Manager of Market Planning in Livingston

Reporting to: Managing Director - Supply Chain

Great British Energy (GBE) is a new publicly owned energy company with a clear purpose: to power Britain with clean, secure, home-grown energy and to help position the UK as a global leader in the clean energy transition.

Our mission is Public Ownership of Energy with Purpose.

We exist to accelerate clean energy deployment, strengthen energy security, and ensure that UK workers, communities and taxpayers share directly in the benefits of a cleaner, more resilient energy system.

GBE will invest in, develop, build and operate the technologies the UK needs to increase energy independence, while giving communities a direct stake in the transition.

Joining GBE means contributing at the very start of this journey: delivering long-term public value, helping shape the UK's energy future, and building your career in a mission-led, values-driven organisation.

From our base in Aberdeen, we are building GBE not just as a company, but as a cornerstone of the UK's energy landscape: a trusted, transparent and innovative public champion that stands shoulder to shoulder with the leading state-owned energy companies of Europe.

The Great British Energy Act, which received Royal Assent in May 2025, provided for the UK's first publicly owned national energy company to develop, own and operate energy assets since the privatisation of the Central Electricity Generating Board in the early 1990s.

The 2025 Spending Review allocated GBE and GBE Nuclear over £8.3 billion to deploy towards our missions of delivering clean energy for the people.

More details can be found in the Great British Energy founding statement.

This is a senior strategy and market-shaping role responsible for identifying where the UK needs to build, retain or strengthen strategic industrial capability, and for working across government, industry, public institutions and regional partners to create the conditions for future investment.

Priority areas will include, but not be limited to, deep-water wind, electricity network, repowering and recycling, industrial infrastructure, hydrogen, next generation solar and other emerging clean energy technologies.

The role will focus on longer-term market-shaping and partnership activity required to create future investable supply chain opportunities including, where necessary, with international partners.

Lead longer-term supply chain strategy, market-shaping and partnership development across priority clean energy sectors and enabling industrial capabilities.

• Define where future markets require demand shaping, institutional coordination, regulatory alignment, public-private partnership or cross-government action before commercial investment can be unlocked.
• Develop market-shaping strategies for priority sectors where commercial investment is not yet viable without broader public, institutional, regulatory or demand-side intervention.
• Lead a team of ethical supply chain specialists to develop and implement robust ethical supply chain policies and practices, ensuring all supply chain activities uphold GB Energy's commitments to transparency, sustainability, fair labour standards, and responsible sourcing; monitor compliance and drive continuous improvement to meet public expectations and regulatory requirements
• Lead strategic work on emerging and complex opportunities including deep-water wind, grid infrastructure, ports, clean manufacturing, industrial clusters, hydrogen, storage and other priority technologies.
• Build and maintain a clear view of future demand, including technology volumes, deployment timelines, manufacturing requirements, infrastructure needs and capability gaps.
• Lead capability mapping, market assessments, strategic dependency analysis and intervention options.
• Work with government departments, regulators, public finance institutions, The Crown Estate, NESO, Ofgem, devolved governments, local and combined authorities, industry bodies and other partners to shape future markets and align institutional action.
• Ensure robust stewardship of public funds, delivering programmes in full compliance with Managing Public Money and Treasury Green Book principles, including rigorous business case development and financial controls
• Work with the Director of Supply Chain Investment to identify where long-term strategic priorities may create future commercial or near-commercial investment opportunities.
• Work closely with GBE corporate functions, including Finance, Legal, Risk, Governance, Commercial, Procurement, People, Communications and Strategy, to ensure strategic activity is compliant, evidence-based, well governed and aligned with GBE policies, delegations and risk appetite.
• Partner with Finance, Legal, Risk, Governance, Commercial, Procurement and Communications on the affordability, deliverability, compliance, risk and external positioning of proposed interventions and partnerships.
• Significant senior experience in strategy, industrial policy, market development, clean energy, infrastructure, supply chains, public policy, economic development, consulting or corporate strategy.
• Demonstrate advanced project and programme management skills, leading teams through complex programme delivery in multi-stakeholder environments across government, industry, and sector partners
• Strong understanding of clean energy supply chains and the industrial capabilities required to deliver the UK's energy transition.
• Strong capability in market analysis, strategic assessment, policy analysis, economic analysis or industrial capability mapping.
• Strong understanding of how public policy, regulation, finance, procurement, infrastructure planning and private investment interact in complex markets.
• Experience developing high-quality strategy papers, options analysis, senior briefings, board materials or policy recommendations
• Strong leadership and communication skills, including experience building teams, managing complex work programmes and explaining strategic issues clearly.

Experience in offshore wind, deep-water wind, electricity networks, hydrogen, storage, power electronics, ports, industrial clusters, advanced manufacturing or clean energy technology sectors.

• Experience developing sector deals, industrial roadmaps, partnership models, market creation strategies or cross-government delivery programmes.
• Competitive base salary
• Performance-related bonus scheme
• Excellent pension scheme
• 4x salary life assurance
• 38 days annual leave
• Flexible working arrangements
• Ongoing professional development and training