PMO Lead in England

At National Grid, we light up the world by harnessing the unique strengths of our people. Join us as a PMO Lead to be part of a team that's driving forward the energy transition, creating a brighter, more sustainable future for all. Unleash your superpower and bring energy to life.

This position is based from one of our main offices (Warwick/London/Bristol/Derby/Leeds) however we offer flexible hybrid working options.

Job Purpose

As a PMO Lead you will support the delivery of Net Zero infrastructure projects with best practice project management techniques. You will provide an analytical overview of what is happening across multiple projects with similar resources and significant budgets. You will provide an accurate, consistent view that will enable our projects to run as efficiently as possible.

What You'll Do

• Working directly with the Project Director and their team to develop and implement a PMO roadmap.
• Developing risk, schedule, and cost metrics, and reporting on these to the Project Director.
• Providing an accurate picture of progress against baseline and engaging in all aspects of the planning process on your projects.
• Ensuring the process is working, and that data is robust throughout the critical path and integrated National Grid and contractor programmes.
• Managing and co‑ordinating the Planners, Risk Engineers, Reporting Analysts and Document Controllers assigned to your projects.
• Collaborating with other stakeholders including construction project teams, project delivery teams, business development teams, the Regulation and Reporting Team, and other PMO Leads across National Grid.
• Providing and supporting regulatory reporting requirements.
• Co‑ordinating with the Commercial Stakeholder and Delivery Strategy Team to maintain and support resource utilisation across the project during longer‑term strategic resource demand or phasing.
• Planning and ensuring best practice planning support is driven across the team to ensure baseline projects meet their project milestones.
• Providing specialist support on risk management, including assurance of risk registers and ensuring risks are mitigated and retired through the project lifecycle.
• Performance reporting and providing portfolio level support for a specific area of the National Grid workbook.
• Ensuring the team has the relevant project and business level performance metrics to deliver to time, cost, quality and safety.
• Taking ownership of the change control process to ensure that baseline change is managed, from creation of the change request to the implementation in the relevant system, to time and cost.

About You

• Driving Licence is required.
• You are analytical and focussed, with the ability to quickly pick up technical detail and information, even when you’re not a subject matter expert.
• You have advanced knowledge of project and programme management and preferably know how these are applied in National Grid.
• Leadership experience is essential. You have experience of leading change in a PMO environment and managing a wide group of stakeholders.
• You have a working knowledge of, and ideally experience in, facilitating risk workshops, undertaking quantitative risk analysis and scheduling risk analysis.
• Project controls experience is essential and you’ll have advanced knowledge of project and programme management.

What You'll Get

A competitive salary between £59,000 - £72,000 dependent on capability. As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus of up to 30% of your salary for stretch performance 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 number of 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.

This role closes at midnight on 5th February 2026; however, we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is at the heart of energy in the UK. The electricity we provide gets the nation to work, powers schools and brings energy to life. Our energy network connects the nation, so it’s essential that it’s continually evolving, advancing and improving.

In NGET we are passionate about both operating our network safely and providing highly reliable quality of supply for our customers. At the heart of achieving these outcomes is the effective control and operation of our network.

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.

Please note that in most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points‑based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points‑based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider offering sponsorship. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnic origin.