Here's what you'll be doing
Are you ready to be at the forefront of a strategic revolution in the UK energy market? Join E.ON UK as a Portfolio Manager and play a pivotal role in driving our UK Flexibility market strategy. This critical position will empower you to oversee innovative projects and pilot trials, shaping the future of energy flexibility in the UK. Reporting directly to the Head of UK Flexibility.
Key Responsibilities:
Project & Portfolio Management:
- Oversee flexibility projects and trials, ensuring comprehensive coverage, stage management, and progress tracking.
- Support project managers in preparation for key decisions and manage project interdependencies.
Leadership & Coordination:
- Facilitate and manage the overall flex development programme, including planning, monthly boards reports, progress tracking, and risk reporting.
- Establish and lead internal flex forums and events with business leaders.
Strategic Engagement and Stakeholder Collaboration:
- Engage with project owners to understand flexibility needs, collect insights, and inform future strategies.
- Collaborate with business directors to align plans, track resources, share learnings and close gaps.
Talent Development:
- Assist in recruiting and onboarding new talent, including developing and implementing a flex induction program.
What we need from you
What we need from you
- Strong knowledge of managing a portfolio of projects in line with an innovation process, stages, and stage gates
- Programme management experience – but with agility and flexibility
- Facilitating programme planning sessions
- Presentation skills for different audiences
- Mobilising cross-functional resources
- Ability to support experiment design and associated project management
- Ability to spot and understand customer, commercial, technical insights
- Ability to cope with short notice requests and deliver high results, as needed by senior stakeholders, including Group, UK CEO, UK Flex Sponsor
- Relevant energy and adjacent sector knowledge
Here’s what you need to know
Our market-leading benefits package includes 26 days holiday + bank holidays, a generous pension scheme, life cover, bonus and the chance to choose from 20 flexible benefits with tax and/or NI savings. In fact, our benefits package recently won the Personnel Today Reward, Recognition and Benefits Award 2022!
As the only energy company to feature in The Inclusive Top 50 UK Employers (our 2022/23 ranking is 15th) we’ve proven that we’re committed to equal opportunities and actively promote a diverse and inclusive working environment, and fairness for everyone.
We realise the best people bring their energy at different times, so we’re happy to talk flexible working and offer a range of flexible working options, including full time, part time and job share.
As a Disability Confident Employer we interview every disabled applicant who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
We’ve exciting opportunities for everyone to develop their talent at E.ON. Our open access, inclusive talent networks provide networking, learning and development for all, building your skills, qualifications, and capabilities throughout your career.