Delivery Manager Strategy, Innovation and Market Analytics - National Grid

Team

Corporate Development and Strategy

Business Unit

Strategy and Regulation

Requisition No.

10196

City

London, GB, WC2N 5EH

Date posted

22 July 2026

Delivery Manager (Strategy, Innovation and Market Analytics)

Job Purpose

This role provides central PMO, delivery accountability, and operational support to the Group Head of Strategy, and the wider SIMA leadership team. The role ensures board paper and project coordination, work prioritisation, and the delivery of strategic initiatives across Strategy, Innovation, and Market Analytics. This role will operate as an individual contributor but utilising strong influencing and stakeholder skills to align teams and enable delivery. They will sit as a member of the SIMA LT.

Key Accountabilities

• Establish and run PMO framework for SIMA
• Oversee portfolio delivery across SIMA
• Support Group Head of Strategy
• Coordinate leadership, governance and reporting
• Build stakeholder relationships and influence across teams
• Support planning and prioritisation
• Drive continuous improvement within the team
• Contribute to culture and collaboration

Qualifications

• Educated to degree-level, and/or equivalent relevant experience in programme delivery, strategy, or business operations.
• Strong PMO and corporate strategy delivery experience
• Excellent stakeholder management, especially at a senior leadership level.
• Effective indirect influence across matrixed and complex organisations.
• Clear executive communication skills
• Ability to utilise AI tools to improve and simplify delivery across the broader team.
• Governance
• Planning

At National Grid, we’re at the heart of a major change in how energy is produced, delivered and used. We connect millions of people to the energy they need across Great Britain and the US, while investing to support a cleaner, more reliable system for the future.

Joining us means working on challenges that matter. You’ll help shape how the energy system evolves, supporting the transition to net zero while helping keep energy affordable and reliable.

This role is based in London (Strand) with hybrid working.

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Rewards and benefits

• Salary £69,000 to £86,000 commensurate with experience
• Bonus of up to 30%
• 28 days’ holiday plus bank holidays (with option to buy/sell days)
• Pension with up to 12% double matching
• Life insurance (10× salary)
• Private medical insurance and wellbeing support
• Flexible benefits including cycle to work, car schemes and share plans
• Access to learning tools including LinkedIn Learning
• Support for family life, including childcare and emergency care