Strategy & Integration Director

National Grid • Permanent • Warwick, GB • £76k / year • 16m ago

About the role

Strategy & Integration Director

Warwick/Birmingham - Hybrid

At National Grid, we’re on a mission to lead the UK’s journey toward a sustainable, net-zero future. As a critical player in the global energy transformation, we’re building innovative solutions to deliver clean, reliable, and affordable energy for everyone. This is your chance to be part of something extraordinary and make a real impact on the world.

The Strategy & Integration Director will oversee benefit realisation, digital, continuous improvement and innovation strategy driving efficiency across the Enterprise. Leads in driving collaboration between Enterprise partners through programmatic initiatives, building a shared culture and behaviours. The role is focused on continuous improvement across the programme, through optimising innovation and implementing standardised processes.

What's in it for you?

£85,000 to £105,000 p.a. depending on experience - plus 20% Annual performance bonus & annual salary benchmarking

Company Car or £6000 allowance

Double-match pension (for every £1 you put in we put in £2, to a max company contribution of up to 12%)

28 days holiday (plus 8 statutory days, plus the opportunity to buy 5 more annually)

Life Insurance: 10 x your basic salary

Private Medical Insurance

Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave – relevant to your role.

Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).

What you'll be getting up to

Supports the GGP Enterprise Director to define and develop GGP delivery strategy, setting clear overarching goals and objectives to drive sustainable delivery of its major infrastructure projects.
Acts as the senior focal point for digital, innovation, continuous improvement and benefits realisation strategy related matters; collaborates with GGP leadership, National Grid and Partners to facilitate effective communication, alignment, and decision-making.
Oversees a strategic Integrator function that effectively collates, harmonises, and translates input into clear strategic messages, to build consensus around priorities and solutions
Oversees the development and implementation of an effective GGP benefit realisation and management strategy that supports National Grid and delivery teams with effective inputs in support of project budget and regulatory requests. The strategy and process should also benefit GGP resource planning and sound decision-making within Enterprise and Onshore and with the regulator.

About you

Ability to inspire and motivate teams, with demonstrable track record in supervision, delegation, and decision-making.
Demonstrable experience in collaborating and influencing at a senior level; able to constructively challenge and hold internal and external stakeholders at all levels to account.
Strategic thinker, with long-term planning skills and ability to align initiatives with overarching organisational goals.
Demonstrable track record in managing a broad and multi-faceted workload; balances attention to detail with big picture thinking and displays confidence in executing decisions.
Experience in leading strategy development, with applied understanding of tools and methodologies.

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification.At National Grid, we’re committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace for everyone. So if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.