Investment Sponsor Manager

Investment Governance Manager

Location: Bristol

Salary: £60,000 to £75,000 + range of benefits

About us

National Gas is securing Britain’s energy. We transport gas throughout Great Britain, repair and maintain gas pipelines, and manage the meters that allow millions of homes and businesses to access the energy they need. We are the national gas network, providing secure energy to power Britain, achieve net zero, and maintain our industrial competitiveness.   

About the role

To manage the investment lifecycle for a region’s portfolio of capital investment projects, ensuring that projects are initiated, sponsored through delivery and closed out in the required timescales to deliver business strategy, regulatory requirements and operational priorities.  

This role involves developing and assuring investment plans and engaging with key stakeholders and delivery teams to ensure investments deliver the required outputs, on time and within capital budgets. 

What You’ll be doing: 

• Manage the development and optimisation of medium and long-term investment plans (RIIO-GT3 and beyond) to achieve alignment with business and regulatory objectives. 
• Manage sponsorship of investment projects through the investment lifecycle to ensure that projects are initiated, scoped, developed, executed and closed in a timely manner in line with regulatory requirements. 
• Manage changes to investment plans to respond to change, mitigate risk and achieve delivery of business and regulatory objectives. 
• Work closely with key stakeholders across finance, central investment teams, regional delivery teams and major programmes to achieve alignment of investment decisions. 
• Monitor and present regional investment portfolio performance, risks and recommendations to key stakeholders across the business. 
• Manage the provision of regulatory reporting to the central portfolio investment team to describe outturn delivery performance and forecasting of future delivery performance
• Enforce consistent application of the investment planning approach set out by the central portfolio investment team to achieve a single view of the overall investment portfolio 
• Lead and develop a high performing investment sponsor team, fostering a culture of strategic thinking and data driven decision making. 

About you

You’re a strategic thinker with a passion for turning complex investment plans into real-world impact. With a strong grasp of capital project lifecycles and a collaborative mindset, you thrive on bringing people together to deliver meaningful outcomes. You’re confident navigating data, risk, and change, and you know how to balance regulatory requirements with business priorities. 

You’ll bring: 

• Experience in managing investment portfolios or capital projects, ideally within regulated environments. 
• Strong stakeholder engagement skills – you’re comfortable working across teams and influencing at all levels. 
• A proactive approach to problem-solving, with the ability to adapt plans and drive delivery. 
• A talent for leading and developing teams, fostering a culture of continuous improvement and strategic focus. 
• Excellent communication and analytical skills, with the ability to present insights clearly and effectively. 
• Experience of financial modelling across large programmes. 
• Most importantly, you’re someone who values collaboration, inclusion, and making a positive difference through your work. 

Key Requirements & Experience

Essential: 

• Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Business, Engineering, or a related field 
• Expertise in financial analysis, reporting and risk management 
• Excellent leadership, stakeholder management and communication skills 
• Experience and working knowledge of utility network price controls i.e. RIIO 

Desirable: 

• Experience of investment portfolio management, capital planning or financial management with energy, utilities or infrastructure sectors 
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• Some experience of gas transmission assets or similar network infrastructure 

Security Clearance 

The successful candidate must be able to achieve and maintain Security Check (SC) security clearance for this role. 

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) 

What we can offer you

• Annual bonus of up to 15% based on personal and company performance 
• Company car if mileage requirements are met (10 thousand miles annually) 
• 28 days’ holiday plus statutory holidays - option available to buy extra holiday days 
• Generous double-match pension scheme - for every £1 you put in, we'll add £2 (max company contribution 12%) 
• An optional flexible benefit scheme, including private healthcare, dental insurance, technology plans, travel insurance 
• Death in service 10x your basic salary 
• Financial protection if you're unable to work due to long term illness or injury 
• Excellent family friendly provisions - maternity/paternity/adoption/shared parental leave 
• Professional development and career progression 
• Employee assistance programme offering free confidential professional counselling 24 hours per day 
• Financial support to help you cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, relevant to your role 

Inclusive recruitment

At National Gas, we are disability confident and we are signatories of the Armed Forces Covenant, committed to building a workforce that represents the communities we serve. We celebrate the different experiences our colleagues bring to our organisation and strongly encourage applicants of all backgrounds to apply. Please let us know of any reasonable adjustments you need to perform your best.  

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