Investor Strategy Manager
About The Role
National Energy System Operator (NESO) recognises the potential of bright and talented individuals, and we encourage you to join us as Great Britain’s energy system undergoes an ambitious, exciting, and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, more sustainable energy future.
The Investor Strategy Manager is a strategically important role that leads NESO's investor strategy capability, ensuring investor perspectives, commercial realities and capital market insights are understood and reflected in NESO's plans, decisions and programmes, supporting investor confidence and the delivery of the energy transition.
This role sits within NESO's Investor & Commercial Finance team, which uses commercial and financial insight to challenge and shape technical solutions, ensuring they are financially credible, workable and deliverable. The team asks questions like (What is the financial risk? What is the financial impact? How can this be made workable?) and uses the answers to support better decision-making.
Building and leading a specialist team, you will develop and embed NESO's investor strategy capability from the ground up, spanning investor relations and commercial advisory. As this is a new capability, you will be a strong contributor as well as a leader.
This role will be based from Warwick, and we continue to offer hybrid working from office and home.
Key Accountabilities
About You
We’re forging the path, and we know we can’t do it alone. That’s why we need visionary minds like yours to join us on this transformative journey. In this case, we’re looking for someone who:
A competitive salary of £60,000 - £70,000 dependent on experience and capabilityAs well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus of up to 15% of your salary for stretch performance, 28 days annual leave as standard, and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.
Benefits
NESO's flexible benefits programme provides you with more flexibility around your health, lifestyle and protection benefits, here's just a few available:
At the National Energy System Operator (NESO), we play a vital role in tackling climate change and securing Great Britain's energy future. We already operate the world's fastest decarbonising electricity system and are working towards our ambition to run it carbon-free for a short period this year - provided the market supplies electricity exclusively from renewable sources. Alongside this, we provide expert advice to government on how to deliver a clean power system by 2030.
In autumn 2024, the Electricity System Operator (ESO) transitioned to become NESO - an independent, expert public corporation with a whole-system view across electricity, gas, and hydrogen. NESO operates independently and transparently, always acting in the best interests of all energy users.
Licensed and regulated by Ofgem, we make impartial decisions that balance sustainability, affordability and security. Our organisation is fully independent from government, the regulator and all commercial interests, with a clear focus on system-wide benefit, long term thing and public value.
The time to deliver is now. Join the energy transformation and help shape the future.
Your energy. Our future. Together
National Energy System Operator (NESO) recognises the potential of bright and talented individuals, and we encourage you to join us as Great Britain’s energy system undergoes an ambitious, exciting, and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, more sustainable energy future.
More Information
This role closes at 23:59, on the day before date shown above, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.
Research shows that some people may hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At NESO, we believe potential comes in many forms and we're committed to a fair, inclusive recruitment
We're committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve, and a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential. If this role sparks your interest but you're not sure you tick every box, we still want to hear from you. process where everyone has the opportunity to show their talents. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds.
National Energy System Operator (NESO) recognises the potential of bright and talented individuals, and we encourage you to join us as Great Britain’s energy system undergoes an ambitious, exciting, and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, more sustainable energy future.
The Investor Strategy Manager is a strategically important role that leads NESO's investor strategy capability, ensuring investor perspectives, commercial realities and capital market insights are understood and reflected in NESO's plans, decisions and programmes, supporting investor confidence and the delivery of the energy transition.
This role sits within NESO's Investor & Commercial Finance team, which uses commercial and financial insight to challenge and shape technical solutions, ensuring they are financially credible, workable and deliverable. The team asks questions like (What is the financial risk? What is the financial impact? How can this be made workable?) and uses the answers to support better decision-making.
Building and leading a specialist team, you will develop and embed NESO's investor strategy capability from the ground up, spanning investor relations and commercial advisory. As this is a new capability, you will be a strong contributor as well as a leader.
This role will be based from Warwick, and we continue to offer hybrid working from office and home.
Key Accountabilities
- Leading the development and delivery of NESO's investor strategy capability, translating organisational priorities, investor insight and market developments into a clear plan of work, and being accountable for the quality, pace and impact of the team's output in a complex and fast-moving policy and delivery environment.
