PMO Lead - EMEA & APAC

NextEnergy Group

THE ROLE We are seeking a Product Manager to lead the design, development, and delivery of technology products that support NextEnergy Group’s asset management and investment management functions. This role sits within Technology & Digital Services (TDS) and acts as a key bridge between business stakeholders and the engineering, data, and delivery teams responsible for building the tools they rely on. You will be responsible for understanding how the business manages its renewable energy asset portfolio and how investment performance is tracked, reported, and interrogated — and translating those needs into well-scoped, well-delivered technology products. You will own the roadmap, drive delivery, and ensure that what gets built creates genuine business value. We are looking for a technology product professional who brings sufficient commercial and sector awareness to engage credibly with asset management and investment management stakeholders, ask the right questions, and make sound product decisions. You do not need to be a domain expert, but you do need to understand how the business works and what drives value. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES Product Strategy & Roadmap * Define and own the product roadmap for technology solutions serving asset management and investment management stakeholders, grounded in a clear understanding of business priorities and user needs. * Maintain a transparent, evidence-based roadmap that balances business outcomes, technical constraints, risk, and delivery capacity. * Lead build vs. buy assessments for asset monitoring, performance analytics, and investment reporting tooling, bringing a clear point of view on where to invest and why. * Ensure the products you own contribute measurably to NextEnergy Group’s strategic goal of becoming a data-driven, technology-led business. Stakeholder Engagement & Requirements * Work closely with asset management and investment management teams to understand their workflows, commercial priorities, and pain points — translating these into clear product requirements that engineering teams can act on. * Bring sufficient knowledge of the renewable energy sector to hold informed conversations about asset performance, monitoring, and reporting requirements without needing extensive domain education from stakeholders. * Understand the commercial and financial context in which the business operates — including how assets generate returns and how performance is measured and reported to investors — so that product decisions are grounded in business value. * Run discovery, user research, and stakeholder workshops to surface and validate requirements before committing to build. * Manage stakeholder expectations proactively, providing regular updates on progress, trade-offs, and delivery timelines. Product Delivery * Translate strategy into product epics and user stories with clear acceptance criteria, and manage the product backlog in Azure DevOps. * Lead agile ceremonies with cross-functional squads and coordinate with the PMO on dependencies, timelines, and communications. * Drive delivery to time and quality, escalating risks and blockers early and resolving them decisively. * Oversee handover, user enablement, and adoption of new products and system enhancements. AI & Analytics * Identify opportunities to embed AI and analytics capabilities into asset management and investment management products — including performance reporting, automated workflows, and data-driven decision support. * Partner with data and AI teams to define requirements and ensure responsible use of operational and financial data. Risk, Governance & Compliance * Partner with compliance, security, and data governance colleagues to ensure products adhere to policy, maintain appropriate audit trails, and meet regulatory obligations. * Monitor and mitigate product-related risks throughout the product lifecycle. * Stay current on relevant regulatory developments in the energy sector and ensure these are reflected in product planning where necessary. Vendor & Partner Management * Evaluate and manage third-party technology vendors and delivery partners across the asset monitoring and investment analytics space. * Run structured vendor assessments, support commercial negotiations, and hold partners accountable to contractual commitments. * Run steering forums with decision-ready materials suitable for both operational and investment management audiences. SKILLS & COMPETENCIES To be successful in this role, you will demonstrate: * Working knowledge of the renewable energy or infrastructure sector — sufficient to understand how assets are managed, how performance is measured, and what matters commercially to the business. * Commercial acumen: able to connect product decisions to business outcomes, understand how assets generate returns, and engage credibly with stakeholders on the financial and operational metrics that matter to them. * Strong product instincts: able to identify the right problem to solve, scope it clearly, and build a compelling case for prioritisation. * Demonstrated ability to translate complex business requirements into well-structured, deliverable technology products. * Experience leading delivery in an agile environment, with a track record of shipping products on time and to quality. * Credible stakeholder manager — comfortable engaging with senior business stakeholders and translating their needs without deferring to them on product decisions. * Excellent communication skills: able to present clearly to non-technical business stakeholders and technical delivery teams alike. * Ability to identify and frame opportunities for AI and analytics to add measurable business value. * Delivery focus with strong critical thinking and problem-solving skills. * Passion for sustainability and the mission to lead the transition to clean energy. * Commitment to NextEnergy Group’s values: be a leader, build trust, be responsible, be innovative, and ‘bring your alpha’. EXPERIENCE & QUALIFICATIONS  * 2–5 years of experience as a Product Manager, with a track record of delivering data or analytics products in a technology or digital function. * Background or meaningful exposure to renewable