Strategy Manager & Senior Strategy Manager

About The Role

At National Grid, we are at the heart of the energy sector in the areas we serve, during one of the biggest periods of change the industry has ever seen. We play a vital role: connecting millions of people to the energy they use, while building out the grid to facilitate growth in the supply of and demand for clean energy. 

A career at National Grid provides a fantastic opportunity to be part of this exciting journey and contribute to the development of strategies that will drive the energy transition forward and ensure a sustainable future for generations to come.

We, Group Strategy, primarily serve National Grid’s Executive Leadership team. We provoke their thinking and ensure they have the clarity to make the right decisions for the future of the business. We focus on projects which sit at the Group level, and cut across several parts of the broader business.

We currently have opportunities for both a Strategy Manager and a Senior Strategy Manager. These vacancies are an opportunity for passionate and ambitious strategic thinkers to shape the overall direction of the company, provide strategic support to our business units and leadership, and contribute to the delivery of society’s ambitious net zero agenda and economic growth targets.  

Progression opportunities are available within our function, and Group Strategy also serves as a talent attractor for future leaders at National Grid. We encourage networking and our team has an expansive alumni network spread throughout the company. 

The role can be based in our central London office at the Strand, or at National Grid House in Warwick, with hybrid working arrangements available. Some travel between offices required, working around our colleagues and business needs.

Key Accountabilities

For the Strategy Manager:

• Own and manage strategy projects and workstreams, including scoping, problem structuring, hypothesis development, analysis, stakeholder engagement, and presentation of final deliverables/outputs.
• Communicate complex subjects clearly and simply to senior decision-makers.
• Build and manage relationships with our business units and corporate functions, providing them with strategic foresight on emerging market developments and strategic counsel on high-priority issues.
• Drive clarity on issues of strategic importance for the business by leading meetings and facilitating engaging workshops, tailoring the approach to the audience and context.

For the Senior Strategy Manager:

• Lead large, high-profile strategy projects and programmes, including scoping, problem structuring, hypothesis development, storyboarding, and resource management.
• Build and manage relationships with leadership teams across our business units and corporate functions, providing them with strategic foresight on emerging market developments and strategic counsel on high-priority issues.
• Drive clarity on issues of strategic importance for the business by leading meetings and facilitating engaging workshops, tailoring the approach to the audience and context.
• Coach and develop project teams, direct reports, and contribute to overall team leadership.

About You

We want you in our team if you have…

• A Passion for Energy: Experience in the energy sector or similar regulated markets; in-house or strategy consultancy experience is considered beneficial.
• Strategy Toolkit & Experience: A demonstrable track record of delivering high-priority strategy projects, including:
  • Solving strategic challenges and producing quality outputs at pace.
  • Managing teams to solve strategic challenges and produce quality outputs at pace.
  • Leading and supervising problem structuring, hypothesis development, and analysis to get to the ‘so what’.
• Excellent Communication Skills: The ability to translate complexity into clear and compelling narratives in written, slide, and verbal form, for Executive and Board stakeholders.
• Effective Project Management Toolkit: Strong stakeholder management skills with an ability to lead meetings and build trusted relationships at all levels, including senior leaders.
• People Management and Coaching Skills: Excellent people management and coaching skills to lead others either as direct reports or matrix teams (Senior Strategy Manager).

Really important to us here at Group Strategy is a triple view of: Right Role, Right Company, Right Industry. If you have extensive strategy experience, are excited to work for a leading energy pioneer, and make a difference to our energy future, then this could be the ideal role for you!

What You'll Get

• Annual Performance Incentive: Both roles include an annual performance incentive.
• 28 Days Annual Leave: Enjoy 28 days of annual leave, in addition to eight statutory days, with the option to buy/sell additional holiday days.
• Competitive Contributory Pension Scheme: We double match your contribution up to 12% (a total of 18% when you contribute 6%).
• Life Insurance: Coverage of 10 times your annual salary.

Strategy Manager Benefits:

• Competitive Salary: £63,000 - £78,000 per annum (dependent on location, capability, and experience).
• Bonus: Up to 15% of your salary for stretch performance.

Senior Strategy Manager Benefits:

• Competitive Salary: £78,000 - £100,000 per annum (dependent on location, capability, and experience).
• Company Car or Car Allowance: Option for a company car or a car allowance.
• Private Medical Insurance: Coverage for you, with an option to pay for family member coverage.
• Bonus: Up to 20% of your salary for stretch performance.

Additional benefits:

• Flexible benefits such as a cycle scheme, share incentive plan, technology schemes
• Ongoing career development and support to help you cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, examination fees and time off for study leave – so long as it is relevant to your role
• Access to apps such as digital GP service for round the clock access to GP video consultations and NHS repeat prescriptions, wellbeing app to support your health and fitness
• Access to Work + Family Space, providing support and resources for work and family life, including paid emergency childcare and eldercare
   

More Information

• These role is offered on a Full-Time, Permanent basis 
• We are also offering hybrid /flexible working where travel to the office will be as per business need. Base location for this role can be either The Strand, London or NG House, Warwick. 
• Some travel between offices required, working around our colleagues and business needs.

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About Us

National Grid touches the lives of almost everyone, with an energy network that stretches across the Atlantic. We’re an international team, and our work underpins the lives of millions of people. Feet forwards, head up, and eyes bright, we’re working hard to create value for people today – and shape the future of energy tomorrow.

In the UK, we don’t generate or sell energy – we join the dots to get energy from A to B. From making a cup of tea in the morning, to keeping the lights on in hospitals, our electricity network puts power in the hands of people. Without it, the world as we know it would grind to a halt. We also own and operate most of the sub-sea electricity cables (interconnectors) connecting GB with Europe which a play critical role in maintaining UK energy security. 

In the US, we own and operate electricity transmission and distribution and gas distribution networks in New York and Massachusetts.
The world of energy is changing beyond recognition. At National Grid you’ll have the opportunity to help us shape the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.

National Grid plc, a top 20 constituent of the FTSE 100, is a multinational energy company, with over 31,000 employees and revenues of £20 billion - the company is one of the largest investor-owned utility companies in the world.  

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.