Delivery Lead (Project Manager) - Cyber

The Delivery Lead (Project Manager) - Cyber will be responsible for delivery of one or more projects in our Cyber Resilience Programme for Operational Technology and Information Technology. The programme will consist of more than 30 projects totalling over £30m in the RIIO-ED2 regulatory review period.

The main purpose of the Delivery Lead (Project Manager) - Cyber role is to lead end-to-end delivery of the product lifecycle and product roadmap via their delivery team through use of best practice methodologies, including both agile and waterfall, ensuring effective control over costs and resourcing enabling the delivery of business outcomes.

Key responsibilities for this role will include:

- Lead the successful delivery of projects according to prescribed governance methodologies, ensuring project risks, issues and dependencies are managed effectively.

- Manage the product and delivery teams, and wider stakeholders as required, across end-to-end product lifecycle to ensure that resultant systems/services deliver the specified outcomes, within budget and timescale, without introducing technical debt.

- Work with delivery teams to ensure they are adopting and using appropriate methodologies and ceremonies effectively.

- Management of third parties, reviewing their performance, ensuring alignment with SSE ways of working and values, acting as a routine contact point between organisation and supplier.

- Help protect SSE from cyber attack and data loss by following standards and instructions and by reporting risks and incidents.

Experience of leading, managing and delivering complex IT and/or OT projects, demonstrating and meeting business value and outcomes.

- Experience in applying various waterfall (e.g. Prince2, APM, PMP) and Agile methodologies and supporting context, such as governance, process and culture across different levels of portfolio.

- High level knowledge of development processes, including but not limited to DevOps, Scrum, Kanban and Lean development.

- Experience of supporting budget and funding submissions, advocating for the correct level of funding to deliver against the products business and operational requirements.

- Excellent stakeholder management experience with strong communication skills including prioritising and influencing skills.

SSEN Transmission owns and operates the electricity transmission network in the north of Scotland, transporting energy from where it is generated to where it is needed, providing a safe and reliable supply of electricity to the communities it serves. Home to some of the UK's greatest resources of renewable energy, SSEN Transmission is playing a critical role in the transition to a low carbon future, developing, building, maintaining and operating a network for net zero.

SSE IT underpins the technology needs of all the different businesses that make up the SSE group. From emerging technologies to data and analytics to cyber security - we power SSE's growth and enable it to generate value, while keeping it secure. As a trusted business partner that helps SSE lead in a low carbon world, we are proud of our service. Working for SSE IT is all about equipping SSE for now and the future.