Digital Product Line Director

National Grid -
Warwick

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Job details

Full-time
£93,000 - £110,000 a year
12 days ago

Benefits

Company car
Cycle to work scheme
Company pension
Private medical insurance
Life insurance

Qualifications

Business development
Product management
4G/LTE

Full job description

Information Technology and Digital

Business Unit

Electricity Transmission

Requisition No.

9446

City

Warwick, GB, CV34 6DA

Date posted

23 June 2026

Digital Product Line Director

At National Grid, we keep people connected and society moving. But it’s so much more than that. National Grid provides the environment, support, and purpose that enable us to make real impact. As we drive momentum in the energy transition for all, we’re committed to ensuring none of our customers are left in the dark.

So, join us as a Digital Product Line Director, and find your superpower.

National Grid is hiring a Digital Product Line Director. Based in our Warwick office with hybrid working, this is a pivotal, high-impact role at the heart of our most ambitious Transmission investment programme, leading the creation of a digital-by-default approach to infrastructure development.

You’ll shape how major projects are designed, enabled, and scaled from the outset, building innovative digital products that drive transparency, smarter decision-making, and future-ready, operable networks at scale.

About The Role

At National Grid, we’re not just responding to the energy transition, we’re leading it. We are at the heart of the Great Grid Upgrade, a once-in-a-generation programme that will transform the UK’s electricity network and enable a cleaner, more secure energy future. This is a multi billion pound investment shaping critical national infrastructure at unprecedented scale, and digital is central to how it will be delivered.

To make this possible, we are fundamentally rethinking how we design, develop, and deliver our Transmission network, placing data, digital, and technology at the core of every decision from day one.

As a Digital Product Line Director, you won’t just lead products, you will shape how billions of pounds of infrastructure investment are conceived, prioritised, and delivered. Sitting within Portfolio Strategy & Development (PS&D), you’ll build and lead a world-class, digital-by-default early-stage development function. Your work will directly influence how the Great Grid Upgrade is planned and executed, embedding innovation, transparency, and smarter decision-making into the very foundation of our programmes.

This is about moving beyond traditional project delivery to create a capability-led, product-driven model, where digital solutions enable better choices, faster delivery, and more resilient, future-ready networks. You’ll help define how major infrastructure programmes are designed, from initial concept and network strategy through to operability and long-term system performance.

This is a rare opportunity to operate at the intersection of national infrastructure, large-scale investment, and cutting-edge digital innovation. Acting as a strategic partner to senior leaders, you’ll play a critical role in shaping how digital enables and accelerates our most important Transmission programmes.

You’ll work across strategy, technology, and delivery, bringing clarity to complexity, aligning senior stakeholders, and setting the standard for how digital drives value at scale. If you’re motivated by the chance to influence nationally significant investment, solve complex challenges, and leave a lasting legacy on the UK’s energy system, this is your opportunity to shape the networks of the future, starting now.

What You'll Do

Shape the Digital Future of the UK’s Energy Infrastructure

Lead how National Grid harnesses data, AI, automation, and emerging technologies to transform the way the UK’s Transmission network is designed, developed, and operated.
Define and embed a digital-by-default, data-led approach that unlocks faster, smarter, and more sustainable infrastructure decisions from the earliest stages.
Drive the adoption of advanced analytics, intelligent automation, and AI-enabled decision-making, enabling predictive planning, scenario modelling, and optimised network outcomes at scale.
Play a critical role in building future-ready, operable, and resilient energy systems, shaping how digital innovation underpins a once-in-a-generation investment programme.

Product Leadership & Accountability

Own end-to-end accountability for your product line, including product vision, investment decisions, roadmap, adoption, value realisation, and long-term ownership.
Lead the creation of data-driven, AI-enabled digital products, ensuring they deliver measurable outcomes and redefine how infrastructure decisions are made.
Translate complex data, user needs, and emerging technology opportunities into compelling product strategies and scalable solutions.
Drive the adoption of modern product thinking, embedding experimentation, rapid iteration, and continuous improvement.
Ensure products are built for scale, interoperability, and long-term evolution, leveraging cloud, data platforms, and intelligent automation.

Portfolio Management

Define and lead a high-impact digital product portfolio that accelerates data-led decision-making, transparency, and performance across Transmission.
Align investment to strategic priorities, ensuring funding is directed toward high-value, innovation-led opportunities, including AI and advanced analytics.
Continuously optimise portfolio performance through real-time insight, data visibility, and proactive risk management.

Business Situational Analysis & Feasibility Assessment

Lead complex, insight-driven analysis using data, modelling, and emerging tools to shape strategic direction.
Champion the use of scenario modelling and advanced analytics to assess options and inform investment decisions.
Enable confident, evidence-based decisions through robust business cases grounded in data and technology-led insight.

Requirements Definition & Management

Define requirements that fully leverage data architecture, AI capabilities, and automation opportunities.
Ensure alignment between business needs, digital capabilities, and long-term technology strategy.

Business Process Improvement

Drive transformation through intelligent automation, AI, and digital workflows, unlocking efficiency and consistency at scale.
Redesign processes to be data-first, insight-led, and increasingly autonomous, reducing manual intervention and improving outcomes.

Organisational Capability Development

Build and embed capabilities in AI, data science, advanced analytics, and digital product management across the organisation.
Foster a culture of innovation, experimentation, and continuous learning, ensuring National Grid stays at the forefront of technological advancement.
Anticipate and leverage emerging trends (e.g. AI, machine learning, IoT) to shape future capability.

Benefits Management

Ensure a strong link between digital investment and measurable value, using data to track adoption, performance, and outcomes.
Embed a culture of value realisation driven by insight and continuous optimisation.

Systems Development Management

Ensure modern engineering practices that fully leverage cloud platforms, data ecosystems, and AI capabilities.
Embed security, privacy, and ethical use of AI and data as core principles across all solutions.

Stakeholder & Relationship Management

Promote the role of data, AI, and digital innovation at the most senior levels of the organisation.
Build strong partnerships across business and technology to accelerate adoption of emerging capabilities.
Act as a strategic leader in driving cultural and behavioural change toward a digital-first, data-led organisation.

About You

Technology Leadership & Market Awareness
Lives and breathes technology, bringing a deep understanding of current and emerging trends, digital architectures, and innovation across the industry. Stays ahead of the curve, anticipating what’s next and translating this into scalable, future-ready solutions that keep the organisation at the forefront.

Proven Digital & Product Leadership
Demonstrated track record of leading large-scale digital, product, or transformation initiatives from vision through to delivery and value realisation. Brings energy, pace, and clarity to complex programmes in fast-moving environments.

Executive Influence & Leadership
Operates confidently at Executive Committee and Board level, building trusted relationships and influencing strategic decisions across complex stakeholder landscapes. A visible leader who inspires alignment, breaks down barriers, and drives delivery as one team.

Strategic Thinking & Investment Planning
Strong experience shaping digital and product strategies, translating business ambition into prioritised portfolios, investment cases, and roadmaps that deliver measurable outcomes and long-term value.

Customer & Business Insight
Deep understanding of business operations and user needs, with the ability to balance commercial, operational, and technical considerations to create impactful, user-centric digital solutions.

Modern Product & Delivery Expertise
Strong grasp of contemporary product management, agile delivery models, and emerging digital trends, leveraging data, innovation, and technology to continuously improve outcomes and ways of working.

Matrix Leadership & Delivery at Scale
Highly effective in complex, matrixed organisations, able to align diverse teams, maintain momentum, and deliver results through influence rather than authority.

Commercial Acumen & Value Focus
Strong financial and commercial awareness, with experience in business case development, investment governance, and benefits realisation, ensuring all initiatives deliver tangible, measurable impact.

What You'll Get

Competitive Salary: circa £93,000 – £110,000 per annum (based on capability, and experience)
Annual performance incentive: Earn up to 40% of eligible earnings through our performance‑related bonus scheme
Fully electric company car or cash alternative

Additional benefits:

28 days’ holiday plus 8 statutory bank holidays, with the option to buy additional leave and swap up to 3 bank holidays to better fit your personal needs.
A generous pension scheme with double matching up to 6% of your salary each month. For every £1 you contribute, we’ll contribute £2 — meaning a 6% personal contribution becomes an 18% total pension contribution.
Life insurance cover of 10x your basic salary
Flexible benefits such as a cycle scheme, share incentive plan, technology schemes
Access to apps such as digital GP service for round the clock access to GP video consultations and NHS repeat prescriptions, wellbeing app to support your health and fitness
Access to Work + Family Space, providing support and resources for work and family life, including paid emergency childcare and eldercare

This role is offered on a full time basis.
Based in Warwick, with hybrid working. There will also be travel to our London offices as needed to collaborate with wider teams and stakeholders.

** Please note that in most cases, National Grid is unable to offer sponsorship for employment under the UK points-based immigration system. As such, applicants must have the legal right to work in the UK without requiring sponsorship now or in the future under the UK points-based immigration system. However, in exceptional circumstances where there is a clear and demonstrable need for specialist skills that cannot be sourced from the local labour market, National Grid may consider offering sponsorship. All applications are welcome from candidates who meet these requirements, regardless of race, nationality, or ethnic origin.**

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National Grid is an equal opportunity employer that values a broad diversity of talent, knowledge, experience and expertise. We foster a culture of inclusion that drives employee engagement to deliver superior performance to the communities we serve. National Grid is proud to be an affirmative action employer. We encourage minorities, women, individuals with disabilities and protected veterans to join the National Grid team.

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