Responsibilities include collaborating with stakeholders and ensuring consistency in energy product delivery across regions. This position offers competitive compensation, including a salary of £64,000 - £78,000 and various employee benefits.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Bonus up to 15%

28 days annual leave

Generous pension scheme

Career development resources

Qualifications

• Understanding of gas, electricity, and hydrogen markets.
• Ability to communicate complex ideas effectively.
• Experience managing technical teams.

Responsibilities

• Deliver the Strategic Investment Need (SIN) and Spatial Context (SC) for Regional Energy Strategic Plans.
• Drive continuous improvement and manage product backlogs.
• Ensure consistency across nations and regions in project delivery.

Skills

Experience in energy sector

Team leadership

Data analysis

Stakeholder management

Project management

Job description

About the role

National Energy System Operator (NESO) recognises the potential of bright and talented individuals, and we encourage you to join us as Great Britain’s energy system undergoes an ambitious, exciting, and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, more sustainable energy future.

The National Energy System Operator (NESO) has been given an exciting new role of Regional Energy Strategic Planner. We will be responsible for developing Regional Energy Strategic Plans (RESPs) for 11 nations and regions across Great Britain, empowered through recent Ofgem decisions and consultations. These RESPs will consist of four digital-enabled products: Nations and Regions Context, Strategic Investment Needs, National and Regional Pathways and Consistent Planning Assumptions (CPAs), and Spatial Context. The national and regional RESP teams will be supported by a Hub team providing strategic support, interfacing with national stakeholders and governance and providing services that are common to nations and regions and more effectively delivered centrally.

The purpose of this role is to create and lead the RESP Strategic Investment Need (SIN) and Spatial Context (SC) Delivery team. You will be accountable for developing and owning the frameworks for RESP SIN and SC, the two geospatial RESP products. You will work on the design of these products with the Data and Digital team, Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from our Whole Energy Model Development and Pathways & CPAs Delivery teams, and representatives from the nations and regions.

You will manage a small, agile team and provide clear oversight to the RESP Technical Delivery Senior Manager on progress and decisions relating to the SIN and SC. You will also be accountable for technical co-ordination of the SIN and SC products, including addressing consistency across nations and regions, and for the technical review and assurance of network plans in line with this.

This role can be based from Wokingham, Warwick, Glasgow, and we continue to offer hybrid working from office and home. We are open to full time and part time applicants, as well as flexible working arrangements.

About us

The creation of National Energy System Operator (NESO) is driven by an urgent need to unify and optimise our approach to energy. A more integrated and coordinated strategy is needed to meet the unprecedented challenges of climate change, ensuring secure energy supply, and keeping costs manageable for consumers.

Join us and empower your potential, energise our team, and be part of something bigger.

Your energy, our future, together.

About the National Energy System Operator (NESO)

In Autumn of 2024, the ESO transitioned to National Energy System Operator, or NESO for short. Previously denoted as the Future System Operator (or FSO), the new National Energy System Operator is the independent body responsible for planning Great Britain’s electricity and gas networks and operating the electricity system.

NESO, including all of its existing roles, are now at the heart of the new National Energy System Operator. As NESO, we will build on our existing roles, capabilities, and ways of working significantly to create an organisation the energy system and its users’ need. Our new capabilities will enable us to look across vectors, including electricity, natural gas and hydrogen, and crucially consider the trade-offs between them.

The organisation is set up as a public corporation with its own Board of independent directors, with complete operational independence from government, the regulator and any and all commercial interest. As was the ESO, NESO will be licenced and regulated by Ofgem through price control agreements and obligated to identify optimal solutions to system operations and planning in the most sustainable, affordable and secure way for all.

The time to deliver is now. As part of our team, you won’t just be touching the lives of almost everyone in Great Britain – you’ll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.

Key Accountabilities

Delivery Oversight and Improvement

• Deliver the Strategic Investment Need (SIN) and Spatial Context (SC) for our “Regional Energy Strategic Plans” publication, on a 3‑yearly cycle
• Drive the continuous improvement of SIN and SC, considering new and improved processes and tools to ensure we provide value to our customers and our business
• Iterate on product vision, manage product backlogs, maintain product roadmap between RESP cycles
• Review and update of the RESP methodology to reflect changes to the products between 3-year RESP cycles

Technical Coordination

• Accountable for the technical coordination of SIN and SC products, ensuring consistency across nations and regions
• Accountable for the delivery of network plan assurance for SIN

Communication and Collaboration

• Lead and manage a newly formed team
• Collaborate with nations and regions teams to support consistency and quality of delivery
• Collaborate with our Data and Digital team and Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) from our Whole Energy Model Development and Pathways & CPAs Delivery teams
• Represent NESO at external governance and working group forums
• Manage resources and people effectively and proactively in line with budget, best practice and NESO frameworks and procedures

About you

• Experience within and knowledge of the energy sector, including across gas, electricity and hydrogen markets, with detailed understanding in at least one, and a good understanding of current and future global economic and market issues facing the industry
• Experience with leading a technical team, supporting team members and creating an inclusive and welcoming environment
• Ability to communicate thought leading, compelling and complex ideas and influence key senior internal and external stakeholders
• Ability to interpret and analyse large volumes of data
• Experience working with senior leaders and stakeholders within an organisation, with the ability to communicate effectively and contribute to discussions
• Experience in developing strong working relationships across all levels of the organisation and with stakeholders (in particular, government and regulators), quickly and effectively
• Experience in managing and delivering projects at pace
• Experience in managing products end to end including continuous improvement and strategic alignment

About what you'll get

A competitive salary between £64,000 - £78,000 per annum – dependent on experience and capability. As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus of up to 15% of your salary for stretch performance, 28 days annual leave as standard, and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.

As we work towards creating a cleaner, greener, and more affordable future for all, we also work towards creating a place for our teammates to belong, with professional and personal growth and positive well‑being.

• Full support and career‑development resources to expand your skills, enhance your expertise, and maximise your potential along your career journey.
• A diverse and inclusive community of belonging, where teammates are empowered to bring ideas to the table.
• Generous Total Rewards Plan – comprising of health, finance and wealth, work/life balance, and career benefits.

More information

This role closes on 18th December 2025 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary. Interviews will be taking place 7th,8th, 12th, 14th and 15th January 2026.

We work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

We're committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve, and a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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