Senior Manager - Group Enterprise Performance Management

What You'll Do

• Help lead the Group performance management and reporting framework, ensuring it provides a clear line of sight from strategic priorities and enterprise outcomes to business-unit delivery and management action. Oversee the annual performance contract process, coordinating the development, challenge, calibration and approval of stretching, measurable and aligned performance commitments across the Group. Lead the Tier 1 Run Scorecard process, maintaining a focused enterprise view of operational and financial performance, identifying material drivers and ensuring underperformance prompts clear ownership and action. Assist in the establishment of the new enterprise-wide Change Scorecard (project currently in flight), providing consistent oversight of delivery against the Group’s strategic change agenda, outcomes, milestones, dependencies and risks. Produce high-quality, decision-focused performance reporting for the Group Executive, Board and senior leadership, drawing out key trends, root causes, risks, opportunities and required interventions. Work with business units and functions to improve the quality, consistency and timeliness of performance data, definitions, commentary and governance. Oversee the annual Group-wide benchmarking process, assessing business-unit performance against relevant peers and best-in-class standards across key operational, financial, delivery and efficiency measures. Scale and strengthen benchmarking using AI, automation and other analytical tools, improving coverage, comparability, speed and the accessibility of insight across the organisation. Translate benchmarking into clear performance gaps, opportunities and improvement priorities, supporting target setting and constructive challenge with business units and functions. Assist with the corporate reporting project to digitalise performance management and reporting, helping define business requirements, future processes, data standards, governance and adoption. Drive continuous improvement across the performance management cycle, simplifying processes and strengthening the connection between insight, decision-making, accountability and action. Help embed a strong performance culture across the organisation by promoting transparency, external orientation, constructive challenge, ownership and continuous improvement. What You'll Have Degree educated; accounting, economics, engineering or related discipline preferred. Professional qualification (e.g. accounting, CFA) advantageous but not essential. Strong experience of enterprise performance management, including target setting, scorecards/dashboard KPI reporting, management reporting and executive performance reviews. Experience in performance benchmarking, KPI analysis and peer comparison across operational, financial, delivery and efficiency measures. Ability to design coherent performance frameworks that connect strategic priorities (NG’s Strategy House), enterprise-wide domain outcomes, business-unit performance and management action. Experience improving and digitalising reporting processes, data models and management information, with an understanding of how AI and automation can improve scale, quality and insight. Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the credibility to challenge constructively and build alignment across business units, functions and senior leadership. Ability to build clear, compelling and decision-focused narratives around performance, drivers, risks, opportunities and required management action. Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown that women and people of colour are less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At National Grid, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace for everyone. So, if you’re excited about this role but your experience or qualifications don’t match the job description exactly, we encourage you to apply anyway. You might just be the right person for our growing business in this role or another one. What You'll Get Competitive Base Salary dependant on capability. As well as your base salary, you will receive a bonus based on personal and company performance with on target being 20% (with a maximum of 40%) and a competitive contributory pension scheme where we will double match your contribution to a maximum company contribution of 12%, Private Medical Insurance, A company electric vehicle or cash alternative, plus many more flexible benefits. such as a share incentive plan, salary sacrifice car and technology schemes, support via employee assistance lines and matched charity giving to name a few. Further Information The closing date for this vacancy is Midnight 2 November 26, with interviews due to take place w/c 9 November 26 onwards. We encourage candidates to submit their applications as early as possible and not to wait until the published closing date. National Grid’s recruitment periods can and may vary. We reserve the right to remove this advert or close it to further applications at any point during the recruitment process.