Project Director in West Bromwich

Team Business Change, PMO and Transformation Business Unit Finance and Enterprise Business Services Requisition No. 12474 City Bristol, GB, BS10 7SP Date posted 14 October 2026National Grid is investing around £70bn over five years to expand and strengthen its UK and US networks. In Electricity Distribution (NGED), we are recruiting a Project Director – ERP / Core Finance Systems Replacement to lead a major transformation of our core finance systems.Job purposeThe Project Director will shape and lead the programme from mobilisation through implementation, stabilisation and benefits realisation. The role has end-to-end accountability for the business case, governance, solution selection, delivery, data migration, process and controls design, organisational change and business readiness.Working across Finance, IT, Procurement, Regulation, Operations and external partners, the postholder will deliver the agreed scope, outcomes, cost, quality and timeline, while providing clear assurance to executive and board-level stakeholders.Key accountabilitiesLead the programme end to end, establishing the integrated plan, governance, resources, decision routes and delivery discipline needed for successOwn and maintain the business case, ensuring scope, costs, benefits, risks and strategic outcomes remain clear and achievableLead solution selection and procurement, ensuring the chosen solution meets finance, regulatory, reporting, control, security and compliance requirementsOversee process and operating model design, data migration, testing, cutover, stabilisation and benefits realisationDrive organisational change, communications, training and business readiness across all impacted teamsManage implementation partners and technology suppliers, holding them to