energy, infrastructure asset management, or investment management — whether through a technology role, a consulting role, or direct experience in those sectors. * Commercial awareness: experience working on products where understanding business performance, financial reporting, or investment returns was important to making good product decisions. * Familiarity with solar asset management or related renewable energy operations is advantageous; experience with battery energy storage systems (BESS) is a particular plus. * Fluency in agile product delivery practices. * Experience managing technology vendors and third-party delivery partners. * Experience working in a regulated industry (energy, infrastructure, financial services, or similar). * Excellent written and verbal communication skills. * The right to work in the UK. WHAT WE OFFER  * A busy role in a supportive team, with plenty of opportunities to learn * International scope – we operate in over 8 countries * Hybrid working – we will need you in the central London (Mayfair) office at least twice a week, but you will normally be able to work remotely for the remainder of the week * 30 days’ holiday per year (3 of which are taken during the festive shutdown in December) * Private pension * BUPA Healthcare for you and qualifying dependents * Cycle to work and electric vehicle leasing schemes * Annual discretionary bonus. HOW TO APPLY If you are interested in this opportunity, please follow the link to apply or send your application to careers@nextenergygroup.com. If you have been shortlisted for the next stage, we will be in contact within 14 days. By selecting “Apply” or sending us your CV, you indicate you have read and acknowledged NextEnergy Group’s Candidate Privacy Notice. DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION Our approach to diversity and inclusion is a natural extension of our values. Our entrepreneurial culture inspires us to try new things, be open to different viewpoints and be bold. Our Group is committed to cultivating and preserving a culture of connectedness that values difference and gives space for individual expression. The collective sum of our individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, innovation, self-expression, talent and hard work form the bedrock of who we are and who we aspire to be. We are committed to equal employment and advancement opportunity irrespective of race, color, ancestry, social background, religion, gender, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability and gender identity. ABOUT US NextEnergy Group was founded in 2007 to become a leading market participant in the international solar sector.  Since its inception, it has been active in the development, construction, and ownership of solar assets across multiple jurisdictions.  NextEnergy Group operates via its three business units: NextEnergy Capital (Investment Management), WiseEnergy (Operating Asset Management), and Starlight (Asset Development). NextEnergy Capital manages the Group's investment activities and has invested in over 520 solar plants, exceeding 2GW in capacity across its institutional funds. * NextEnergy Solar Fund (NESF): Listed on the London Stock Exchange, NESF manages 102 solar and energy storage assets in the UK and Italy, with a total installed capacity of 983MW and a gross asset value of £1,014m. * NextPower II (NPII): A private fund of 105 solar plants (149MW) focused on Italy, successfully divested in January 2022, delivering net IRRs exceeding its 10-12% target. * NextPower III ESG (NPIII ESG): A private fund targeting solar infrastructure in OECD countries (e.g., US, Spain, Italy), with $896m raised, exceeding its $750m target. * NextPower UK ESG (NPUK ESG): A private fund dedicated to new-build solar plants in the UK, with ~£600m raised. * NextPower V ESG (NPV ESG): A private OECD solar fund investing in solar and adjacent technologies like battery storage. To date, it has raised $745m, targeting $1.5bn ($2bn ceiling). WiseEnergy® is NextEnergy Group’s operating asset manager.  WiseEnergy is a leading specialist operating asset manager in the solar sector.  Since its founding, WiseEnergy has provided solar asset management, monitoring, technical due diligence and under construction services to over 1,500 utility-scale solar power plants with an installed total capacity in excess of 3.4 GW.  WiseEnergy clients comprise leading banks and equity financiers in the energy and infrastructure sector.  Starlight is NextEnergy Group’s development company that is active in the development phase of solar projects.  It has developed over 100 utility-scale projects internationally and continues to progress a large pipeline of c.10GW of both green and brownfield project developments across global geographies. NextSTEP is the venture capital fund of NextEnergy Group, dedicated to investing in innovative startups in the field of environmental sustainability. The fund primarily focuses on investments in Italy and the United Kingdom but also extends its reach to the rest of Europe and the United States, targeting startups in the pre-seed and seed stages. NextSTEP pays particular attention to emerging entities from incubators, startup accelerators, universities, and research centers, supporting projects that address global challenges in crucial areas such as Climate Change, Energy Transition, CO2 Capture and Sequestration, Circular Economy, Sustainable Cities, Sustainable Mobility, Sustainable Fashion, Waste Management, Water and much more. NextEnergy Foundation is a non-profit organisation founded in 2016 by the NextEnergy Group that operates internationally and whose mission is to proactively participate in the global effort to reduce carbon emissions by providing clean energy sources in regions where they are not yet available and thereby contributing to poverty reduction. As the main sponsor of this foundation, the NextEnergy Group donates at least 5% of its consolidated net profits each year. The NextEnergy Foundation has no overhead costs and therefore 100% of the funds raised go to donations for the various projects. Since 2016, in 8 years of operation the foundation has donated more than £1.2 million, supporting over 30 projects in 27 different countries around the world.

