Salary Circa £55k, salary dependant upon skills and experience Location, Peterborough with hybrid working Permanent, Full Time with the flexibility of part-time Make Every Investment Count At Anglian Water, we're committed to delivering long-term value for our customers, communities and the environment. As our new Strategic Value Lead, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping how current and future investment decisions are made across the business, ensuring we invest in the right solutions, at the right time, for the greatest possible benefit. This is a unique opportunity to play a key leadership role in influencing strategic decision-making at a pivotal stage in AMP8.

You will work at both an enterprise and tactical level, driving the frameworks, processes and behaviours that underpin sustainable investment decision making across our business. What You’ll Be Doing As Strategic Value Lead, you'll be responsible for leading the development, governance and continuous improvement of Anglian Water's investment decision-making frameworks, including Risk, Opportunity & Value (ROV), Six Capitals, Benefits Realisation and the Totex Investment Process. You will work closely with senior leaders and stakeholders across Asset Management, Operations, Delivery and wider business functions to ensure investment decisions support our strategic objectives and regulatory commitments.

- Leading the evolution and continuous improvement of the Risk, Opportunity & Value (ROV) methodology.
- Embedding value-based decision making across the organisation.
- Driving process improvement, transformation initiatives and systems development.
- Providing assurance on investment frameworks, governance and decision-making effectiveness.
- Developing and delivering engaging stakeholder training and communications.
- Managing and developing a community of approximately 80 volunteer ROV facilitators.
- Acting as a subject matter expert and trusted advisor on strategic investment processes.
- Supporting the ongoing development of Anglian Water's Value Framework and Benefits Realisation approaches.




- Championing continuous improvement and innovation across investment planning and prioritisation.

What Does It Take To Be

Successful? We're looking for someone who combines strategic thinking with solid stakeholder engagement skills and a passion for driving meaningful organisational change. You'll be comfortable influencing senior leaders, facilitating complex discussions and translating technical concepts into practical business outcomes.

Essential

Degree level qualification or equivalent experience in a relevant discipline.

Experience facilitating workshops and group decision-making processes. Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.

Experience leading change, continuous improvement or transformation initiatives. Excellent communication and presentation skills. Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities. Project or programme management experience. Ability to build relationships and influence at all levels. Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.

Desirable

Experience of Risk, Opportunity & Value (ROV) methodologies. Knowledge of Totex investment processes. Understanding of benefits realisation and value frameworks.

Continuous

Improvement or Change Management experience. Knowledge of Power Automate or advanced SharePoint functionality.

Experience designing and delivering training programmes. Professional qualifications or membership such as IAM, CIWEM or ICE.

Why Anglian

Water?

At Anglian

Water, we put people at the heart of everything we do.

We offer a flexible and supportive working environment where you'll have the opportunity to make a real impact on how investment decisions shape our future. Alongside a competitive salary, you'll benefit from:

- 26 days annual leave plus bank holidays (increasing with length of service)
- Flexible working options
- Private healthcare




- Competitive pension scheme.
- Anglian Water double-matches contributions up to 7%
- Life assurance at eight times your salary
- Annual bonus scheme
- Personal accident cover
- Virtual GP service
- Inclusion at Anglian Water We welcome applications from everyone and are committed to building a diverse, inclusive workplace where everyone can thrive. We believe different perspectives help us make better decisions and create better outcomes for our customers and the environment.

Join Us

If you're passionate about strategic investment, value-based decision making and driving meaningful change, we'd love to hear from you.

Closing date: 23rd September 2026 We are committed to reflect the diversity of the communities we serve in both our workforce and our supply chain partners to help us to understand and meet the needs of our customers. We are passionate and dedicated to the learning and development of our people, making sure they have the right skills and knowledge to be successful and to help achieve their potential. We want to give everyone equal access to our recruitment process.

If you have a disability or long-term condition, including neurodiversity and mental health conditions, we’ll support you throughout your application, and make any adjustments to make sure your disability or long-term condition is not a barrier to recruitment. If you need any support, please get reach out to our team [email protected]’ We will be in touch after your application has been reviewed, following the closing date. If you are offered a job with us, you’ll be subject to the relevant employment checks for your role, which could include references, driving licence check, DBS Check as well as your right to work in the UK.

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📌 Strategic Value Lead (Peterborough)
🏢 Anglian Water Group
📍 Peterborough