EU Market Strategy Lead

at  National Grid

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Proactively work with both internal and external stakeholders to embed the new relationships within EU gas market regulations.
• Lead the 2 – 10-year market change plan for EU related commercial change, identifying potential regime changes and framework evolution required as a result including but not limited to emerging legislation, and policy etc (consistent with overall strategy).
• Support the horizon scanning of policy developments associated with any Net-zero developments understanding impacts on our commercial regimes through engagement with the wider business and external stakeholders
• Provide strategic commercial direction to the Code Change delivery team and wider business to ensure overall strategy is understood and activities consistent with EU net zero developments
• Provide necessary commercial, technical and regulatory input to industry forums, committees and working groups and ensure that sufficient influence is used in discussions with senior industry and Ofgem representatives to deliver results that align with our broader Hydrogen strategy.

ABOUT US

National Gas is leading a clean, reliable and affordable energy future for everyone. Our skilled colleagues bring gas to 23m homes, and over 500,000 businesses, including heavy industries and power stations that keep Great Britain’s lights on. We fuel growth and innovation, whilst transitioning our network to hydrogen, to play our part in the journey to net zero.
At National Gas, we’re committed to building a workforce that reflects the communities that we serve. We celebrate the different experiences our colleagues bring and encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply.
Business separations can take time so you might see references to National Grid; this is a part of the process and won’t make any difference to your application.

This is an exciting role where you will lead the development of the National Gas European commercial market strategy. The core of this strategy is focused on understanding the future direction of the EU gas market, assessing the possible impact on the GB gas market and determining our approach to managing the impacts. Proactively engaging with key industry stakeholders, analysing and driving the best results for the GB consumer are key outputs. Following the UK withdrawal from the European Union, this role must focus on building new relationships with relevant EU institutions in our position as a 3rd country to the EU.
The successful candidate will be a strong advocate for the National Gas market position by having an influence over EU developments to shape the future regulatory and commercial framework, and will ensure that future arrangements are clearly understood by the business and is able to react accordingly to maintaining strong linkages with EU markets.