Ekimetrics

Senior Manager, Data Science & Marketing Effectiveness  (MMM),  London, UK   Ekimetrics transforms how organizations make critical business decisions. Since 2006, we’ve been helping companies build sustained competitive advantage through AI-powered Managed Solutions. Our dual purpose is Competitiveness and Sustainability, because lasting leadership is built on both.   Our solutions are a unique combination of people and technology. We combine our Eki.Decisions platform with embedded experts in marketing, commercial effectiveness, and data science, connecting decisions across business domains to drive real, positive, scalable, and lasting impact.   With a full in-house team and offices in Paris, London, New York, Hong Kong, and Shanghai, we commit to responsibility and frugality in AI, systematically building competitive advantage, and being loyal to our values and DNA.   Your responsibilities    As a Senior Manager in Marketing effectiveness, you will lead multiple high-impact programs for strategic clients, manage multi-account portfolios, and drive both business growth and talent development. You will oversee teams, ensure delivery excellence, and strengthen Ekimetrics’ market position.   More precisely, you will: Strategic Portfolio & Project Leadership   Lead a portfolio of strategic client projects (multi-accounts) or a major regional project under Partner supervision. Define, steer, and monitor strategic project roadmaps leveraging Ekimetrics solutions models and standards. Ensure robust governance: data quality, model accuracy, actionable insights, and on-time, high-value delivery. Pilot portfolio growth, margin, costs, and ROI to meet business objectives. Secure alignment of resources for high-quality delivery in line with Ekimetrics’ strategy. Translate complex analytics into compelling narratives and actionable recommendations for senior stakeholders and C-suite clients. Support clients in optimizing marketing spend, improving segmentation, enhancing campaign performance, and maximizing ROI. Lead contributions to RFPs and pitches, reinforcing Ekimetrics’ commercial visibility. People & HR Leadership   Line manage multiple team members, overseeing performance, conducting regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and talent assessments, while ensuring high-quality delivery, profitability, and client satisfaction. Lead HR and talent development initiatives, including annual talent reviews, career development planning, succession planning, and retention strategies, achieving retention of direct reports. Mentor and coach managers, analysts, and junior staff, promoting knowledge sharing and developing team capabilities. Recruit, align, and develop resources to build high-performing teams, retaining top talent. Encourage collaboration, communication, and high engagement across squads.   Account & Business Growth   Serve as the operational and strategic point of contact for key accounts, maintaining strong long-term client relationships. Identify cross-sell and upsell opportunities and support global account growth strategies. Contribute to the scoping and design of new projects, ensuring business cases align with Ekimetrics capabilities. Represent Ekimetrics externally at conferences, events, and client forums. Track and animate realized client business gains from Ekimetrics partnership, drive a narrative of program value to account stakeholders.   Practice & Thought Leadership   Share and document best practices across the community to promote mastery of delivery. Contribute to building/developing verticals, domains, or leading strategic projects locally or globally. Contribute to upskilling strategies for office teams in client management, PMO, and project leadership. Act as an ambassador of Eki culture role-modelling Ekimetrics’ core values: Curiosity, Creativity, Excellence, Generosity, Enjoyment.   Your profile   Experience & Technical Skills   9+ years’ experience in econometrics, MMM, marketing effectiveness, or data science analytics. Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Statistics, Econometrics, Data Science, Economics, Applied Mathematics, Marketing Analytics, or a related field. Knowledge in Python, SQL, Excel, and visualisation tools; experience with Databricks, Azure, or other cloud/data platforms is a plus. Deep understanding of econometrics, regression, Bayesian statistics, and advanced modelling techniques. Proven ability to handle large datasets, optimise pipelines, and deliver high-quality outputs. Track record of translating complex model outputs into strategic, business-focused recommendations. Fluent English is mandatory.   Client & People Management   Experienced in line management, HR responsibilities, Performance reviews and career development. Proven ability to lead multiple project teams and manage priorities autonomously. Excellent communication, storytelling, and presentation skills for senior stakeholders and C-suite clients. Strategic thinker with strong problem-solving mindset and focus on continuous improvement. Experienced in mentoring, coaching, talent development, and fostering team growth. Skilled in client account management, maintaining relationships, and driving portfolio growth. Contributes to thought leadership and forward-looking perspectives on marketing measurement and MMM.   