- Building trusted relationships with investors and other capital market participants and identify and escalate material investor-related risks.
- Embedding investor perspectives into NESO's programmes and decisions early enough to shape them, working with teams across NESO to challenge assumptions and translate complex policy, regulatory and market developments into clear implications for investor confidence and capital deployment.
- Providing credible investor intelligence that informs strategic decision-making, maintaining a strong understanding of investor sentiment, capital market conditions, and emerging risks and opportunities affecting investment in the energy system, and ensuring insight is coordinated, accessible and consistently used across NESO.
- Leading commercial advisory work across NESO programmes and initiatives, developing and shaping commercial mechanisms, risk allocation, funding structures and financing approaches, and ensuring solutions are commercially credible, financeable and deliverable.
- Providing line management, coaching to specialists as the team grows, fostering a high-performing and collaborative environment.
About You
We’re forging the path, and we know we can’t do it alone. That’s why we need visionary minds like yours to join us on this transformative journey. In this case, we’re looking for someone who:
- Proven experience in investor strategy, investor relations, infrastructure investment, capital markets or a related field.
- Experience operating within the energy or infrastructure sector, with a strong understanding of commercial mechanisms, financing arrangements, regulatory frameworks, and the factors influencing investment decisions.
- A strong relationship builder and organisational influencer, able to develop trusted networks across senior stakeholders, navigate organisational complexity and help embed the team's work across NESO.
- Recognised for synthesising complex information into clear strategic insights and recommendations that support senior decision-making.
- Comfortable operating as both a builder and a leader, able to establish new ways of working, develop a high-performing team and remain hands-on in delivery.
- Excellent written and verbal communicator, able to translate complex investor, policy and market issues into clear implications for senior audiences.
- Strategic thinker with the ability to connect investor perspectives to NESO's priorities, programmes and wider system outcomes.
- Strong analytical judgement, with the ability to distinguish material investor signals from general market commentary.
A competitive salary of £60,000 - £70,000 dependent on experience and capabilityAs well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus of up to 15% of your salary for stretch performance, 28 days annual leave as standard, and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%.
Benefits
NESO's flexible benefits programme provides you with more flexibility around your health, lifestyle and protection benefits, here's just a few available:
- Flexible Bank Holidays & Holiday Trading
- Additional Birthday Day Off
- Cycle to Work Scheme, Retail & Gym Discounts
- Private Medical Insurance, Critical Illness Insurance & Personal Accident Insurance
At the National Energy System Operator (NESO), we play a vital role in tackling climate change and securing Great Britain's energy future. We already operate the world's fastest decarbonising electricity system and are working towards our ambition to run it carbon-free for a short period this year - provided the market supplies electricity exclusively from renewable sources. Alongside this, we provide expert advice to government on how to deliver a clean power system by 2030.
In autumn 2024, the Electricity System Operator (ESO) transitioned to become NESO - an independent, expert public corporation with a whole-system view across electricity, gas, and hydrogen. NESO operates independently and transparently, always acting in the best interests of all energy users.
Licensed and regulated by Ofgem, we make impartial decisions that balance sustainability, affordability and security. Our organisation is fully independent from government, the regulator and all commercial interests, with a clear focus on system-wide benefit, long term thing and public value.
The time to deliver is now. Join the energy transformation and help shape the future.
Your energy. Our future. Together
National Energy System Operator (NESO) recognises the potential of bright and talented individuals, and we encourage you to join us as Great Britain’s energy system undergoes an ambitious, exciting, and vital transformation. Together with industry, we are creating a cleaner, more sustainable energy future.
More Information
This role closes at 23:59, on the day before date shown above, however we encourage candidates to submit their application as early as possible and not wait until the published closing date as this can vary.
Research shows that some people may hesitate to apply unless they meet every single requirement. At NESO, we believe potential comes in many forms and we're committed to a fair, inclusive recruitment
We're committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve, and a working environment in which each individual feels valued, respected, fairly treated, and able to reach their full potential. If this role sparks your interest but you're not sure you tick every box, we still want to hear from you. process where everyone has the opportunity to show their talents. We celebrate the difference people can bring into our organisation, and welcome and encourage applicants with diverse experiences and backgrounds.