Programme & Portfolio Manager

Circa £75,000 per annum (Dependent on Skills & Experience)

Permanent

Full time, 37 hours per week (Flexible working opportunities are available)

Thorpe Wood House, Peterborough

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Anglian Water is investing over £8 billion of CAPEX in our AMP8 programme – a bold and forward-thinking commitment to delivering a resilient, sustainable, and customer-focused water infrastructure.

We're looking for a Programme & Portfolio Manager to play a pivotal leadership role in our Portfolio Delivery Management team. This role holds shared responsibility for a significant portion of our capital investment and are central to delivering value, innovation, and efficiency across a complex and ambitious portfolio. You'll work at a strategic level to ensure that delivery aligns with customer priorities, community outcomes, and long-term business goals.

As a Programme & Portfolio Manager, you will oversee the planning, governance, and performance of key investment portfolios within our Alliances. From driving delivery excellence to managing risk and ensuring alignment with our Outcome Delivery Incentives (ODIs), you will help steer Anglian Water’s AMP8 success. You’ll lead cross-functional collaboration, both internally and externally, while championing innovation and embedding a TOTEX-first mindset throughout.

We’re keen to hear from individuals at all levels of experience. Whether you’re an established leader in portfolio delivery or looking to step into a more strategic role with the right foundations in programme or project management, we’d love to speak with you. What matters most is your ability to think critically, collaborate effectively, and drive performance in a complex, fast-paced environment.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead programme planning to ensure alignment across alliances to minimise customer disruption.

• Apply innovative delivery strategies including bundling, tech-based solutions, and constraint planning.

• Drive collaborative planning across the business and delivery partners.

• Proactively manage portfolio risks and performance metrics.

• Use data insight to anticipate challenges and inform decisions.

• Promote continuous improvement and embed lessons learned.

• Chair and lead Portfolio Boards, ensuring robust oversight and governance.

• Uphold delegated authorities and assurance processes.

• Own, manage and escalate the live risks

• Provide early risk visibility to directors and coordinate mitigation actions.

• Engage senior leadership, operational teams, and delivery vehicles to ensure alignment.

• Foster external stakeholder relationships to unlock value and opportunities.

• Champion collaboration and a TOTEX mindset across the business.

What does it take to be a Programme & Portfolio Manager?

• Extensive leadership experience in portfolio/programme management in a complex, capital-intensive environment.

• Degree-level education or relevant experience with technical or project management qualifications (e.g. MSP, MoP).

• Demonstrated success in cross-functional leadership, risk management, and performance delivery.

• Strong understanding of water and water recycling processes and the regulatory environment.

• Operational delivery background is highly desirable.

• Exceptional stakeholder management and leadership capability.

• Excellent analytical, planning, and prioritisation skills.

• Commercially astute with NEC contract and governance experience.

• Strong communicator with a track record of influencing at senior levels.

• Proficient in MS Office, Power BI and other data/visualisation tools.

As a valued employee, you’ll be entitled to:

• Full private healthcare with no excess

• 26 days leave, rising with service + Bank Holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion

• A flexible working culture

• Competitive pension scheme – we double-match your contributions up to 7%

• Life Assurance at eight times your salary

• Personal Accident cover – up to 5x your salary

• Bonus Scheme

• Lots of great discounts

• Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

• Paid time off when you’re physically and mentally unwell

• An excellent Family Leave package – to help you support your family

Why Anglian Water?

Anglian Water is a water company that cares. We care about our people, our environment and our customers. We take pride in providing a collaborative, innovative and inspiring working environment. We want businesses to grow, environments to flourish and families to get on with their day to day lives. Constantly exploring; working hard to find new and better ways to look after our customers’ individual needs.

Closing Date: 25/10/26

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