Senior Manager Whole Energy Insights - NESO

at  National Grid

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Guide the strategic and technical development of NESO’s Whole Energy Insights programme, ensuring that NESO stays ahead of emerging trends and challenges in the GB energy system and providing expert oversight of complex and high-profile deliverables.
• Foster cross-functional collaboration, engaging with technical teams, modellers, and external partners to build mutual understanding of objectives, limitations, and datasets. Ensure that insights on a broad range of topics are appropriately scoped and aligned with stakeholder needs.
• Build and maintain strong relationships across the energy sector, leveraging your network to enhance NESO’s credibility and influence in delivering whole energy system insights.
• Provide strategic oversight and challenge to advisory requests, ensuring that NESO’s insights are rigorous, actionable, and aligned with the sector and organisation’s priorities.

ABOUT US

National Energy System Operator’s (NESO) mission is to facilitate the decarbonisation of Great Britain’s energy network and ensure the delivery of reliable, affordable, and clean electricity for consumers. We work with stakeholders across the whole energy industry to plan for future network needs, using a wider adoption of technology and changes in consumer behaviour, as well as ensuring we have the right markets, networks, and frameworks in place, to transform the way we operate tomorrow.
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National Energy System Operator (NESO) is on a journey towards a sustainable and secure energy future. Together we build on this momentum, advancing the Electricity System Operator’s (ESO) plan for zero carbon operability of the electricity system by 2025.
As a Senior Manager Whole Energy Insights, you will provide technical and strategic leadership to NESO’s whole energy insights programme, ensuring the delivery of high-quality, evidence-based analysis. This role is a senior position within the Strategy and Policy Directorate, where you will work closely with Whole Energy Insights Managers and a multi-disciplinary team to develop robust advice, information, and analysis. You will provide oversight, coherence, and thought leadership across the insights portfolio, shaping its direction and ensuring alignment with NESO’s strategic priorities. This work will guide the industry stakeholders and government bodies towards optimal decisions for the transition to net zero.
This role can be based from Wokingham, Warwick, Glasgow or London, and we continue to offer hybrid working from office and home. We are open to full time and part time applicants, as well as flexible working arrangements.