Delivery Lead - OT

Base Location: Havant, Reading, Leeds, Glasgow, Perth, Inverness and Aberdeen 

Salary: £58,100 - £87,100 + performance related bonus and a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available

The role

We’re looking for a Delivery Lead, to:

drive full-lifecycle delivery across two of SSE Thermal’s Operational Technology (OT) value streams:

• OT Security – supporting critical DMZ services for Flexible Generation and Energy Storage
• OT Systems – enabling secure operations of private electrical networks, control systems, and control rooms

You’ll lead cross-functional Agile teams to deliver secure, scalable, and reliable digital solutions for critical infrastructure. This role requires someone confident navigating complex delivery landscapes — balancing technical oversight, cyber compliance, and supplier coordination in a high-trust environment. Experience working in OT, energy, or industrial sectors is highly desirable, alongside strong financial and stakeholder management capabilities.

You Will

As Delivery Lead, you’ll be accountable for the end-to-end flow of value across both value streams, from planning through to in-life support.

- Own and manage delivery flow across Agile teams, ensuring consistent value delivery through facilitation, impediment resolution, and performance tracking.

- Lead financial oversight across both value streams — including budget tracking, forecasting, procurement, and receipting — in partnership with Product Owners and DTSO.

- Provide line management, mentoring and coaching support to other Delivery Managers within Thermal IT, helping to build delivery capability, ensuring consistency in delivery standards.

- Coordinate delivery across internal teams, third-party suppliers, and engineering stakeholders to meet OT risk, cyber compliance, and change governance standards.

- Support product backlog and roadmap planning to align delivery cadence with business priorities, capacity, and operational dependencies.

- Champion secure-by-design and DevSecOps principles, ensuring safe, compliant delivery and sustainable in-life operation.

You Have

- Proven experience in a Delivery Lead or senior Agile delivery role, with accountability across multiple teams or delivery workstreams.

- Demonstrated experience in line management, coaching and mentoring of other delivery professionals, with a focus on capability development and performance support.

- Strong working knowledge of OT networks, SCADA, ICS, and secure infrastructure delivery in regulated or asset-intensive environments.

- Proficient in budget ownership, procurement, and financial control processes across delivery portfolios.

- Skilled in stakeholder engagement, risk management, and coordination across engineering, cyber, and third-party teams.

- Confident in the use of Agile tooling (e.g. Azure DevOps) and delivery metrics to drive visibility, accountability, and continuous improvement.

About SSE

SSE has a bold ambition – to be a leading energy company in a net zero world. We're building the world's largest offshore wind farm. Transforming the grid to provide greener electricity for millions of people and investing over £20 billion in homegrown energy, with £20 billion more in the pipeline.

Our IT division powers growth across all SSE business areas by making sure we have the systems, software and security needed to take the lead in a low carbon world. They provide expertise, advice and day-to-day support in emerging technologies, data and analytics, cyber security and more.

Flexible benefits to fit your life

Enjoy discounts on private healthcare and gym memberships. Wellbeing benefits like a free online GP and 24/7 counselling service. Interest-free loans on tech and transport season tickets, or a new bike with our Cycle to Work scheme. As well as generous family entitlements such as maternity and adoption pay, and paternity leave.

Work with an equal opportunity employer

SSE will make any reasonable adjustments you need to ensure that your application and experience with us is positive. Please contact david.brickell@sse.com / 01738 275846 to discuss how we can support you.

We're dedicated to fostering an open and inclusive workplace where people from all backgrounds can thrive. We create equal opportunities for everyone to succeed and especially welcome applications from those who may not be well represented in our workforce or industry.

Ready to apply?

Start your online application using the Apply Now box on this page. We only accept applications made online. We'll be in touch after the closing date to let you know if we'll be taking your application further. If you're offered a role with SSE, you'll need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.

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