Location: Flexible across the Anglian Water Region (with flexible/hybrid working) Salary: 50000 - 58000 per annum dependent on experience
Bringing focus foresight and flow to storage delivery.
As Programme Manager youll play a key role in ensuring the effective planning control and delivery of a critical programme that underpins safe resilient water supply for our customers.
Reporting to the Enablement Lead youll provide clear oversight of progress risk and cost bringing structure and momentum to a complex delivery environment. This is a role with real scope requiring commercial awareness confident stakeholder engagement and the ability to translate insight into action.
Youll work across multiple teams balancing immediate delivery pressures with longer-term programme objectives helping shape how the Storage Point programme is planned challenged and delivered.
What youll be doing
Programme oversight and control
Develop manage and monitor the Storage Point programme ensuring clear visibility of progress risks opportunities and financial impacts
Own and actively manage the programme Risk & Opportunity Log working with delivery and enabling teams to identify track and mitigate risks
Regularly interrogate and challenge project plans to ensure delivery remains realistic aligned and on track
Stakeholder collaboration
Build strong trusted relationships with Storage Point Delivery Managers planners and supporting teams
Identify and address deviations in delivery construction sequencing timelines and cost at job and parcel level
Provide clear timely programme updates to internal and external stakeholders ensuring impacts and dependencies are well understood
Efficient delivery coordination
Maintain a programme-wide view to identify opportunities to bundle work optimise sequencing and make best use of available resources
Collaborate closely with Water Supply and operational teams to align the Storage Point programme with annual maintenance plans
Promote efficient delivery approaches and proactive risk mitigation across all sites
Programme refinement reporting and improvement
Develop monitor and refine the programme delivery profile to meet strategic regulatory and local commitments
Recommend remedial actions or re-profiling where required to maintain efficient and effective delivery
Collate analyse and present cost and schedule data in collaboration with performance teams
Produce clear professional reporting with meaningful lead and lag indicators to support informed decision-making
Encourage constructive challenge to improve how the programme is planned and delivered
What were looking for
This role will suit someone who is comfortable operating with autonomy and accountability in a complex delivery environment.
Youll bring:
Proven experience in programme or project management ideally within a regulated or asset-intensive environment
Strong stakeholder management skills with the confidence to influence challenge and collaborate at all levels
A commercial mindset with experience managing cost risk and programme performance
A proactive solution-focused approach able to anticipate issues and drive momentum
Strong analytical and communication skills with the ability to turn complex information into clear insight
Experience within water utilities or infrastructure delivery is advantageous along with familiarity with programme controls planning tools and risk-based delivery.
As a valued employee youll be entitled to:
Personal private health care
26 days annual leave rising with length of service
Flexible working Includes a mixture of home site and Anglian Water Office
Competitive pension scheme Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 6%
Company car or car cash allowance up to 450pcm
Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle.
Bonus scheme
Inclusion is for Everyone
We are an equal opportunity employer and consider all suitably qualified applicants regardless of gender identity ethnic origin nationality religion age sexual orientation disability or any other protected characteristic
Closing date: 11th February 2026
Interview dates: week commencing 23rd February 2026
Required Experience:
Manager
We will always go the extra mile for our six million customers and their water.