Product Manager (Evolve)

Base Location: Reading, Cardiff or Perth

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

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

The role

The Product Manager (Evolve) is a senior role accountable for end‑to‑end delivery of system and product outcomes, ensuring solutions provide measurable customer and business value. Operating across the full lifecycle, design, development, delivery and operational support, the role acts as the primary business representative and the key interface between business functions and technology teams.

You will

• Provide specialist insight to identify emerging market opportunities, regulatory shifts and system gaps, shaping the long‑term product vision. Act as the senior advisor to the Director (beyond line‑management hierarchy), informing strategic decisions that materially influence business value and risk exposure.
• Lead the end‑to‑end development, evolution and optimisation of products and processes, ensuring alignment to organisational strategy and delivery of measurable customer and commercial outcomes. Define and continuously refine the business value case based on market intelligence, business needs and customer insights, and deliver benefit realisation.
• Drive collaboration across technology, operational, commercial and regulatory teams to translate strategic intent into tangible deliverables. Maintain authority as the primary business representative, ensuring effective prioritisation and resource alignment to enable a continuous flow of high‑value outcomes. Apply lessons learned process and actively elicit relevant feedback.
• Hold delegated authority from the VSO/Sponsor to make time‑critical decisions affecting £0.5m–£5m per event, with overall revenue at risk of c.£2.5bn. Provide expert challenge and guidance into governance processes, ensuring compliance with organisational policy, regulatory standards and risk‑mitigation expectations.
• Lead the incorporation of customer feedback, competitive analysis and operational performance data to enhance product propositions. Anticipate evolving customer needs and ensure product roadmaps reflect strategic value, differentiation and long‑term relevance.

You have

• Strong leadership capability with the ability to guide Scrum/Agile teams, influence cross‑functional groups, and optimise team performance.
• Advanced stakeholder and relationship‑management skills, including negotiation, engagement and supplier interaction at senior levels.
• Able to articulate and promote an environment aligned with organisational vision and values while encouraging innovation and continuous improvement.
• Proven ability to shape business cases, assess value, and deliver end‑to‑end initiatives that realise measurable organisational benefits.

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.

SSE Energy Solutions support UK organisations by delivering energy and low-carbon energy solutions. These include EV hubs, solar systems, smart technologies, and heating and cooling networks. We power the net zero transition by helping customers cut carbon and costs, and by building and investing in flexible energy infrastructure.

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 Zoe at zoe.gillespie@sse.com 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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