Head of Transformation Strategy and Design

About Us

At National Grid, we have a great track record of delivery across the UK and US and our business areas play a vital role in connecting millions of people to the energy they use, while continually seeking ways to make the energy system cleaner. We’re committed to net zero for our own emissions by 2050, and so we have a huge ambition ahead of us to deliver the Energy Transition within our jurisdiction to achieve net zero ambitions.

We’re planning to invest around £35 billion across the next five years and this significant scale of investment in our energy networks will unlock economic growth and enable the increasingly digital, electrified and decarbonised economies of the future. This makes us one of the biggest green investors in the sector, allowing us to revolutionise and decarbonise the energy future across electricity, gas and renewables for the benefit of everyone.

A large part of this investment will be across the UK within the Electricity Transmission (ET) business where we maintain the high-voltage electricity transmission network in England and Wales. We take electricity generated from windfarms and other power sources and transport it through our network of pylons, overhead lines, cables, and substations. It then goes on to separate lower voltage local distribution networks, which connect directly to homes and businesses.

About The Role

As Head of Transformation Strategy and Design you’ll play a significant role in providing financial leadership, partnering the ET Exec to create and translate the long-term strategy into a clear, compelling, and enterprise-wide transformation. You will ensure that ET’s operating model is aligned and fit to deliver our target-state vision and business outcomes.

We’re flexible on where you’re based, but you’ll need to attend of our offices in Warwick regularly for meetings. The role will offer a mix of office and home working.

Summary Of Key Accountabilities

• Lead in the design of a future-focused transformation strategy for ET, including:
• Translate ET’s long-term strategy and ‘network vision for the future’ into a defined target end state business operating model.
• Work with ET executive team to set out appropriate measures, targets and KPIs that underpin the target end state vision and ET’s transformation agenda.
• Ensure target state is translated into a clear, compelling, and actionable transformation plan.
• Ensure that at an ET enterprise level there is alignment and integration across the initiatives and cohesion between the activity being performed and the achievement of end state vision.
• Support in the definition and prioritisation of the initiatives, programmes, and capability ‘shifts’ that underpin ET’s long-term strategy.
• In partnership with relevant teams, ensure that the ET operating model is clearly defined and maintained with dedicated business owners.
• Apply external perspective, benchmarking, and deep transformation expertise to input into the design and delivery of the ET’s transformation and enterprise-wide thinking.
• Set out the strategic narrative for change across ET – the why, what and how.
• Support the business in the design / redesign of future ready processes for ET – ensuring these are both effective and efficient, and aligned to an over-arching ET operating model.

What You'll Need

You’ll have considerable experience in business transformation strategy and change, including developing portfolio and transformation roadmaps, defining KPIs, benefits cases, change management and complex programme management. Ideally this will be within a large scale, complex business environment.

A self-starter, able to identify value-add areas, with experience of structuring the work needed to proactively delivery, you’ll have experience in business vision and strategy, taking account of external and internal factors driving change.

With a demonstrated ability to clearly structure and manage complex projects/programmes across a wide range of senior stakeholders and extended teams, you’ll have strong analytical and critical thinking skills and be able to down problems into root causes, drivers, structuring a clear action plan.

Experience of working closely with business executives and senior leaders with a demonstrated ability to build strong relationships, you’ll have effective people management skills with the ability to influence and manage individuals across multiple teams to work together.

Strong communication skill, both written and verbal, with an ability to get to the key insights and recommendations clearly and effectively at multiple levels is essential as is someone who can embody the change needed, by motivating and inspiring others to adopt and embrace new behaviours.

What You'll Get

• A salary of £85,000 to £100,000 + Benefits package.
• Company car
• Annual Performance Based Bonus of up to 20%
• 28 days annual leave plus eight statutory days
• Private Medical Insurance with the chance to purchase for your partner or family.
• Generous contributory pension scheme - we will double-match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.
• Financial support to help cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, exam fees and time off for study leave – so long as it’s relevant to your role.
• Access to flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few.
• Family care benefits including a back-up care service for when your usual care arrangements fall through (six paid days each year as standard with the option to purchase further days).
• Access to apps which support health, fitness and wellbeing.

More Information

This role closes at midnight on 29th July 2025 however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

At National Grid we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.

At National Grid, we work towards the highest standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. Our aim is to encourage and support employees to thrive and be the best they can be. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds, and offer flexible and tailored support, at home and in the office.

Our goal is to drive, develop and operate our business in a way that results in a more inclusive culture. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, the innovation from diverse teams & perspectives and business need. We are committed to building a workforce so we can represent the communities we serve and have a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.