Location
Cardiff

Hours
Full Time

Salary
£86,547 per annum

About the Role
Ofgem is working at the forefront of the fight to build a secure, sustainable energy system, while evolving for a Net Zero future. We are seeking a Head of Gas System Management to provide strategic leadership that will help steer the Great Britain gas network through a period of profound change. This permanent role offers the opportunity to lead a strategically important area of energy regulation as the gas system transitions towards Net Zero and embraces future gas sources.

You will take a leading role in shaping how the GB gas network evolves while continuing to support security, affordability, and resilience for consumers. With changing patterns of system use and emerging technologies creating new challenges and opportunities, you will help ensure regulation remains fit for a rapidly changing energy landscape.

This is a broad and highly influential leadership role spanning the present and future of Britain’s gas system, with the scope to shape strategic thinking across Ofgem and the wider sector. You will lead a specialist multidisciplinary team and work closely with government, network companies, industry, and consumer representatives. You will build Gas System Management and Future Gas Strategy as recognised centres of expertise while influencing how the sector responds to major long-term change.

Ofgem is Great Britain’s independent energy regulator, driving change across the energy sector to achieve Net Zero while protecting energy consumers, especially vulnerable people. This role offers the platform to influence the future direction of a nationally significant energy system within an inclusive organisation that values diverse perspectives. Flexible, part-time, and job-share arrangements are considered to support every way of working.

Join us and help steer this critical network through major change, shape its future strategic direction, and ensure it continues to deliver for consumers.

Experience
Significant expertise in economic regulation or policy development within the energy sector or another complex regulated industry, demonstrated through a proven track record of delivering complex operational, management, and/or strategic decisions or reforms. Strong experience engaging, advising, and influencing senior stakeholders including Government, regulated entities, industry bodies, and senior leadership to build support for complex regulatory and policy outcomes. Proven ability to lead, develop, and motivate high-performing teams, supporting capability development, knowledge sharing, and effective resource management. Excellent communication and influencing skills with the ability to clearly convey complex technical, operational, and regulatory issues to specialist and non-specialist audiences. Strong programme and delivery management skills, capable of overseeing multiple strategic workstreams, managing risks, dependencies, and trade-offs, and delivering high-quality outcomes in a complex and changing environment.

About you
You will demonstrate sound judgement, strong communication, and delivery capabilities to navigate multiple priorities within a complex and evolving environment. You are committed to the Civil Service values of honesty, fairness, and openness, and able to work inclusively within diverse teams. You will be proactive in building partnerships across government, industry, and consumer groups to influence strategic thinking and regulatory approaches in the gas sector.

Qualifications
There are no specific qualification requirements stated; however, significant senior leadership experience in economic regulation, policy development, or a comparable regulated sector is essential.