Head of Regulatory Policy & Strategic Market Design

at  Centrica

We are Centrica! We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising a cleaner, greener future. Working here is #MoreThanACareer - we’re powered by purpose. Together we can make an impact that will truly change tomorrow. Whether you’re developing cutting-edge green tech, helping customers on the front line or simplifying operations behind the scenes.
Your work here isn’t just a job – it’s a mission. We all play a vital role in energising a greener, fairer future.

AT CENTRICA WE EMBRACE DIVERSITY AND ACTIVELY SEEK TO ATTRACT INDIVIDUALS WITH UNIQUE BACKGROUNDS AND PERSPECTIVES. TO BUILD A MORE SUSTAINABLE FUTURE, WE NEED THE BEST TEAM – A TEAM WITH A DIVERSE MIX OF PEOPLE AND SKILLS, WHERE EVERYONE FEELS WELCOME AND ABLE TO SUCCEED. WE ARE DEDICATED IN HELPING TO CLOSE THE DIVERSITY GAP AND WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE FEMALES, PEOPLE OF COLOUR AND LGBTQ+ EMPLOYEES, AS WELL AS THOSE FROM A VARIETY OF CULTURES AND ETHNICITY TO VETERANS AND THE DIFFERENTLY ABLED. SUPPORTING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION IS A BIG PART OF WHO WE ARE, WE ARE NOT LOOKING FOR PEOPLE TO FIT INTO OUR CULTURE BUT TO ADD TO IT!

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• The Regulatory Policy & Strategic Market Design team primarily supports three Centrica business units (BUs): Centrica Power, British Gas Energy and New Business and Net Zero, though engages with all commercial leaders across the Group. Looking externally, we engage with Ofgem and Government to enable these business units to invest with confidence.
• Centrica are particularly focussed on assets, products and services that will help decarbonise Britain’s energy supply. These include solar farms, grid scale batteries, heat pumps and demand side response.
• You as team leader will set the strategic direction and oversee the top priority regulatory and strategic policy support for the business units in their engagement with Ofgem and the Government. In doing so, you will engage regularly with senior commercial colleagues across the Centrica Group to understand their regulatory risks and opportunities. You will give tactical and strategic advice to commercial colleagues, including on risk. You will regularly engage with Ofgem and Government officials directly, at a senior level, as well as other industry stakeholders.
• You will support and lead your team in developing compelling solutions to a number of regulatory and public policy challenges including:
• Retail market regulation, such as the methodology used to set the retail price cap and financial resilience of suppliers.
• Wholesale electricity market regulation, such as grid connections reform and the UK Government’s Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA).
• Policies to incentivise residential and business customers to decarbonise their operations, such as grants and market revenue opportunities for low carbon technologies.