Policy Manager

We’re looking for a strategic, analytical and highly collaborative Policy Manager to help shape DCC’s policy positions on key topics in the energy sector. You’ll explore how smart meter data and DCC network capabilities can support national priorities such as tackling fuel poverty, accelerating energy efficiency and enabling energy system flexibility. Your insights will guide DCC’s business strategy, strengthen our external credibility and support meaningful engagement with industry, government and consumer organisations.

You’ll lead policy development across emerging areas, combining research, stakeholder insight and cross-business collaboration to develop evidence-based policy stances. Your work will contribute to the UK's smart and sustainable future by helping DCC articulate how smart data and digitalisation can deliver public value and energy system transformation.

• Lead and own specific areas of policy, acting as DCC’s subject matter expert on topics such as fuel poverty, energy efficiency, flexibility, and digitalisation.
• Conduct extensive policy scanning to identify opportunities, risks and potential innovation funding.
• Develop proactive thought leadership and lead reactive responses to consultations, shaping propositions and projects aligned with policy priorities.
• Build and maintain relationships with a broad network of external stakeholders including industry, government, academia and consumer groups.
• Share policy intelligence across DCC, ensuring teams are informed and confident in articulating aligned policy positions.

• Extensive knowledge of the UK energy market and current sector developments.
• Strong understanding of the role of data and digitalisation in the energy system.
• Experience working in or with government, local authorities or regulated industries on policy development.
• Excellent research, writing and communication skills, comfortable presenting up to Board level.
• Highly collaborative and well‑organised, able to balance multiple priorities effectively.

We’re powering Britain’s smarter, greener future. Today. Tomorrow. Together.

Today, we’re deeply invested in building a resilient, sustainable smart energy network that drives transformation. Our success is driven by curiosity, ambition, and tenacity.

Tomorrow, we see vast opportunities for growth and development, contributing to decarbonisation and the Net Zero mission. We’ll continually develop Smart DCC, to fulfil our obligations to consumers, and achieve even more with our customers, partners, and each other.

Together, we embrace change, unite in our shared passions and support each other. Working as one team and across our industry, we rise to the challenge to shape Smart DCC, and the future.

A career at Smart DCC means being part of something bigger – a dynamic organisation that’s not just helping transform energy but also shaping the future. We offer a unique, fulfilling environment where you can thrive today, build tomorrow, and achieve together.

At DCC we reward fairly and recognise fully because our continued success depends on our people.

We offer competitive salaries with regular benchmarking, together with bonuses tied to personal and company performance and our core benefits include pension, holidays and private healthcare.

We want you to feel respected and able, so we also offer a competitive 8 days per month hybrid work policy together with other flexible benefits that you can tailor to you needs.

This is meaningful work, with meaningful reward.

Choose ‘Apply now’ to fill out our short application, so that we can find out more about you.

As a Disability Confident member, DCC is committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments, need a copy of this job advert in an alternative format, or have any other questions you’d like to ask before applying, please contact Stephanie