Title: Strategy Manager - NESO
Warwick, GB, CV34 6DA
About the role
National Energy System Operator (NESO) recognises the potential of bright and talented individuals, and we encourage you to join us as Great Britain’s energy system undergoes an ambitious, exciting, and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, more sustainable energy future.
The Strategy Manager role sits within the Strategy team, reporting to NESO’s Strategy and Policy Director with the mandate to support the Executive Leadership Team to shape and deliver the organisation’s long-term corporate strategy.
The Strategy team has a broad portfolio. We work across NESO to ensure the organisation’s new Corporate Strategy is embedded, including building a strategy cycle to evaluate impact and refresh the strategy as required. In doing so, we work closely with teams across the organisation, including the leadership team. We support the organisation in developing strategies and plans that support delivery of the Corporate Strategy. We lead and support work to improve the organisation’s effectiveness, helping to realise the ambition set out in the Corporate Strategy. We work closely with analytical teams to understand how internal and external factors might impact NESO’s long-term strategic direction, including making recommendations to the leadership team on how to address them. We are responsive to demands from the leadership team, balancing long-term projects with short-term, high priority work. Responsibilities across these workstreams will but will involve some combination of strategic thinking, scoping, project management, data analysis, stakeholder engagement, and high-quality communication skills in both oral and written format.
The role can be based out of the Warwick or Wokingham offices, and we continue to offer hybrid working from the office and home. The team generally attends a NESO office at least one day each week, subject to business needs and respecting personal circumstances.
Key Accountabilities
- Strategy Workstream Implementation: You will design and lead the delivery of projects to implement components of NESO’s Corporate Strategy and the strategies of other business units, ensuring alignment with NESO’s legislated duties.
- Strategy Communication: You will help to communicate and embed the strategy across the organisation, finding innovative ways to ensure the strategy is brought to life for teams and individuals.
- Organisational Effectiveness: You will lead projects to help improve the effectiveness of NESO, in line with the Corporate Strategy.
- Thought leadership: Drawing on analysis and insights, you will author products to help the leadership team and the wider organisation understand how a range of factors might impact the long-term strategic direction of NESO. You will also coach and support other members of the team in developing products.
- Coaching/ Mentoring: You will be responsible for coaching junior members of the Strategy Team in key strategy methodologies.
- Negotiation and facilitation: You will convene managers and technical leads from across NESO to enable collaboration on strategy development and resolution of trade-offs between different stakeholders.
About you
We are seeking candidates with experience in developing and embedding strategies, whether as a strategist, strategy consultant, or other roles with comparable skillsets.
We do not require a background in energy and welcome applications from candidates with relevant experience in other sectors.
Experience of developing strategy for public sector organisations and/or commercial organisations operating in regulated sectors is beneficial but not mandatory.
Skills
We are seeking candidates with these skills:
- Strategy leadership: Demonstrable experience of strategy project leadership and subject matter expertise, with a history of leading strategy development from inception to completion.
- Curiosity and Critical thinking: You are able to identify factors that could have a long-term impact, and use critical thinking techniques including Strategy frameworks to synthesis complex issues into coherent presentations for senior decision-makers
- Communicating with Impact: You have a proven ability to communicate with impact in both oral and written formats, including looks for innovative ways to communicate your message.
- Organisational Improvement: Experience in design and transformation of the different components of an Operating Model including Processes, Organisation design, Governance and Systems
- Project Management: Able to plan, delivery manage, risk manage, report and evaluate strategy development projects, leveraging industry standard systems and tools.
- Building trusting relationships: Able to build relationships quickly with senior stakeholders to secure their support to achieve objectives.
- Developing talent: A proven track record of coaching, developing and nurturing talent, including helping to build high-performing teams.
Research shows that some people may hesitate to apply unless they meet every requirement. At NESO, we believe potential comes in many forms and we’re committed to a fair, inclusive recruitment process where everyone can show their talents. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds to build a workforce that feels valued and respected and represents the communities we serve.
If this role sparks your interest but you’re not sure you tick every box, we still want to hear from you.
About what you’ll get
A competitive salary between £63,000 – 80,000 – dependent on experience and capability.
As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus of up to 15% of your salary for stretch performance, 28 days annual leave as standard, and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.
You will also have access to a comprehensive benefits package tailored to support your well-being and professional success. From a competitive salary to flexible work arrangements, we promote your work-life balance. Enjoy fit for purpose wellbeing and lifestyle offerings, ongoing skill development aligned to our Purpose and Values, and be part of a supportive community that values your individuality and where you can belong.
About us
The creation of National Energy System Operator (NESO) is driven by an urgent need to unify and optimise our approach to energy. A more integrated and coordinated strategy is needed to meet the unprecedented challenges of climate change, ensuring secure energy supply, and keeping costs manageable for consumers.
Join us and empower your potential, energise our team, and be part of something bigger.
Your energy, our future, together.
About the National Energy System Operator (NESO)
In Autumn of 2024, the ESO transitioned to National Energy System Operator, or NESO for short. Previously denoted as the Future System Operator (or FSO), the new National Energy System Operator is the independent body responsible for planning Great Britain’s electricity and gas networks and operating the electricity system.
The ESO, including all of its existing roles, are now at the heart of the new National Energy System Operator. As NESO, we will build on our existing roles, capabilities, and ways of working significantly to create an organisation the energy system and its users’ need. Our new capabilities will enable us to look across vectors, including electricity, natural gas and hydrogen, and crucially consider the trade-offs between them.
The organisation is set up as a public corporation with its own Board of independent directors, with complete operational independence from government, the regulator and any and all commercial interest. As was the ESO, NESO will be licenced and regulated by Ofgem through price control agreements and obligated to identify optimal solutions to system operations and planning in the most sustainable, affordable and secure way for all.
The time to deliver is now. As part of our team, you won’t just be touching the lives of almost everyone in Great Britain – you’ll be shaping the way we use and consume energy for generations to come.
More information
This role closes on 28/10/25 at 23:59, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.
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.
We're committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve, and a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential.
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