Incident Problem Manager

  • Vallum Associates
  • Dec 10, 2025
Contractor

Job Description

Key Responsibilities

Incident Management

  • Own the end-to-end incident lifecycle, ensuring rapid service restoration and minimal disruption to business operations and the wider energy market.
  • Lead, control, and coordinate incidents, managing all resolver groups through to full recovery.
  • Assess, prioritise, and manage business and market impact, ensuring appropriate escalation and focus on the most critical issues.
  • Act as the single point of control for cross-party incidents involving Market Participants, suppliers, and external stakeholders.
  • Deliver clear, timely, and consistent communications to internal stakeholders, leadership teams, and the wider market throughout the incident lifecycle.
  • Monitor and manage incident SLAs, including tracking holds, breaches, and ensuring accurate time recording across all incident stages.
  • Maintain high-quality incident records with clear timelines, decision logs, actions, and a complete audit trail.

Skills & Experience

  • Proven experience as an Incident Manager or Major Incident Lead, ideally within the energy, utilities sectors.
  • Strong understanding of market operations, market participants, and supplier interactions.
  • Experience working with complex environments such as Helix, Kinnect, or similar energy market systems (desirable).
  • Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and coordination skills, including during high-pressure situations.
  • Strong analytical skills with the ability to assess business impact, prioritise effectively, and ensure swift resolution.
  • Experience maintaining accurate incident records and following ITIL-aligned processes.
  • Ability to influence resolver groups and drive accountability across internal and external parties.