Strategic Portfolio Capital Efficiency Lead

Thames Water Utilities Limited; Reading; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car allowance

Performance-related pay

Generous pension

Private medical health care

Health and wellbeing benefits

Job summary

Thames Water Utilities Limited is seeking a Portfolio Capital Efficiency Lead to shape how capital is delivered across our water and wastewater programmes. This hybrid role, based at Clearwater Court (RG1 8DB), combines office presence with travel as needed.

You will translate priorities into focused efficiency activity, influence senior decision-makers, and collaborate with Sponsor Directors to drive value across our multi‑billion pound investment programme.

Qualifications

• Experience in capital planning, investment programmes or portfolio management in asset-intensive environments.
• Ability to interpret performance information and turn it into recommendations.
• Experience supporting senior decision-making through insight, analysis and strategic challenge.
• Strong stakeholder-management and influencing skills across organisational boundaries.
• Ability to communicate complex risks, opportunities and priorities clearly.
• Experience driving improvement and embedding change.
• Commercial awareness and delivering value.
• Confidence to lead through influence at all levels.

Responsibilities

• Act as the strategic capital efficiency lead for either Water or Waste portfolio, translating priorities into focused efficiency activity.
• Provide insight, challenge and recommendations to shape senior leadership decisions.
• Review portfolio performance, identify risks, gaps, opportunities and trends.
• Translate sponsor priorities into focused activity across delivery teams via Capital Efficiency Partners.
• Assess maturity and deliverability of efficiency opportunities before presenting to sponsors.
• Develop compelling portfolio narratives explaining performance and intervention needs.
• Influence strategic direction and keep attention on high-value areas.
• Collaborate across Sponsorship, Delivery, Finance and PMO to align portfolio view.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Data analysis

Influencing skills

Communication of risks

Change management

Commercial awareness

Leadership through influence

Job description

Thames Water Utilities Limited is seeking a Portfolio Capital Efficiency Lead to shape how capital is delivered across our water and wastewater programmes. This hybrid role, based at Clearwater Court (RG1 8DB), combines office presence with travel as needed.

You will translate priorities into focused efficiency activity, influence senior decision-makers, and collaborate with Sponsor Directors to drive value across our multi‑billion pound investment programme.