Regulation Programme Manager

**THE ROLE**

We are recruiting for a **Programme Manager** within the regulatory team based in Edinburgh, reporting to the Head of Regulation. The Regulatory Programme Manager role is central to the timely and complete submission of complex regulatory submissions.This will include the annual regulatory reporting pack and associated documents, licence conditions and the regulatory business plan submission, identifying resourcing and timing challenges, identifying important points of update and communication and signoff, and establishing board and internal reporting requirements.

We are looking for a self-motivated and inquisitive individual able to ask challenging questions and the commitment to follow through to ensure that any risks on programme delivery are pre-empted and addressed early.

**Key responsibilities will include**:

- Programme management of key regulatory submissions and licence changes to ensure that documents are provided by internal stakeholders in a timely manner to be reviewed, signed of and submitted to the regulator and orchestrating the response to any supplementaryquestions the regulator raises, including the management of the regulatory calendar.
- Developing the project management strategy to the delivery of the GD3 business plan, providing a level of flexibility to changing scopes, expectations, and timings as set by the regulator and communicating this with all relevant stakeholders. This willinclude the identification of key strategic paths, pre-empting challenges, and identifying necessary and appropriate authorisation and approvals.
- Programme management of annual reporting requirements, working with internal colleagues to identify where resource availability threatens our ability to deliver the project, to identify how this is going to be resolved and to identify clear actions andmonitoring programmes to pull the delivery back on track.
- Maintain detailed and updated assessment of risks and mitigation strategies including the creation and maintenance of comprehensive project documentation that monitors against the regulator’s stated requirements, identifies the progress on key projectsand records decisions that are taken and clearly actions and monitors delivery of next steps.
- Budget and contracting oversight of key consultancy contracts and internal resource requirements, and the progression through internal processes in a timely manner.

**CULTURE/BENEFITS**

This role will offer plenty of genuine learning and development opportunities, as well as a competitive salary with company benefits including retail & leisure discounts, HolidayPlus & Cycle2work schemes, gym & mobile discounts, a pension scheme, and more.

Fostering a diverse and inclusive culture is something we pride ourselves on at SGN. We want our workplace to be an innovative and inclusive place to work, where every single person feels empowered to achieve professional success.

**WHAT YOU’LL BRING**
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to manage a highly pressured programme.
- Ability to lead programme development and risk mitigation processes.
- Ability to focus and to reprioritise requirements and emphasis as new information comes forward.
- Strong time-management skills and prioritisation.
- Financial and commercial acumen to investigate and confidently query budgets and financial proposals

Not a perfect skills match? Tell us what you’re interested in - you might have a skill we didn’t realise we needed

**WHO WE ARE**

We’re on a journey to transform the future of gas and we think outside the box - futuristic technologies and robotics are leading our innovation. Keeping our customers safe and warm is what we do but beyond that, we want to make the world a better place,which is why we’re passionate about helping in our communities, reducing our carbon footprint and driving innovation in our industry.

At SGN, we strive to sustain our world through managing the network that distributes natural and green gas across the south of England and Scotland. We have an important responsibility to keep the gas flowing to 5.9 million homes and businesses. Your workdirectly impacts SGNs commitments to keeping our customers’ homes and businesses safe.