Hybrid Project Manager – Innovation and Change

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About the role

  • Project Manager at Affinity Water driving business change and leading innovation in the water sector. Collaborating with teams to deliver impactful transformation projects.

Responsibilities

  • Driving business change
  • Partner with Asset Strategy and Capital Delivery teams to identify and prioritise change
  • Lead and deliver business change and transformation projects, end-to-end
  • Create clear change roadmaps and keep momentum moving
  • Facilitate workshops, interviews and problem-solving sessions with stakeholders (including senior leaders)
  • Track benefits, manage risks, and ensure changes are embedded and deliver real value
  • Bring structure, pace and clarity to complex change initiatives
  • Act as a representative of Affinity Water across the wider water sector and innovation community
  • Build and maintain relationships with partners, suppliers, regulators and industry bodies
  • Identify innovation opportunities and help position Affinity Water at the forefront of new ideas
  • Lead and support Ofwat Innovation Fund bids, from shaping ideas through to submission
  • Attend and contribute to industry forums, events and networks
  • Make sure we’re talking to the right people, at the right time, about the right things

Requirements

  • Strong project management experience — delivering business change or transformation projects
  • Experience working in complex organisations (sector experience doesn’t have to be water)
  • Comfortable working across both structured delivery and less defined innovation work
  • Ability to flex between Agile and Waterfall approaches
  • Experience of working with multiple stakeholders at different levels
  • Project management qualifications (e.g. APM, PRINCE2, Agile, Lean, Six Sigma) are welcome, but experience is essential
  • You don’t need water industry experience — if you bring strong project delivery skills, organisational change experience, and the right energy, we want to hear from you!

Benefits

  • Car allowance
  • Learning and development opportunities, including mentoring and a range of formal courses and open learning resources.
  • Entry into the company annual bonus scheme.
  • Annual leave from 26-30 rising with length of service, and the option to purchase up to 5 extra days.
  • A ‘Celebration Day’ in addition to public holidays that people can use to celebrate a religious festival or other occasion that is important to them.
  • A generous 'double match pension scheme' that doubles the contributions you make (company contribution capped at 12%)
  • We offer a range of family benefits including enhanced Maternity, Adoption, Paternity, Shared Parental Leave, Fertility Support Leave and up to 5 full or 10 half days of paid Carers Leave.
  • Menopause policy and Reasonable Adjustment policy to help everyone perform at their best.
  • Access to our Wellbeing Centre with support for looking after your physical and mental health.
  • Discounts at a Range of Retail Outlets and on Dental and Medical Insurance through our Tap4Perks scheme.
  • Up to 4 Affinity days a year to volunteer in the community.
  • Life Assurance.
  • Disability Confident As a Disability Confident employer, we’re committed to offering interviews to disabled candidates who meet the essential criteria and opt in on the application form.

Job title

Project Manager – Innovation and Change

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

£65,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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