Strategy and Regulation Manager; Sustainable abstraction

Position: Strategy and Regulation Manager (Sustainable abstraction)
Salary:
Circa from £50,000 depending on skills and experience

Permanent, Full time (With options for Part-Time)

Location:

Flexible within the Anglian Water region, with regular travel required to central offices

Join us at Anglian Water and help shape the future of sustainable abstraction in one of the UK's most environmentally sensitive regions. This is a rare opportunity to play a strategic leadership role at the intersection of environmental protection, regulation, and long‑term water security.

As climate change, population growth, and environmental pressures intensify, ensuring abstraction remains sustainable has never been more critical. In this role, you'll provide strategic, regulatory, and analytical leadership to protect water supplies for customers while enhancing the natural environment.

About the role Reporting to the Water Resources Environment Manager, the Abstraction Strategy and Regulation Manager will lead on abstraction strategy, regulatory risk management, and public interest case development.

You'll act as the focal point for managing abstraction licence change risks across AMP programmes, ensuring emerging risks are identified early, robust mitigation is in place, and regulatory commitments are delivered on time. Working collaboratively across the business and with external regulators, you'll shape long‑term sustainable abstraction strategy and integrate abstraction requirements into key programmes such as WRMP
29, PR29, AWINEP, and the Environmental Destination Strategy.

Key responsibilities

Lead risk management for abstraction licence changes across AMP programmes, including WINEP and TLLMaintain a central record of proposed licence changes, tracking drivers, risks, dependencies, and mitigations

Monitor progress and emerging risks, ensuring timely escalation and intervention where required

Identify when abstraction caps cannot be met and lead the development of robust Public Interest Cases (IROPI / OPI)
Engage proactively with regulators, consultants, and internal teams to secure outcomes that protect water supplies and enable compliance

Collaborate with the Sustainable Abstraction Programme Team to design environmental mitigation and compensatory measures

Shape and influence long‑term sustainable abstraction strategy, including innovative approaches such as dynamic abstraction licensing

Ensure abstraction needs and licence caps are fully and accurately reflected in WRMP
29, PR29, and wider environmental programmes

Provide strategic insight on emerging regulatory trends, risks, and opportunities

Influence future regulatory direction through proactive engagement and policy shaping

Manage consultant support to deliver technical, regulatory, and evidence‑based case development

Champion a strong health, safety, and continuous improvement culture

Required skills and experience

Undergraduate degree level qualification or equivalent

Experience leading complex project or programme management activities

Strong experience working with regulators, ideally within environmental or water sectors

Proven ability to develop and present robust, evidence based regulatory cases

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with confidence presenting to senior stakeholders

Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret emerging risks and complex data Ability to lead, influence, and inspire across multidisciplinary teams

Highly organised, self-motivated, and comfortable managing competing priorities

Working towards chartered status (desirable)
Water company or utilities sector experience (desirable)
As a valued employee, you'll be entitled to:

Personal private health care
26 days annual leave, rising with service, plus Bank Holidays Option to swap Christmas and Easter holidays for those celebrated by your religion

Life cover at 8x your salary

Personal accident cover up to 5x your salary

Flexible working options

Competitive pension scheme - Anglian Water double matches your contribution up to 6%
Bonus schemeA wide range of flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

Why Anglian Water?

Anglian Water is not your typical water company. What we do really matters. Water is the lifeblood of our world, and we're proud of the difference we make every day. We put people at the heart of our business and champion innovation, collaboration, and sustainability to protect our environment now and for future generations.

If you're passionate about environmental protection, enjoy working with complex data and regulations, and want to make a tangible difference, we'd love to hear from you.

Closing Date: 08/07/2026#loveeverydrop#LI-SA2
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