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About the Role

The Head of Regulation – Strategic Infrastructure will serve as the SI Executive’s trusted advisor on regulation, responsible for regulatory outcomes. This role involves setting clear regulatory positions, ensuring strong assurance and reporting, and building effective relationships with key stakeholders like Ofgem and Government to help the business meet commercial objectives through high-quality regulatory outcomes. The position will set the direction for regulatory strategy, policy engagement, and assurance for NGET’s Accelerated Strategic Transmission Infrastructure (ASTI) and major substation delivery program. As part of the NGET Regulation senior leadership team, this role acts as the voice of Ofgem within the organization, providing constructive challenge and helping National Grid influence Ofgem and other stakeholders. The role offers authoritative advice on the implications of Ofgem decisions, license conditions, and regulatory reforms, leading a team of approximately 30 individuals who advise on and improve network investment designs and regulatory submissions. Externally, the role manages NGET’s senior engagement with Ofgem, identifying and resolving regulatory risks and issues, and influencing Ofgem’s decision-making to secure fair settlements that incentivize timely delivery for consumer benefit.

Responsibilities

Operationalize the RIIO-T3 deal for the SI business, translating NGET’s commitments into day-to-day decisions and delivery support with clear performance grip and "no surprises" engagement with Ofgem.
Develop and implement the Regulatory Performance strategy for the SI business unit to ensure effective plans are in place to meet commercial objectives.
Improve investment decision-making and submissions by refreshing how the Regulation team works with project teams to ensure regulatory requirements are integrated from the start.
Improve the management of the SI regulatory submissions portfolio to manage resource pressures and extend planning horizons.
Secure regulatory approvals for the major projects portfolio, delivering high-quality, well-evidenced project assessment submissions and establishing positive precedents on cross-cutting issues.
Shape the future regulatory framework and policy by identifying improvements in the regulatory framework and influencing Ofgem to shape a better price control framework.
Support the close out of RIIO-T2 and strengthen RIIO-T3 ways of working, delivering T2 close-out and residual obligations while improving the efficiency and quality of T3 reporting and submissions.
Build trust and credibility with Ofgem through delivery evidence and strong senior relationships, managing the Ofgem relationship for the SI portfolio.
Operationalize the Regulation function using digital/AI tools to create a repeatable operating model with clear business processes, guidance, defined ownership of regulatory risks, and consistent ways of working.
Build a resilient, integrated team by clarifying accountabilities, defining regulatory competencies, strengthening leadership, and supporting the wider business effectively, including embedding a new team structure and integrating ET and SI parts of the team.

Requirements

Significant senior experience in economic regulation, policy and/or strategic stakeholder engagement within energy networks, utilities, infrastructure, regulated transport, water, telecoms or similar.
Demonstrable leadership of complex regulatory submissions and negotiations.
Strong understanding of the operational and commercial realities of delivering and operating large-scale regulated infrastructure.
Proven ability to influence at board and executive level.
Confident communicator able to translate complex regulatory matters into clear commercial and operational implications.
Strong analytical capability, including interpretation of financial/regulatory modelling and performance data.
Ability to develop coherent evidence-based narratives.
People leadership experience, including building capability, coaching leaders, delivering through others, and developing effective teams across multiple disciplines.

Skills

Economic regulation
Policy
Strategic stakeholder engagement
Energy networks
Utilities
Infrastructure
Regulated transport
Water
Telecoms
Complex regulatory submissions
Negotiations
Operational understanding
Commercial understanding
Large-scale regulated infrastructure
Influence at board and executive level
Communication
Analytical capability
Financial modelling
Regulatory modelling
Performance data interpretation
Evidence-based narratives
People leadership
Team development
AI tools and agents

Location

Warwick
London

Work Type

Hybrid
Full-time

Experience Level

Senior

About the Company

National Grid Electricity Transmission (NGET) is the electricity transmission owner in England and Wales, responsible for operating, maintaining, and investing in the high-voltage transmission network and enabling the system transition.
The Strategic Infrastructure (SI) business within NGET is the delivery engine for large, complex transmission infrastructure and major connections works, including the development of new and extended substations.
SI brings together major project delivery capability and a supply chain model to execute significant programmes like Accelerated Strategic Transmission Infrastructure (ASTI).