Implementation Manager

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Advertised Salary: £65,000-£70,000 depending on skills & experience

Job Function: Operations

Working Hours: 37

Location Type: Hybrid

Contract Type: Permanent

Posting End Date: 6/4/26

Hybrid between nearest Cadent location and home - typically 3 days per week in office, with considerable time in Ansty, and some time at other Cadent sites/networks.

We're looking for a highly capable Innovation Implementation Manager to coordinate, deliver and embed the innovation and smart network projects that will shape Cadent's future. This role sits at the heart of our Innovation Strategy, making sure great ideas don't just stay as pilots but become business as usual improvements that create real value for our people, customers, stakeholders and the wider energy system.

If you thrive in complex environments, enjoy bringing people with you through change, and can pair exceptional communication skills with strong delivery focus, this is a unique opportunity to help accelerate transformation across the UK's largest gas distribution network.

Why you will love this role

• Turn innovation into operational reality. You'll coordinate the controlled implementation of innovation and smart network projects, making sure they are safe, well designed, compliant and successfully embedded into teams. Your work ensures great ideas genuinely stick.
• Create communication that brings innovation to life. You'll shape the narrative of Cadent's innovation, both internally and externally, producing targeted communications that strengthen our brand, support regulatory engagement and build stakeholder confidence.
• Be the link between strategy, operations and people. You'll guide and enable managers and teams to adopt new technologies and ways of working. Your influence helps colleagues move through change and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Unstick complexity and keep delivery moving. Where innovation spans engineering, HR, procurement, sustainability, environment or operations, you'll help teams navigate issues, resolve blockers and maintain momentum.
• Shape future implementation plans. Working with Innovation colleagues, you'll help plan the project pipeline, capability requirements and longer term implementation roadmap.

What you will bring

• Experience delivering complex engineering or change programmes, especially where no precedent exists.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to simplify complex information for different audiences.
• Confident stakeholder engagement, including senior leaders, regulators and external partners.
• Ability to design practical implementation plans and support change management activity.
• Strong influencing skills, with the confidence to challenge and the resilience to navigate setbacks.
• A passion for safety, sustainability and positive customer outcomes.
• Knowledge of Procurement, Supply Chain and Logistics in a regulated environment is an advantage.

This is a chance to play a major role in shaping the culture, capability and operational excellence of Cadent's innovation landscape. You'll help turn our innovation commitments into practical action, strengthening our networks, supporting a lower carbon future and contributing directly to Cadent's long term strategy.

If you're ready to make a real impact, lead meaningful change and help make innovation part of everyday life at Cadent, we'd love to hear from you. Apply now and help us build a smarter, cleaner, more innovative future.

At Cadent, we're thrilled to be part of the future of UK energy!

We have a clear roadmap to drive our performance to the forefront of our industry and support the UK government in achieving its net zero targets by 2050.

We're making a difference through innovation and new ways of working. Together, we're shaping a cleaner, greener future for our 11 million customers, whom we put at the heart of everything we do.

What's In It for You

Here at Cadent, we recognise that our people are truly unsung heroes. Quietly confident, delivering every day - that's why we're committed to supporting our people to get the best out of themselves. For this role, we offer:

• Private Medical Insurance for you, your partner and your family available through MyChoices, our flexible benefits programme, with access to a 24 hour Bupa HealthLine
• 25 days' holiday, plus 8 statutory days and an option to buy or sell holiday days
• An Annual Performance Bonus of up to 15% of your salary
• A generous pension scheme where the company double matches your contributions up to 12% i.e. if you contribute 6% a month, the company will contribute 12%
• A competitive salary that's reviewed each year against the market median salary for your role, skills, knowledge and experience
• Generous family policies and flexible benefits
• A free Employee Assistance Line where you can get support and advice on any of the challenges you're facing, completely confidentially
• Support to help you cover the cost of professional membership subscriptions, course fees, books, examination fees and time off for study leave - so long as it's relevant to your role
• Plus many more benefits that help you join the dots between your work and home life!

We support a healthy work-life balance and are open to flexible working options.

Diversity and Inclusion

Don't meet every requirement? No problem! If you're excited about this opportunity but your experience doesn't align perfectly with every qualification mentioned, we would still love for you to submit your application - you may just be the right person for this role or other opportunities at Cadent.

We value diversity and are committed to being an equitable employer. Our employee communities - Women in Cadent, Pride at Work (LGBTQ+), Embrace (ethnicity and religion), Thrive! (disability), the Cadent Military Community, the Grief Awareness Community, and the Men's Engagement Network (M.E.N) - can't wait to welcome you!

What's next?

To be considered for this role, please submit your application with an up-to-date CV and our Talent Acquisition team will get in touch soon. To learn more about Cadent, visit our website at Home Cadent ()

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