Head of Offshore Commercial and Regulation

About the role

The way we power our lives is changing. As the UK moves away from fossil fuels and increases clean energy generation, we’ll need significant new infrastructure in order to connect this renewable energy from where it’s generated to where it’s needed.

Strategic Infrastructure, part of National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is responsible for delivering 17 major new projects to connect more clean, low-carbon power to the transmission network in England and Wales. These projects play a vital part in achieving the UK Government’s ambition of connecting 50GW of offshore wind by 2030. 

As a Head of Offshore Commercial and Regulation, you'll play a pivotal role in managing all commercial performance activities across Strategic Infrastructure’s offshore projects. The role reports to the Deputy Commercial Director as part of the Commercial, Regulation and Supply Chain (CRSC) team and is the business partner to Offshore Delivery Director, participating as an integral part of the Offshore Delivery management team.

You'll be responsible for ensuring a coherent commercial strategy across all offshore projects, as well as working with the wider commercial leadership team to ensure this strategy is consistent with all commercial principles applied across the SI portfolio. Working within a matrixed organisation, you will lead the end-to-end management of all commercial activities, at a project and a portfolio level, and represent the wider CRSC team to ensure relevant regulatory matters are considered and progressed by the offshore delivery team.  

You'll appropriately manage relationships with all internal stakeholders, Joint Venture partners and external suppliers to support the success of offshore projects, specifically in relation to commercial and regulatory success. Working with the Commercial Excellence team, you will be responsible for enhancing the commercial capability within offshore delivery, particularly for non-commercial leaders in project roles.

In this role you can enjoy our hybrid working from office and home. You'll be flexible to weekly travel to London, Warwick or a UK project location. 

Key accountabilities

• Business Partner to the Offshore Delivery Director, providing the necessary commercial and regulatory advice and challenge where needed. Active member of the Offshore Delivery management team.
• Build and lead a high-performance team responsible for commercial and contractual ownership throughout the commercial life cycle of a project, and at a portfolio level.
• Develop and implement the commercial strategy for Offshore Delivery, including defining appropriate frameworks and individual contract strategies tailored to the needs of the projects to ensure value for consumers.
• Provide focused commercial and regulatory oversight in the execution of major contracts, ensuring requirements are met, supported by robust decision-making rationale, working in collaboration with other parts of the CRSC team.
• Support contract negotiations with supply chain partner organisations, conducting due diligence and ensuring the highest industry standards; overseeing legal, regulatory contractual compliance.
• Build, nurture and maintain relationships with key stakeholders, particularly joint venture partners and supply chain partners, to foster active engagement and alignment.
• Monitor and evaluate the commercial performance of each project and of the entire portfolio of offshore assets, utilising performance data as a catalyst for continuous improvement.
• Work in collaboration with the offshore delivery team to manage and mitigate commercial risks, reducing the risk exposure of the offshore portfolio.

About you

• Passionate about getting the right commercial outcome for both the end consumer and the shareholder.
• Significant experience in a senior commercial position within energy, construction, or equivalent industries and of leading commercial teams.
• Experience in strategy development and/or execution in large complex corporate and commercial environments, with an ability to apply a broad set of strategic frameworks to solve real business issues.
• Ability to collaborate and influence at a senior level. 
• Comfortable leading in a matrix organisation and building effective partnerships.
• Ability to adapt quickly in response to changing priorities and different audiences.
• Proactive mindset, able to take initiative and anticipate needs and requirements. 
• Broad understanding of delivering major projects in a regulatory environment and internal and external influences.

What you'll get

A competitive starting salary between £90,000 - £110,000 – dependent on capability.

As well as your base salary, you will receive a full electric company car or cash alternative, a bonus of up to 40% of your salary for stretch performance, private medical insurance and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%. You will also have access to a number of flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, a salary sacrifice technology scheme, support via the employee assistance line and matched charity giving to name a few.

About us

National Grid Strategic Infrastructure is a Business Unit created to propel our grid forward to deliver in 5 years, what has been achieved in the previous 30. By 2030 we aim to have 17 new major infrastructure projects live across England, Scotland and Wales. 

Here at National Grid, we connect homes and businesses to power, making sure supply and demand match each other. We make sure the lights are on in schools, operating theatres, and sporting arenas; we’re thousands of people working on behalf of millions of people. 

Our investment in Strategic Infrastructure via The Great Grid Upgrade will mean more home-grown power, greater energy security and a cleaner future. 

Whatever your role, wherever you work with us, you’ll help us hit stretching targets and achieve our far-reaching goal: to secure, clean energy that supports our world far into the future. Here, you will be at the heart of energy.

More information

This role closes on 1 August 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 to held end of August.

At National Grid, 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.

Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.

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