Head of Market Policy (Energy Regulation)

We are seeking an experienced Regulatory Policy Manager – Energy to lead engagement with UK energy policy and regulatory developments. The role will shape the organisation’s response to changes in regulation, influence policy outcomes, and ensure compliance while supporting strategic objectives across the energy value chain.

You will act as a key interface between the business, regulators, government departments, and industry bodies, providing expert advice on regulatory risk and opportunity in a rapidly evolving energy landscape.

 Key Responsibilities:

Policy & Regulatory Strategy

• Monitor, analyse, and interpret UK energy policy and regulatory developments, including Ofgem consultations, statutory instruments, and government initiatives led by DESNZ / Ofgem and related bodies.
• Develop and implement regulatory policy positions aligned with business strategy and net zero objectives.
• Lead responses to consultations, calls for evidence, and regulatory reviews.
• Assess regulatory impacts on existing and future business activities, including commercial and investment implications.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Build and maintain effective relationships with regulators, government departments, and industry associations.
• Represent the organisation in external forums, working groups, and industry panels.
• Coordinate internal stakeholder input to ensure consistent and well-evidenced policy positions.

Internal Advisory & Governance

• Provide clear, timely advice to senior leadership on regulatory risks, opportunities, and compliance considerations.
• Support business planning, product development, and investment decisions with regulatory insight.
• Contribute to regulatory governance processes and internal policy sign-off frameworks.

Market & Industry Insight

• Track wider energy market developments including electricity and gas markets, flexibility, networks, decarbonisation, and emerging technologies.
• Benchmark regulatory approaches and identify best practice across the UK and, where relevant, international markets.

Personal Attributes

• Strategic thinker with strong attention to detail.
• Confident, credible, and able to operate autonomously in a complex regulatory environment.
• Collaborative and pragmatic, with sound judgement and integrity.

Essential:

• Strong experience in UK energy regulation or policy, gained in industry, consultancy, government, or a regulator.
• Deep understanding of the UK energy regulatory framework and Ofgem processes.
• Proven ability to analyse complex regulatory proposals and translate them into clear business impacts.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, including drafting consultation responses and briefing senior stakeholders.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills.

Desirable:

• Experience working directly with or within Ofgem, DESNZ, or a major energy market participant.
• Knowledge of net zero policy, decarbonisation pathways, and energy market reform.
• Familiarity with price regulation, flexibility, low-carbon technologies, connections.
• Experience supporting board-level or executive decision-making.

What's in it for you...

• Healthcare plan, life assurance and generous pension contribution
• Volunteering Day
• Hybrid Working
• Various company discounts (including shops, gyms, days out and events)
• Holiday of 25 days (plus bank holidays) & ability to buy/sell days
• Cycle to work scheme, car pooling and onsite parking available

As a valued member of the team, you will be supporting the Group Environmental Policy and its associated sustainability objectives and targets.

Flexibility statement

The fast moving nature of the company's business means that from time to time you may be asked to perform duties or tasks outside of your original job description on an ad hoc basis. This allows the company to use its people in the best possible way at all times and helps the employees to make their contribution in a changing environment.

Ecotricity is Britain's greenest energy company. When we started back in 1995, we were the first company in the world to provide a new kind of electricity - the green kind.

Our mission was, and remains, to change the way energy is made and used in Britain - by replacing fossil fuels with clean, renewable energy.

We don't just supply green energy, we use the money from our customers' bills to make it ourselves too - we build windmills, sun parks and green gasmills in Britain. We call this turning 'bills into mills'. Some of our biggest achievements to date include building Britain's first megawatt windmill and the country's first grid-scale sun park, as well as building our first green gasmill, generating 100% green gas from a source that we will never run out of grass.

We don't just focus on energy though- we built the Electric Highway, Britain's leading network of electric vehicle charging points; we helped Forest Green Rovers become the greenest football club in the world; and we launched Britain's greenest mobile phone service, Ecotalk, where they use the money from their customers' bills to protect and regenerate Britain's lost rainforests.

Ecotricity is an equal opportunities employer and is committed to providing equality for all.