About Us
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.
National Grid is hiring a PMO Lead. This position is based from one of our main offices (Warwick/London/Bristol/Derby/Leeds); flexible hybrid working options are available.
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 Youll 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 coordinating the Planners, Risk Engineers, Reporting Analysts and Document Controllers assigned to your projects.
* Collaborating with other stakeholders who will include 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. This includes 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
* You are analytical and focused, 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.
* Driving Licence is required
What Youll 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 flexible benefits such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, employee assistance, and matched charitable giving, among others.
More Information
This role closes at midnight on 5 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 powers the nation and supports essential services.
For more about us, visit: https://www.nationalgrid.com/electricity-transmission/
#LI-KR1
#LI-HYBRID
At National Grid, we work towards high standards in everything we do, including how we support, value and develop our people. We celebrate the difference people bring and welcome applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds.
Please note that National Grid is generally unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points-based immigration system. Applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without sponsorship now or in the future, unless there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced locally. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnicity.
#J-18808-Ljbffr