Circa £85,000 (depending on skills and experience) Permanent / Full Time / 37 Hours Huntingdon or Peterborough (Hybrid) Double Matched Pension Scheme (up to 21% combined) Private Healthcare Make every drop of your potential count! We’re looking for an IT Commercial Delivery Lead to lead our Digital, Data and Technology (DDaT) Commercial team and help us get the best value and performance from our technology suppliers. You’ll combine hands-on people leadership with IT commercial expertise, ensuring our day-to-day contracting, assurance and reporting activities are delivered consistently, efficiently and to a high standard, embedding a data led commercial approach. What you’ll be doing Lead, develop and support a team of five Commercial Performance Managers and Analysts, setting clear priorities and balancing competing demands. Act as the first point of escalation for team and framework queries, delivery challenges and commercial issues. Provide practical guidance on contracting approaches, call-off contracts, mini-competitions, best-for-task resource processes and framework self-service activity. Oversee financial and contractual performance reporting, assurance plans, audits, governance controls and risk-based assessments. Support DDaT Framework Managers to deliver in-year performance, realise negotiated benefits and resolve operational framework issues. Strengthen capability, resilience and knowledge-sharing through coaching, onboarding, training, standard operating procedures and critical incident reviews. Improve commercial processes, analytics and dashboards to reduce waste, optimise value and embed continuous improvement. Build effective relationships with director level senior stakeholders (including DDaT Director, and Commercial Director), framework suppliers and specialist partners. What we’re looking for Proven experience leading high-performing teams in an IT Commercial environment and delivering consistent commercial or operational services. Strong experience managing workloads, priorities and competing demands across a team. Experience working in operational environments with multiple stakeholders and commercial or contractual complexity. A strong understanding of performance management, operational risk, governance and continuous improvement. Experience delivering contracting and performance processes and embedding effective ways of working. Demonstrable successes in delivering data led commercial process improvement Clear written and verbal communication, strong attention to detail and the confidence to resolve issues and influence senior stakeholders. Strong commercial judgement, negotiation and analytical skills, with the ability to identify and mitigate risk. Advanced Excel skills and proficiency across Microsoft Office applications. Desirable Experience working in politically sensitive, supplier-led or outsourced IT environments, including SaaS. Change or project management experience at management level, with knowledge of PRINCE2 or a similar methodology. A technical, financial, commercial or engineering qualification. Experience of contract negotiation, drafting contractual documents and applying a range of commercial models. Knowledge of utilities or regulated procurement legislation and experience developing or improving business processes. Why join Anglian Water? At Anglian Water, we’re working to deliver reliable, sustainable services for our customers and communities. This is an opportunity to shape how our DDaT commercial frameworks operate, lead a capable team and make a visible impact on value, service quality and operational resilience. You’ll work across DDaT and Commercial Operations, partnering with senior stakeholders and suppliers while helping to create a collaborative, inclusive and continuously improving culture. Benefits 26 days’ annual leave, rising with service, plus bank holidays, with the option to swap Christmas and Easter public holidays for days that are important to you. Personal private healthcare. Competitive pension scheme – Anglian Water double-matches your contributions up to 7% (for a combined contribution of up to 21%). Annual bonus scheme. Life cover at eight times your salary. Personal accident cover of up to five times your salary. Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle. Free parking at our offices, sites and leisure parks. Family-friendly policies, including 26 weeks’ full pay for maternity and adoption leave, four weeks’ paternity or partner pay, and the opportunity for shared parental pay. Inclusion at Anglian Water We welcome everyone! As an equal opportunity employer, we consider all qualified applicants, no matter their gender identity, ethnicity, nationality, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation or any other protected characteristic. We hire and nurture based on merit and a shared passion for making a positive impact. Our commitment is to foster an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong and can use every drop of their potential. (flexible working opportunities available – Individual requests can be considered at interview) Closing Date: 12th November 2026 #loveeverydrop! #LI-LJ1 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]’ To apply, you’ll need your up-to-date CV, we also recommend uploading a cover letter – tell us what has made you apply and what skills you can bring to the position. 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. More information about how we look after and use your information can be found in our Privacy Notice. Become a part of Anglian Water’s future and join us on our journey as we live through our values to build trust, do the right thing, and are always exploring, to bring environmental and social prosperity to the region.

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