Soft Skills   Collaborative, proactive, and results-driven. Positive, resilient, and adaptable in fast-paced environments. Curious, creative, and committed to delivering high-quality work   Why join us?   At Ekimetrics, we believe your ideas truly matter. Here, your ideas are yours to build and bring to life. We embrace an entrepreneurial spirit, encouraging you to push boundaries to achieve meaningful impact. But it’s not just about individual success: we thrive on collaboration and enriching one another.   Together, we’re constantly learning and growing, whether through personalized career paths and training, challenging projects, mentorship, or simply through the diverse perspectives we bring to the table.   And perhaps more importantly, we believe in enjoying what we do. Ekimetrics is a stimulating and safe environment where you can thrive as your authentic self.   In 2023, Ekimetrics obtained the “mission-driven company” status, reflecting our strong commitment to CSR.   Our purpose: Accelerate organisations’ transformation towards sustainability through the application of data science and artificial intelligence.   Ekimetrics is part of the French Tech 120 ranking. We have been selected by La French Tech to join the prestigious group of the top 120 French scale-ups, recognised for their potential to become international leaders.   You will have access to: A compensation package from £98,000 + 20% bonus + Corporate bonus 4% matched pension 25 days Holiday + Bank holidays + extra day Tenure leave Private medical care Life insurance Critical illness cover Salary sacrifice bike scheme The Eki.Academy training catalog and certifications  Events and seminars to stay close to your community Light vibrant premises in a central area in the heart of London + many other Ekimetrics benefits   As an employer, Ekimetrics offers equal employment opportunities to all, regardless of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability, or age. Ekimetrics strives to develop an inclusive work environment that reflects diversity within its teams.

Carwow

OUR MISSION To become the car-changing destination of choice. By combining technology, media and deep automotive expertise, we’ve turned how people buy, sell, advertise and lease cars on its head. What started as a simple reviews site is now one of the largest online car-changing destinations in Europe. Last year alone we grew over 50% with nearly £3bn worth of cars bought on site, while £1.8bn of cars were listed for sale through our Sell My Car service. In 2024 we went big and acquired Autovia - creators of AutoExpress and Evo magazines -doubling our audience overnight. Together we now have one of the biggest YouTube channels in the world with almost 10m subscribers and over 1.1 billion annual views, while we sell 1.2 million print copies of our magazines and have an annual web content reach over 350 million. And we’re a long way from done! CORPORATE DEVELOPMENT & TRANSFORMATION @ CARWOW Carwow’s growth story is built on bold strategic moves: organic scale, partnerships, and acquisitions like Autovia. Delivering moves of that size takes serious programme discipline. That means clear governance, a real plan, owned risks, and someone who pushes cross-functional teams to an outcome rather than just tracking them. That’s the job of the PMO. It’s a small, senior, high-leverage team that owns how Carwow’s most important cross-functional and corporate-development programmes actually get delivered, including our most demanding work: post-merger integrations and business separations. This is hands-on leadership with direct line-of-sight to the most consequential decisions being made at Carwow. YOUR MISSION As PMO Lead, you own how Carwow’s most important programmes get delivered. You build and run the programme-management capability, covering the governance, planning, reporting and delivery rigour, and you personally lead the highest-stakes programmes from start to finish, including post-merger integration and business separation work. You bring order to complexity, make the plan real, hold the organisation to it, and give senior leadership a clear, honest view of what’s on track, what’s at risk, and what decisions are needed. You set the operating rhythm, chair the rooms, and keep dozens of moving parts across technology, data, finance, people and commercial all pointing in the same direction. Success looks like: priority programmes delivered to plan; governance that is trusted rather than tolerated; risks surfaced early and owned; and a leadership team that can rely on a single, credible source of truth on delivery. KEY RESPONSIBILITIES * Build and run the PMO: * Governance, standards & tooling: Establish and own the programme-management operating model. That covers integrated planning, risk / assumption / issue / dependency (RAID) management, change control, a standardised reporting cadence and a clear