Strategy Delivery Manager

National Energy System Operator Limited; Warwick; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus up to 15%

28 days annual leave

Pension scheme: double match up to 12%

Job summary

National Energy System Operator Limited is seeking a Strategy Delivery Manager to drive the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP) delivery, including the draft consultation and related environmental data packages.

You will lead cross-functional teams, coordinate with policy, modelling, and external partners, and translate complex inputs into concise, actionable outputs for senior stakeholders. The role requires strong governance, delivery discipline, and knowledge of the energy sector.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience operating in complex, multi-stakeholder environments with delivery focus.
• Ability to bring structure and clarity to ambiguity and evolving delivery requirements.
• Highly organized with prioritisation and delivery to tight timelines.
• Sound judgement and credibility to act as trusted advisor to senior stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, translating complexity into actionable messaging.
• Proven experience leading or coordinating large, complex delivery programmes.
• Strong cross-disciplinary coordination, aligning inputs into coherent outputs.
• Comfortable working across strategy and delivery, linking long-term objectives to implementation.
• Good understanding of the energy sector or ability to rapidly build domain expertise.
• Strong analytical thinking and data-driven decision making.
• Balance big-picture thinking with attention to detail.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end planning and delivery of the draft SSEP consultation with environmental reports and data requirements.
• Coordinate across policy, modelling, engagement and publications workstreams.
• Establish governance, reporting and decision-making routes for consultation delivery.
• Ensure consultation products are high quality and aligned with expectations.
• Manage risks, dependencies and delivery challenges, maintaining pace and control.
• Collaborate with engagement, communications and external partners for integrated delivery.
• Develop clear, evidence-based strategic insights to support decisions.
• Prepare briefings and communications for senior stakeholders and NESO leadership.
• Translate complex analysis into concise, actionable narratives for stakeholders.
• Provide rapid analysis and recommendations to emerging issues.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Strategic delivery

Policy & strategy

Excellent communication

Program governance

Analytical thinking

Cross-functional work

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 Strategy Delivery Manager plays a critical role in the delivery of the Strategic Spatial Energy Plan (SSEP), leading high-profile programme activity and ensuring effective translation of strategy into delivery. Reporting directly to the Head of Programme, the postholder will lead the delivery of the SSEP public consultation package, ensuring it is delivered to a high standard, in line with government requirements and programme governance. Alongside this, the role will provide flexible strategic support across the programme, including leading the development of key insights, briefings and communications to senior stakeholders. This role requires a highly trusted and capable individual who can operate across strategy, policy and delivery, bringing together complex inputs from across NESO and external partners into clear, actionable outputs. The postholder will be expected to work at pace in a complex, high-profile environment, maintaining clarity, relationships, structure and momentum across multiple priorities. This role can be based in Wokingham, Warwick or 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.

Key Accountabilities

• Draft SSEP consultation and final SSEP leadership and delivery Leading the end-to-end planning and delivery of the draft SSEP consultation with associated environmental reports and data and digital requirements, ensuring alignment with programme objectives, governance and timelines.
• Acting as the central point of coordination across draft SSEP consultation workstreams, bringing together inputs from policy, modelling, engagement, SEP publications and corporate affairs.
• Establishing and drive effective governance, reporting and decision-making routes for consultation delivery.
• Ensuring consultation products are high quality, coherent and aligned with NESO and government expectations.
• Managing risks, dependencies and delivery challenges, escalating appropriately and maintaining pace and control.
• Working closely with engagement, communications and external partners to ensure an integrated and credible consultation approach.
• Strategic insight and briefing Leading the development of clear, evidence-based strategic insights to support programme decision-making.
• Producing high-quality briefings, papers and communications for senior stakeholders, including SSEP leadership, NESO executives and governments.
• Translating complex analysis and stakeholder input into concise and actionable narratives.
• Supporting the programme in responding to emerging issues, providing rapid analysis and structured recommendations.
• Ensuring consistency and alignment of key messages and thatewsdivient final responsible.

Applicants must have the right to work in the UK by the start of employment.

Visa sponsorship may not be available for this role and will be considered in line with business requirements.

About You

• Extensive experience operating in complex, multi-stakeholder environments, delivering through influence and alignment.
• Strong ability to bring structure and clarity to ambiguity and evolving delivery requirements.
• Highly organised, with excellent prioritisation and consistent delivery to tight timelines.
• Sound judgement, with credibility to act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, able to translate complexity into clear, actionable messaging.
• Proven experience leading or coordinating large, complex delivery programmes.
• Strong cross-disciplinary coordination, aligning diverse inputs into coherent outputs.
• Comfortable operating across strategy and delivery, linking long-term objectives to implementation.
• Good understanding of the energy sector and policy landscape, or ability to rapidly build domain expertise.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills, generating insight from complex information.
• Able to balance big-picture thinking with attention to detail.

What You'll Get

• A competitive salary of £70,000 - £75,000 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%.
• NESO's flexible benefits programme provides you with more flexibility around your health, lifestyle and protection benefits. here's just a few available:
• Flexible Bank Holidays & Holiday Trading
• Additional Birthday Day Off
• Cycle to Work Scheme, Retail & Gym Discounts
• Private Medical Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance & Personal Accident Insurance

About Us

At the National Energy System Operator (NESO), we play a vital role in tackling climate change and securing Great Britain's energy future. We already operate the world's fastest decarbonising electricity system and are working towards our ambition to run it carbon-free for a short period this year - provided the market supplies electricity exclusively from renewable sources. Alongside this, we provide expert advice to government on how to deliver a clean power system by 2030. In autumn 2024, the Electricity System Operator (ESO) transitioned to become NESO - an independent, expert public corporation with a whole-system view across electricity, gas, and hydrogen. NESO operates independently and transparently, always acting in the best interests of all energy users. Licensed and regulated by Ofgem, we make impartial decisions that balance sustainability, affordability and security. Our organisation is fully independent from government, the regulator and all commercial interests, with a clear focus on system-wide benefit, long term thing and public value. The time to deliver is now. Join the energy transformation and help shape the future. Your energy. Our future. Together.

More Information

This role closes at 23:59, on the day before date shown above, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary. Research shows that some people may hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At NESO, we believe potential comes in many forms and we're committed to a fair, inclusive recruitment. 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. If this role sparks your interest but you're not sure you tick every box, we still want to hear from you. Process where everyone has the opportunity to show their talents. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds. At the National Energy System Operator (NESO), we play a vital role in tackling climate change and securing Great Britains's energy future. We already operate the world's fastest decarbonising electricity system and are working towards our ambition to run it carbon-free for a short period this year - provided the market supplies electricity exclusively from renewable sources. Alongside this, we provide expert advice to government on how to deliver a clean power system by 2030. In autumn 2024, the Electricity System Operator (ESO) transitioned to become NESO - an independent, expert public corporation with a whole-system view across electricity, gas, and hydrogen. NESO operates independently and transparently, always actin in the best interests of all energy users. Licensed and regulated by Ofgem, we make impartial decisions that balance sustainability, affordability and security. Our organisation is fully independent from government, the regulator and all commercial interests, with a clear focus on system-wide benefit, long term thing and public value. The time to deliver is now. Join the energy transformation and help shape the future. Your energy. Our future. Together.