Strategic Programme Lead (Bioresources)
About The Position
Southern Water is undertaking a significant investment program to improve environmental performance, resilience, and customer benefits. The Strategic Programme Lead will oversee the Bioresources investment portfolio, valued at approximately £300m-£400m, which includes the Industrial Emissions Directive program and the development of three new advanced digestion sites. This role is central to the AMP8 plans and requires collaboration with delivery, asset management, operations, commercial, and finance teams to achieve regulatory and business objectives. The lead will also manage a substantial market engagement for a design, build, operate, finance, and maintain delivery model. Key responsibilities include owning the program business case and execution plan, making decisions on cost, risk, and performance, and fostering collaboration within a matrix structure with external partners. This is a unique opportunity to influence major infrastructure investment, implement new commercial approaches, and contribute to environmental and community well-being.
Requirements
- A proven track record of leading major, complex programmes or projects at significant scale
- Confident and credible communication skills, with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and make decisions across functional boundaries
- Strong programme leadership skills, including the ability to bring cross-functional teams together and create high-performing ways of working
- Experience operating in utilities, infrastructure, engineering, environmental services or another complex, regulated or asset-intensive sector
- Strong commercial awareness, with the ability to understand and apply commercial levers to improve programme outcomes
- Experience developing and managing complex business cases, investment plans, governance and assurance processes
- The ability to assess data and competing perspectives, manage ambiguity and balance cost, risk and performance
Nice To Haves
- Experience of market-delivered capital programmes or collaborative delivery models involving supply chain partners
- Knowledge of bioresources, water, energy, waste, regulated infrastructure or design, build, operate, finance and maintain arrangements
Responsibilities
- Leading the development and delivery of Southern Water’s strategic Bioresources investment programmes and their regulatory outcomes
- Owning the programme business case and ensuring it remains viable, justified and aligned to business and regulatory objectives
- Creating, maintaining and assuring the Strategic Programme Execution Plan, including compliance with governance and stage-gate requirements
- Providing leadership across Asset Strategy, Operations, Engineering, Delivery, Commercial, Finance and Procurement
- Maintaining programme momentum and balancing cost, risk, performance and customer outcomes using delegated authority
- Leading market engagement and working effectively with external delivery partners on major capital investment
- Managing programme risks, opportunities, dependencies, interfaces, milestones and performance measures
- Building strong, credible relationships with senior stakeholders, delivery partners and regulators
- Creating a collaborative, high-performing programme environment across a complex matrix team
- Championing innovation, continuous improvement and the positive impact Southern Water has on customers and the environment
Benefits
- Competitive salary, commensurate with experience, skills and qualifications
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
