Water Innovation Fund Lead
Core
Lead the Ofwat Innovation Fund to build Anglian Water's innovation capability, shape high-value opportunities, and accelerate learning from sector-wide collaboration.
Role type
Strategic Innovation Fund Lead
Builds
Innovation capability, high-value opportunities, and scalable business impact from Ofwat-funded projects
Domain
Water utilities / Public sector innovation
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Leading innovation and transformation initiatives, managing external partners and funders, defining trial success criteria and evidence requirements, stakeholder management, translating complex project information, influencing without authority
Preferred skills
Experience with innovation delivery, trials, pilots, benefits tracking, and adoption pathways
Technologies
N/A
Responsibilities
Oversee funded innovation activity with an experimentation mindset; work with technical leads and sponsors to define learning questions and decision points; ensure projects meet safety, time, cost, quality, and governance expectations; engage internal teams for business adoption; maintain visibility of delivery progress and risks; represent the company in external forums and steering groups; capture financial and non-financial benefits including learning value and environmental outcomes
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC