Project Manager – Innovation

Overview

In this role you drive the end-to-end delivery of breakthrough innovation projects within United Utilities’ Innovation & Transformation team. You will manage projects from mobilisation through to closure, balancing time, cost and quality while engaging regulators, grant bodies, and cross-company partners. You will champion new ways of working, apply agile methods, and ensure innovations scale across the business to deliver environmental and customer benefits. This is a chance to shape how the organisation adopts cutting-edge solutions and collaborates across sectors.

Pay / Benefits

• 26 days annual leave (30 after four years)
• pension scheme with up to 14% employer contribution
• bonus up to 10.5%
• healthcare plan
• flexible and hybrid working
• learning and development opportunities

Responsibilities

• Manage a portfolio of high-profile breakthrough innovation projects to time, cost and quality targets
• Mobilise and deliver early-stage innovation projects with agile approaches
• Provide regular performance reporting to Ofwat and other key organisations
• Coordinate cross-disciplinary teams including external partners to deliver project scope
• Establish commercial contracts for trials and roll-outs
• Maintain stakeholder relationships across internal teams, regulators and grant bodies
• Produce regular reports on risks, opportunities and trial results; support auditors and regulators
• Lead and influence through standardisation and collaboration across the business

Key requirements

• Degree qualified
• Experience delivering projects in a technical/engineering environment
• APM PMQ or equivalent (qualified or in progress)
• Strong project coordination, reporting and financial management experience
• Excellent written and oral communication skills
• Relationship building and delivery focus, including working through others
• Experience in workload prioritisation and managing sensitive projects
• Full UK/EU driving licence

• relationship building
• delivery focus
• stakeholder management
• agile delivery techniques
• change management
• project budgeting and financial management

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