Governance and Change Manager

Governance & Change Manager From £70,000 to £88,500 per year (DOE) – plus a competitive benefits package including:

• 20% annual bonus, £450p/m Car Allowance and Private Healthcare (Family).

Location: Cambuslang or Edinburgh Park

Permanent / Full Time

Closing Date: 05/11/26

Help us create a better future, quicker

Role

SP Energy Networks (SPEN) will be delivering £5.4b of investment in the GB electricity grid over the next 5 years. As part of this, SPT Core Portfolio will be delivering a £2.4b portfolio of new overhead lines and new and upgraded substations, including design, engineering, construction and electrical works.

The Governance & Change Manager is a key role within the SPT Core Portfolio, responsible for implementing, maintaining and continuously improving a robust portfolio-wide governance structure.

The role will lead the mobilisation and implementation of two core PMO capabilities: Governance and Change Management, working closely with all teams within the PMO, including Planning & Scheduling, Cost Management, Risk, PMO Reporting and Pipeline Planning teams, to ensure governance and change processes are integrated, consistent and support clear portfolio insight. Working as part of a multi-disciplinary PMO team, the post holder will act as the technical lead for governance and change management across the portfolio.

The role reports to the Head of Core PMO.

The position may require frequent travel to various locations in the UK. The individual should be prepared to manage teams working at different project locations.

What you’ll be doing

Governance

Leads the implementation, management, and continuous improvement of portfolio, programme, and project governance frameworks across the Core Portfolio.

Drives a culture of openness, professionalism, and collaboration, maximising the input and effectiveness of key stakeholders in governance activities to reduce operational risks and costs to the business.

Ensures adherence to regulatory, control, and KPI requirements, facilitating compliance across the Core Portfolio.

Aligns stakeholders to ensure consistent delivery of governance and change management activities.

Collaborates across all PMO teams, including Planning & Scheduling, Cost Management, PMO Reporting, Risk and digital teams, to ensure governance and change processes integrate seamlessly across PMO functions.

Owns the PRM process and governance cadence, ensuring actions, decisions and escalations are captured and progressed consistently.

Provides governance and change management input to the Core Portfolio integrated data model, working with relevant PMO teams to support accurate, joined-up portfolio insight and reporting.

Supports PMO Reporting by ensuring governance and change information is accurate, complete and available for portfolio-wide reporting.

Supports the consistent application of governance and change KPIs within reporting templates and dashboards owned by PMO Reporting.

Works with all relevant PMO teams to identify opportunities to improve governance insight, dashboard visibility, change management data quality and overall portfolio confidence.

Change Management

Leads Change Management activities across the portfolio, ensuring adherence to approved processes and templates.

Owns Change Management processes, standards, and templates, ensuring alignment and consistency across the portfolio.

Provides governance and change management insight to support portfolio-wide reporting, ensuring actions are identified and progressed to improve delivery confidence and data quality.

Builds governance and change management capability across portfolio and project teams through targeted training.

Leads recruitment, onboarding and allocation of Baseline & Change Managers to Core Portfolio projects, working in alignment with wider PMO teams where cross-functional capability or support is required.

Contributes to the continuous improvement of the Core Portfolio, championing lessons learned and the adoption of best-in-class industry practices.

What you’ll bring

Extensive experience (15+ years) in large-scale EPC energy projects; experience in UK transmission/distribution upgrade projects is advantageous but not essential.

Degree qualified in Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or equivalent qualifications/experience in project/programme management (e.g. APM, PRINCE2).

Proven experience in a Portfolio Delivery environment, preferably similar in scale and complexity to SPT Core Portfolio.

Strong understanding of portfolio reporting, data analysis and dashboard requirements, with the ability to work effectively with PMO Reporting and digital teams.

Ability to review and challenge governance and change data within integrated data models, supporting PMO Reporting in the production of portfolio-wide Power BI dashboards.

Experience in supporting the implementation of change in complex and dynamic business environments.

Confident and skilled in constructive challenge, with the ability to influence decision-making at all levels of the organisation.

Delivery-focused and resilient, capable of managing competing priorities and adapting to continually changing demands within tight deadlines.

Experience in influencing and engaging with stakeholders at various organisational levels and external parties.

Ability to make high-level decisions under tight timescales and competing priorities, ensuring alignment with portfolio goals.

Proven experience in line management, with strong people management skills, including developing and motivating high-performing teams.

Awareness of regulatory impacts on business revenues and reporting requirements.

Minimum Criteria

• Knowledge of NEC4 contracts, including their governance and reporting requirements.

• Degree-qualified in a relevant discipline (e.g., Engineering or Project Management) or equivalent relevant experience.

• Advanced proficiency in IT systems, including Microsoft Office Suite and Power BI, with a strong understanding of integrating complex data models from various digital tools (e.g., P6 Primavera, SAP, etc).

• Proven experience in a programme delivery or project planning environment, ideally within large-scale infrastructure or energy projects.

• Strong communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage and motivate stakeholders across all organisational levels.

• Demonstrated people management skills, with experience in leading and developing high-performing teams.

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow.

That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave

• Holiday Purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave

• Share Schemes

• Payroll Giving and Charity Matched Funding

• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purchases

• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving

• Cycle to Work scheme and Public Transport Season Ticket Loans

• Healthcare benefit options including: Dental Insurance, Private Medical Insurance, Health Cash Plan and annual Health Assessments

• Life Assurance (4x salary)

• Access to Savesmart financial wellbeing support

• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously.

We’re investing £10 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy.

With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to the recruitment team directly