Role: Director of Asset Management

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Make a difference on a national level

Would you like to influence the overall network strategy of Wales and England’s electricity transmission system?

We’re looking for a Director of Asset Management to take overall strategic leadership of the asset management function within our Asset Operations (AO) department.

This is a job about impact. We’re looking for someone who wants to improve our organisation and drive change within a regulatory context. Someone looking to influence the future agenda and leave a positive legacy. Someone with big ideas and a strong commitment to research and development.

You will head our long-term asset management strategy and life-cycle optimisation. Propelling change management across National Grid, you will look at issues such as commerciality, affordability and innovation. You will lead the development of existing business and the integration of new, regulated business opportunities. You will also identify and adopt new technology, upskill your team and develop new talent.

We are spending billions of pounds on creating and maintaining an electricity transmission network that provides a greener future and national energy security too. If you want to lead in a national company, with a global reputation, and contribute to net zero, National Grid is probably the most exciting place in the country to be right now.

“National Grid is widely respected as a highly professional, world class
organisation. What a privilege we have before us in creating a better future,

where we can say ‘we did that’.”
Andy Richardson, Director of Asset Operations

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What you’ll need
This is a high-energy role that requires mental agility, resilience, and advanced emotional intelligence. You have the qualities and attributes of a change agent and understand continuous improvement methodology, tools and techniques.

You’ll need to be a thought leader with strong links to academia, and preferably published. You have a broad and accomplished frame of reference and can operate at a business as well as function level. You are a seasoned asset strategy professional who can demonstrate commercial return from strategies delivered.

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You know what excellence looks like across portfolio asset management and have demonstrable career history of applying enterprise asset management. You have a high degree of asset management understanding, focused on leadership that maximises regulatory and business performance outcomes.

You can build relationships with a wide range of stakeholders, including regulators, government and the public. You have the people, capability, and talent management skills necessary to drive results. You are experienced in portfolio and programme leadership, with a track record in leading complex major investment strategies whilst balancing risk and value.

You are a chartered engineer with a degree in a relevant subject or comparable industry experience.

This is a highly influential, visible leadership position and although it is a hybrid role, you’ll need to spend some time most weeks in our head office in Warwick.
 

About us
Find out more about National Grid Electricity Transmission here, and about our values, and mission to build an inclusive and diverse workforce here.

More information
The closing date for this vacancy is XXXX. However, we encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.

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