set of KPIs, and getting all of it adopted across teams. * Portfolio oversight: Own the cross-programme view of strategic and corporate development initiatives: priorities, dependencies, critical path and resourcing conflicts. Surface what’s at risk early and drive it to resolution. * Lead delivery of the highest-stakes programmes: * Hands-on programme leadership: Personally lead the most complex, high-visibility programmes, including post-merger integration and business separations, from planning through cutover / go-live, stabilisation and close. * Run the governance forums: Set agendas, drive pre-reads, chair working groups and steering committees, support executive steering, and track every decision and action to closure. * Drive outcomes across the business: * Cross-functional leadership: Coordinate workstream leads across Product, Data, Finance, People, Marketing, Commercial and Technology, alongside external advisers, influencing without formal authority to keep delivery moving and decisions unblocked. * Risk, change & escalation: Manage risk, change and escalation crisply, so the right matters reach the right forum quickly and nothing material is missed. * Executive reporting: Give senior leadership and the Board a clear, honest read on status, risk and the decisions required, all from standardised templates and a single source of truth. KEY REQUIREMENTS * Extensive programme and PMO leadership experience, building and running governance, integrated planning, critical-path management, change control and RAID at scale. * Comfortable with ambiguity, rapid change and shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment. * Exposure to M&A activity, such as integration, business separations / carve-outs, or other post-deal work. * Strong commercial judgement and the credibility to operate with senior stakeholders and executives in the room. * Proven cross-functional leadership across technology, data, finance, people and commercial teams, with the ability to influence without formal authority. * Excellent communication, with the ability to make complex programmes clear to a Board or executive audience. * High level of ownership; calm, decisive and highly organised under pressure, and relentless about driving issues to closure. * Discretion and integrity. Comfortable handling highly confidential M&A, financial, strategic and personnel-related information. BONUS POINTS * Extensive, hands-on experience delivering complex post-transaction programmes (M&A integration or carve-outs), owning them through to close rather than just supporting or observing. * Programme / PMO leadership in tech, marketplace, classifieds, automotive or e-commerce businesses. * Experience standing up a PMO capability from scratch and embedding it across an organisation. * Experience of cross-border or multi-entity programmes, including across European jurisdictions. * Recognised programme / project credentials (e.g. MSP, PRINCE2, PMP) are useful, though not essential. * Genuine fluency with agentic AI tools and a clear point of view on how they can accelerate planning, reporting and analysis. You actually build with them, not just talk about them. WHY THIS MIGHT NOT BE FOR YOU This is a permanent role, but it’s anything but steady-state. You’ll be standing up rigour where it doesn’t yet exist, and leading programmes where the stakes and the visibility are high. Priorities shift with the corporate agenda, and you’ll spend as much time chasing closure and unblocking decisions as you do designing the plan. If you want a narrow, single-programme remit, or a process-light environment where governance is optional, this probably isn’t it. If you want to own how Carwow delivers its most important programmes, this is it. INTERVIEW PROCESS * Introductory call with our Talent team * Interview with the hiring manager (Corporate Development / CEO Office) * Case study and programme-governance exercise * Values interview WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU * Competitive comp package * 28 days' holiday plus bank holidays, increasing to 35 with length of service, plus extras for house moves, weddings and more! * Employee-friendly share options * Pension scheme via Royal London - up to 5% company contribution * Vitality private healthcare insurance * Life Assurance - 4x annual salary * Monthly coaching sessions with Spill - our mental wellbeing partner * Inclusive parental, partner and shared parental leave including up to 20 weeks' full pay maternity and shared parental leave, and 8 weeks' full partner pay, as well as fertility treatment and pregnancy loss policies * Bubble childcare support and discounted nanny fees for little ones * 'Work from abroad for a month' annual scheme * Generous learning and development budget * £500 home office budget Diversity and inclusion is an integral part of our culture. We know that diverse teams are strong teams, so we welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences to apply for this position. We make recruiting decisions based on experience, skills and potential, so all our applicants are treated fairly and equally.