Insurance Manager - ET

At National Grid, we keep people connected and society moving. But it’s so much more than that. National Grid provides the environment for our teams to thrive and make a real impact. As we drive momentum in the energy transition for all, we are committed to ensuring that every employee feels empowered and engaged. So, join us as an Insurance Manager, and find your superpower.

As an Insurance Manager, you’ll play a vital role in supporting National Grid’s strategic ambitions by delivering expert insurance, claims, and risk management advice—particularly across major infrastructure projects in the UK and Europe. You’ll work closely with colleagues across the Group Insurance team, building strong relationships and ensuring alignment on key initiatives. You’ll manage service providers and offer strategic input to internal stakeholders on claims matters and provide insurance consultancy for new projects and emerging technologies, identifying insurable risks and developing cost-effective insurance solutions to support innovation and resilience. Beyond project work, you’ll contribute to the global insurance and reinsurance strategy, applying strategic thinking and data analysis to help shape decisions and represent material exposures across the business.

This role can be based out of our London, Warwick or Castle Donnington office, and we’d hope to see you at least two days per week with travel to London as required, but you’re welcome to be in the office more often if that would work best for you. We’re happy to discuss any additional flexibility in working patterns or requirements that you feel could help to make this job work for you!

What You’ll Do:

• Leading in the assessment, review, and recommendation of insurance requirements for our major infrastructure projects.
• Implement approved insurance strategies to ensure appropriate protection of National Grid’s assets, insurable liabilities, and new business developments.
• Leading studies to ensure placement of coverage with appropriate limits, deductibles and retentions.
• Set direction by maintaining up to date knowledge of insurance markets.
• Advise businesses on issues related to risk and insurance within commercial contracts.
• Provision of credible data and analysis to support underwriting disclosure to various insurers/reinsurers.
• Drive performance improvements by establishing and sharing best practice, challenging peers and maintaining key relationships across the insurance sector.

What You’ll Have:

• Strong, demonstrable construction sector experience.
• Insurance and risk management background ideally from within in-house positions, insurance underwriting or broking.
• Experience in leading and placing insurance programs in the UK or global insurance markets.
• Reviewing and negotiating insurance terms and conditions including policy wordings.
• Knowledge of usual lines of insurance coverage purchased to support large and complex infrastructure projects.
• Ability to review and advise on insurance provisions within project and finance documents, including liaison with legal and other advisers.
• Strong stakeholder management experience, you can build and develop strong cross-functional business partnerships.
• Negotiation and influencing skills with the ability to work collaboratively with others.
• Self-discipline and strong organisational skills.
• A positive attitude, high motivation, and the ability to maintain a culture that is based on teamwork, respect, and integrity.
• Ability to manage time effectively, set priorities and meet deadlines.
• ACII qualified (desirable but not essential).

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At National Grid, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one.

What You’ll Get:

• Competitive base salary, dependent on experience.
• As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance with on target being 15% (with a maximum of 30%) 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 several 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.

More Information:

This role closes on 31 March 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.

About Us:

As one of the largest investor-owned energy companies in the world, National Grid is at the centre of a clean, fair and affordable energy future, where tackling climate change and reaching net zero is a key priority. National Grid is pioneering ways to decarbonise the energy system; from building interconnectors to allow the UK to share clean energy with our neighbours in Europe, to investing in renewable energy generation in the United States. We value diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive workplace for all. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates – we make appointments purely on merit, assessed against objective selection criteria. We support flexible working and will make reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process should you have any physical or mental impairment which may affect your ability to participate in the process.

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.