Energy and Water Senior Manager - Director in London

About Baringa:

We set out to build the world’s most trusted consulting firm – creating lasting impact for clients and pioneering a positive, people-first way of working. We work with everyone from FTSE 100 names to bright new start-ups, in every sector.

You’ll find us collaborating shoulder-to-shoulder with our clients, from the big picture right down to the detail: helping them define their strategy, deliver complex change, spot the right commercial opportunities, manage risk, or bring their purpose and sustainability goals to life. Our clients love how we get to know what makes their organisations tick – slotting seamlessly into their teams and being proudly geeky about solving their challenges.

We have hubs in Europe, the US, Asia and Australia, and we work all around the world - from a wind farm in Wyoming to a boardroom in Berlin. Find us wherever there's a challenge to be tackled and an impact to be made.

We are looking for experienced Senior Managers and Directors to join our thriving and award-winning energy and water team.

Our Energy and Water practice is a dynamic, award-winning team of experts dedicated to tackling the Utilities sector's most pressing and public facing challenges, including driving the transition to Net Zero. Our clients across the sector rely on our deep industry experience, knowledge and insight coupled with a hands-on, pragmatic delivery approach to solve their challenges including in Retail Energy, supporting clients with market reform, customer operations, and net zero strategies; Energy Networks, enabling decarbonisation through policy, strategy, innovation, and digital solutions across electricity & gas, system operations; and Water, helping organisations shift the perception of water, highlighting its value, adopt sustainable practices, and digitally transform operations to benefit customers, society, and investors.

What you will be doing:

This is an exciting opportunity for entrepreneurial-minded consultants who are excited at the possibility of joining and helping grow our existing energy and water team who deliver a fundamentally different experience for our clients and employees. As a privately held LLP, this position offers the future possibility of admission to an equity Partnership with sustained high-performance. You will be a trusted advisor for our clients helping them identify, assess, design and implement solutions to their most complex business challenges. You will be responsible for scoping and delivering complex multi-faceted change programmes under challenging market conditions. You will work frequently in industry within high visibility areas, leading blended project teams of Baringa and client personnel. You will be part of our practice’s leadership team, driving business development activities and go-to-market strategy.

Your skills and experience:

Our Senior Manager position requires 8+ years of experience (Director 10+ years) in a consulting role with extensive experience within the utilities sector. We are seeking experienced industry professionals who have deep management consulting experience and a curious personality with a track record of:

• Successfully contributing to building and growing trusted client relationships at senior levels.
• Shaping, building, nurturing and leading successfully blended teams of clients and consultants.
• Delivering complex client engagements with tangible outcomes.
• Excellent commercial awareness and the ability to drive business development.
• Strong communication, leadership and presentation skills.
• The ability to explain complex concepts to non-specialists.

We are particularly looking for individuals with experience or specialism in the following key areas:

• Digital: We are excited to be at the forefront of emerging technologies that support our clients to deliver the right solutions into their business to drive both efficiency and performance. We are looking for individuals who have experience in delivering digital, data platforms & solutions including AI in utilities.
• Customer: We are passionate about building a market that works for customers. We need people who understand how complex processes work across customer metering, billing, and debt management from a systems, process and regulatory perspective and how to improve them.
• Field Services: We are helping our clients build workforces of the future that serve both the customer and network operators needs as efficiently and effectively as possible. Whether that be from installing a meter in a customer's home or maintenance and repairing of network assets. We are looking for individuals that have experience in field service transformation to enable performance improvement and net zero delivery.
• Network Infrastructure: Significant investment is required across utilities to maintain energy and water services to customers in a safe, reliable and sustainable way. We help our clients invest in the right assets, at the right time, at the right cost and supporting net zero ambitions. We are looking for individuals with experience in shaping, delivery & digital enablement of asset management & capital delivery programmes in utilities.
• Energy Distribution: As we transition to net zero we are delighted to help our clients progress on this journey. We are looking for individuals with knowledge of DSO, flexibility markets or grid connection process and relevant industry reforms to strengthen our existing expert team. Our main focus for these roles is across the UK & Ireland markets, but experience in Australia, the US or Continental Europe would also be useful, as we look to continue to grow our international presence.

What a career at Baringa will give you:

Baringa is a People First company and wellbeing is at the forefront of our culture. We recognise the importance of work-life balance and flexible working and provide our staff amazing benefits. Some of these benefits include:

• Generous Annual Leave Policy: We provide our employees with 5 weeks of annual leave, fully available at the start of each year. In addition to this, we have introduced our 5-Year Recharge benefit which allows all employees an additional 2 weeks of paid leave after 5 years continuous service.
• Flexible Working: We know that the ‘ideal’ work-life balance will vary from person to person and change at different stages of our working lives. To accommodate this, we have implemented a hybrid working policy and introduced more flexibility around taking unpaid leave.
• Corporate Responsibility Days: Our world is important to us, so all our employees get 3 every year to help social and environmental causes and increase our impact on the communities that mean the most to us.
• Wellbeing Fund: We want to encourage all employees to take charge and prioritise their own wellbeing. We’ve introduced our annual People Fund to support this by offering every individual a fund to support and manage their wellbeing through an activity of their choice.
• Career Progression: We have quarterly rather than annual promotion reviews. We don’t have any quotas: if you’re ready and delivering at the right level, you’ll get that promotion.
• Profit Share Scheme: All employees participate in the Baringa Group Profit Share Scheme so everyone has a stake in the company’s success.

Diversity and Inclusion:

We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe that creating an environment where everyone feels a sense of belonging is central to our culture and that diversity is paramount to driving creativity, innovation, and value for our clients and for our people.

An award-winning workplace:

You can be a part of our ‘Great Place to Work’ – with our commitment to women and well-being in the workplace for all.

Using business as a force for good:

At Baringa we believe that everyone creates a lasting impact when you put people - customers, employees, investors, suppliers, and society – first. Our B Corp™ certification shows that we’ve met and held ourselves accountable to high standards of social and environmental performance and transparency. Our award-winning people-first philosophy makes us distinctive - Be Kind. Be Curious. Be Great at Work.

Join us:

All applications will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, nationality, disability, age, faith or social background. We do not filter applications by university background and encourage those who have taken alternative educational and career paths to apply. We would like to actively encourage applications from those who identify with less represented and minority groups. We operate an inclusive recruitment process, ensuring reasonable adjustments where needed. Please contact a member of our Recruitment Team to discuss further.