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,…