Who are we?
Thames Water is the UK’s largest water and wastewater company. We make a daily difference to our 15 million customers by supplying 2.6 billion litres of water through 32,000 km of pipes, keeping taps flowing and toilets flushing.
At Thames Water, every one of our actions, big and small, matters every day. Water is essential to life, so our business is always open.
The PR24 Strategy & Planning Manager will lead the strategic and narrative alignment and integration of our key regulatory submissions with the 2050 vision, our corporate strategy and transformation priorities, the CSR and ongoing business area strategies.
What makes the role unique?
An exciting opportunity where you will lead focussed project work to bring strategic clarity to our submission, and support the business areas in communicating our plan effectively. You will become subject matter expert in regulatory policy issues that affect the Retail and markets area of Thames Water. As a member of the wider Strategy and External Affairs team you will be expected to develop and maintain proactive, transparent and positive relationships with key internal and external stakeholders, and provide cross functional leadership.
What you will be doing?
- Proactively seek to understand what our regulators and other stakeholders are trying to achieve and identify how this applies to our AMP8
- Translate a complex strategy development landscape into a narrative framework for the PR24 submission, aligned to the transformation plan but bridging to Ofwat final methodology expectations.
- Lead focussed project work to integrate disparate project/programme elements which meets Ofwat’s expectations around line of sight.
- Shape materials for key investor/stakeholder engagements on PR24, working with business leads as required
- Become a subject lead on regulation policy that interacts with our Retail area, building relationships that influence the regulatory landscape such that Thames Water are in a strong leadership position to deliver our customer’s priorities and have a clear line of sight from customer wants to our plans
- Facilitate and drive delivery of cross functional strategic initiatives such as understanding our investment drivers, delivery of Internal Business Plan considerations and ensuring we prioritise customer spend effectively
- Work with the functional areas to deliver high quality, impactful and on time formal and informal regulatory submissions (functionally focussed and business wide), taking ownership and leadership of regulatory policy submissions.
What you will bring to the role?
- Previous experience in utility regulation, obtained in the water industry or a similar asset management industry, including an understanding of the delivery of business plan and price review process within a regulated industry
- Highly effective written communication skills, in particular around the creation of strategy and business planning documentation and materials to support effective engagement with key internal and external stakeholders.
- High levels of influencing and collaborative skills in working with a wide variety of personnel from different backgrounds and with diverse roles within the business, including at senior levels.
- Strong project management skills, and experience in operating a system of project controls, in a project management environment.
What's in it for you?
Thames Water is a dynamic, rewarding and diverse place to work, with opportunities around every corner. If you join our team, you’ll enjoy a fulfilling career, flexible working arrangements and a wider benefits scheme including our benefits hub, which is packed full of offers and information to save you money and support your wellbeing.
Our competitive salary and package include a bonus, car allowance, private healthcare, an excellent contributory pension and 26 days holiday per year increasing to 30 with length of service.
We’re also proud to embrace and promote diversity and believe that creating a workforce that reflects the communities we serve will help us to thrive. We encourage applications from everyone and offer extra support for those who need it throughout the recruitment process.
Find out more about working at Thames Water
We deliver life's essential service so our customers, communities and the environment can thrive. This means, that when a crisis happens, we all rally around to support our customers. As part of your role, you’ll be required to participate in a rota to provide Customer Incident Support, as requested by the Company from time to time. This may be by supporting our customers on the frontline as an Ambassador or being part of the team managing the incident as a Control Tower Lead. This is incredibly rewarding, and you’ll be given full training – it’s also a great opportunity to learn more about our business and meet colleagues.
Disclaimer: due to the high volume of applications we receive, we may close a vacancy earlier than the advertised date. This is so we can manage all the applications properly and give candidates a positive experience. Once closed, we can’t consider any further applications, so please submit your application as soon as possible to avoid disappointment.