Overview
Innovation Project Manager (Solutions Team) – Location: Huntingdon, Full time, Permanent, 37 hours per week with flexibility for part time. Salary: Circa £55,000 dependent on skills and experience.
Key Responsibilities
- Ensure investments made through the programme are delivered to safety, time, cost, and quality/safety standards.
- Engage R&I staff and support the Explorer value.
- Ensure visibility and understanding across the organisation of the R&I team, partnerships and platforms.
- Ensure colleagues engage with external funding routes, e.g., Ofwat Innovation Fund.
- Collaborate with leaders across Anglian Water to encourage delivery of new and innovative solutions.
- Understand project risks across the programme and escalate potential issues to the innovation management team.
- Develop innovation process and workflows to support the successful delivery of the R&I solutions portfolio, working alongside Research & Insights and Integration teams.
- Lead on business case development for innovations ready to be integrated into AW.
- Review proposals from suppliers and innovators, identify innovative technologies or approaches, and provide project support to business sponsors.
What does it take to be successful?
- Proven experience and knowledge of, or experience in, Water and/or Water recycling services.
- Project management experience in complex and high‑uncertainty projects.
- Project management qualification such as Prince2, Prosci, APM desirable.
- Data analysis, development of benefits realisation plan, and business case development experience.
- Excellent communication skills and ability to forge effective working relationships with stakeholders at all levels.
- Excellent presentation skills for internal and external events.
Benefits
- Personal private health care.
- Generous double match pension – 7% contribution from you, 14% from Anglian Water, total 21%.
- 24‑hour Virtual GP service for you and your household.
- 26 days annual leave (rising with length of service and ability to buy more).
- Life assurance (up to 8× salary).
- Personal accident cover (up to 5× salary).
- Family‑friendly policies: 26 weeks full pay for maternity/adoption leave, 4 weeks paid paternity/partner leave.
- Opportunity for shared parental pay.
- Bonus scheme.
- Flexible benefits and working culture to support wellbeing and lifestyle.
Inclusion
Inclusion is for everyone and we are an equal opportunity employer, which means we’ll consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, ethnic origin, nationality, religion or beliefs, age, sexual orientation, disability status or any other protected characteristic. We recruit and develop our people based on merit and their passion for creating better outcomes, and we’re committed to creating an environment where all our colleagues feel they belong.
Closing date: Tuesday 16th June 2026.
