Commercial Lead - Assurance (Reservoirs)

Salary: Circa £90,000, depending on skills and experience. Full-time, with flexibility for part-time. 37 hours per week/permanent.

Location: Peterborough and London - Hybrid Working 2-3 days in office weekly with attendance in London as required.

Private health care, double-matched pension, life assurance at 8 times salary.

Lead Commercial Assurance on one of the UK’s most significant infrastructure programmes. At Anglian Water, we’re delivering one of the most ambitious infrastructure programmes in the UK, our Reservoirs Programme. This is more than building assets; it’s about securing future water supply, protecting the environment, and supporting communities and economic growth for generations to come. We’re now looking for a Commercial Lead – Assurance (Reservoirs) to play a pivotal role in ensuring the programme delivers value, integrity and excellence at every stage.

Why this role matters

This is a rare opportunity to take strategic ownership of commercial assurance across two nationally significant infrastructure projects. You’ll lead how we define, measure, and challenge commercial performance, ensuring we deliver:

• Value for money for customers
• Robust governance and compliance across a complex delivery model
• Confidence at Board and regulatory level

What you’ll be doing

• Set the assurance strategy
• Lead the development of a programme-wide commercial assurance framework aligned to delivery, risk and regulatory milestones
• Embed consistent, scalable assurance practices across the programme
• Ensure assurance supports cost predictability, value and contract compliance
• Drive governance and insight
• Represent commercial assurance at programme boards and senior governance forums
• Provide forward-looking insight on risks, trends and performance
• Shape reporting that enables confident, data-driven decisions at senior level
• Lead assurance interventions
• Oversee independent reviews, audits and deep dives at critical delivery stages and milestones
• Ensure findings translate into clear, actionable improvements
• Maintain oversight of third-party assurance and regulatory engagement
• Create a high-performing, inclusive assurance culture across the programme
• Coach and develop teams, strengthening commercial capability
• Embed continuous improvement and learning across delivery

What we’re looking for

• Extensive experience in commercial assurance, audit or governance within major infrastructure programmes
• Experience with estimates, target cost setting and should cost modelling
• Proven ability to lead assurance functions and frameworks at scale
• Strong stakeholder management, including engagement with senior leadership, auditors and regulators
• Experience working with third-party auditors and regulatory stakeholders
• Strong understanding of programme delivery, project lifecycles and risk-based assurance
• The ability to translate complex commercial data into clear insight and action
• Relevant professional qualification (e.g. MRICS, or equivalent)
• Educated to degree level or equivalent in a relevant discipline (e.g. commercial, finance, law, engineering)

Ready to make a lasting impact? If you want to lead at scale, shape strategy, and be part of a programme that will define the future of water in the UK, we’d love to hear from you.

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Personal private health care
• Double-matched pension (maximum 7% employee / 14% employer contribution)
• Life assurance (up to 8 x salary)
• Personal accident cover (up to 5 x salary)
• 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more
• Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave. Opportunity for shared parental pay
• Bonus scheme
• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.

Inclusion at Anglian Water:

We value the representation & diversity within our communities. Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.

Closing date: Sunday 14th June