Transformation Manager in Nottingham

We’re excited to announce two fantastic opportunities for Transformation Managers to join our newly established Transformation team at National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED). Reporting directly to the Head of Transformation, you’ll play a key role in delivering major, enterprise-wide programmes that move at pace and deliver lasting results. This is your chance to make an impact that goes far beyond your role—leading visible change and driving projects that shape the future of our industry. We’re looking for people who make things happen; those who thrive on delivering meaningful outcomes and influencing the bigger picture. And because we know flexibility matters, this role offers a hybrid working approach—a mix of home and office working and you’ll also have the freedom to base yourself at any of our sites across the East Midlands, West Midlands, South West, or Wales, with travel to NGED locations 2–3 times a week.

Main Responsibilities

• Work across NGED to drive, manage, shape, define and deliver transformation programmes.
• Define project scope, goals, deliverables, and timelines, and create detailed project plans, schedules, and roadmaps for transformation projects and initiatives.
• Ensure key interdependencies and risks are managed across the broader ED transformation, ensuring risks are shared across broader teams and impacts are understood and managed at ED level.
• Manage dependencies and changes within transformation projects and initiatives, ensuring that modifications are thoroughly documented, analysed for impact, and communicated to relevant stakeholders.
• Monitor project progress, identifying risks and issues, and developing and implementing mitigations as needed. Providing regular updates, managing expectations, and ensuring alignment with transformation timelines and objectives.
• Establish robust measures, KPIs, and targets to track benefits and ensure programmes achieve intended results.
• Facilitate governance forums and reporting to track progress and review performance, benefits realisation, and ensure successful delivery.
• Partner with Finance and business leaders to develop compelling business cases with clear assumptions and outcomes.
• Act as a proactive programme leader, challenging delivery teams constructively, driving accountability, and ensuring risks are identified and managed.
• Bring thought leadership and best practice in transformation management to embed sustainable change.

Ideal Candidate

• Proven track record in delivering enterprise-wide, multi-year business transformation and change including developing transformation roadmaps, defining KPIs and benefits cases, change management, and managing complex programmes.
• Strong programme and dependency management skills, with experience overseeing enterprise-wide, multi-year initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to structure and manage complex projects/programmes across diverse stakeholders and extended teams.
• Experience in the energy industry, ideally within a complex, regulated business environment.
• Strong analytical and data-driven mindset, with critical thinking skills to identify root causes, define drivers, and create actionable plans that deliver results at pace.
• Excellent communication skills, both written (PowerPoint & Word) and verbal, with the ability to distil insights and recommendations for multiple audiences, including senior leadership.
• Proven ability to build strong, trusted relationships with business executives and senior leaders.
• Effective stakeholder management and influencing skills, capable of aligning senior executives and individuals across multiple teams to achieve shared goals.
• Self-starter with a proactive approach, able to identify opportunities, structure work, and deliver independently.
• Ownership mindset, with a track record of driving programmes to successful outcomes and removing barriers to progress.
• Strong role model, able to embody change, motivate, and inspire others to adopt new behaviours.
• Comfortable working in environments or with teams operating in an agile way.

National Grid Electricity Distribution is committed to safeguarding the interests of the Company, colleagues and customers. This role is subject to a satisfactory Barring Service (DBS) check, depending on the role different levels of screening and vetting are required. Some roles require a triannual check.

About Us

We’re National Grid Electricity Distribution (NGED), the owner and operator behind the electricity distribution systems for the Midlands, the Southwest of England and South Wales. Serving communities of more than 8 million people, our expert teams deliver heat, light and power for homes and businesses. National Grid employs over 29,000 people worldwide. We are building an inclusive workplace, a place to actively celebrate the cultures, personalities and preferences of our colleagues – who in turn help to build the success of our business and reflect the diversity of the communities we serve. Our vision is to be at the heart of a clean, fair and affordable energy future and we are doing this in a fast-moving industry with an increasing focus on tackling climate change, exploring new energy sources that are renewable, low carbon, and improve efficiency to meet demand.