Senior Innovation Project Manager

1 month ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom UK Power Networks Full time

This Senior Innovation Project Manager will report to the Innovation Programme Delivery Manager and work within the Customer Services and VICE based in our London office. You will be a permanent employee with a competitive salary and a bonus of 7%. This role can also offer blended working after a probationary period (6 months) - 3 days in the office and 2 remote.

  • Personal Pension Plan – Personal contribution rates of 4% or 5% (UK Power Networks will make a corresponding contribution of 8% or 10%)
  • Tax efficient benefits: cycle to work scheme
  • Season ticket loan
  • Occupational Health support
  • Switched On – scheme providing discount on hundreds of retailers products.
  • Discounted access to sports and social clubs
  • Employee Assistance Programme.

UK Power Networks is playing a leading role in enabling the transition to Net Zero for all, and innovation lies at the heart of this transformation. With an expanding innovation budget exceeding £20m annually, our innovation team has delivered more than 50 solutions into the business, unlocking an astonishing £400m in customer benefits.

As a Senior Innovation Project Manager, you will help shape the future of the energy landscape. If you love making things better for customers, bringing people together to find solutions, working with technology, commercial and digital solutions and leading projects, then you've come to the right place.

UK Power Networks was named 2023's Utility of the Year, recognising our sector-leading performance in delivering for customers, driving towards Net Zero, and diversity and inclusion, and we have been voted one of the UK's best big companies to work for.

The Role

We're looking to bring on an experienced and dynamic Senior Innovation Project Manager to join our team. In this evolving space, you will help drive change and set the strategic direction to improve decarbonisation and the changing dynamics of electricity networks.

You will possess experience managing projects, navigating an evolving environment, and implementing impactful changes to deliver benefits for both us and our customers.

What you'll do

  • Drive innovation solutions which enable Net Zero, guiding them through every stage from inception to implementation into business-as-usual.
  • Lead project teams comprised of internal staff and external partners, empowering them to deliver on time, within budget, and to the highest standards of quality and safety.
  • Maintain the risk monitoring framework to identify any issues early and resolve them. You will navigate challenges and will help maintain project momentum and success.
  • You will find ways to make work and results more visible, help to remove blockers and impediments to delivery of projects.

What you'll need

  • Degree in engineering, science or social sciences.
  • Experience in a project management, technical, analytical role in the electricity industry.
  • A formal Project Management qualification such as PRINCE2, APMP or Agile methodologies will be required.
  • Experience working on collaborative projects with several business teams and external partners.
  • You don't need to be deeply familiar with the electricity networks and products (we can teach that), but a general understanding of how energy systems/markets and low carbon technologies infrastructure operate is a good start.
  • Have an interest and passion in decarbonisation, change transformation and consumer vulnerability.
  • Be curious - it's essential you have the initiative to make decisions yourself, and can find solutions to novel problems without lots of help and support.
  • Creative and critical thinker, be a problem solver – you'll need to be able to listen and understand the problems and requirements of the business and come up with pragmatic solutions.

We are looking for someone with an understanding of the challenges and opportunities posed by the Net Zero transition to the electricity networks, including what they mean in terms of consumer vulnerability and wider social sustainability.

Application Process

Interested candidates should submit their CV and a cover letter outlining their relevant experience and passion for Net Zero and the energy system transition.

Health & Safety Responsibilities

Managers and supervisors carry both legal and company responsibilities for ensuring the health and safety of their employees, those under their control and those who might be affected by the work undertaken, i.e. public, visitors and employees of other organisations.

Employees will ensure they understand the health and safety risks involved in their work activities and their responsibility to apply the controls needed to manage those risks to acceptable levels. Similarly where work activities can have an adverse impact upon the environment, and where there are legal requirements, employees will understand those impacts and the controls they must ensure are applied.

We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, colour, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender, gender identity or expression, or veteran status.

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