IT Contract Manager

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You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in our Glasgow or other local SSE offices

Salary: £50,100 - £75,100 + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: 2 year Fixed Term Contract | Full Time | Flexible First options available

As an IT Contract Manager within our Procurement and Commercial team, you will play a valued role in supporting the business to procure services and materials in a timely, responsible, and cost-effective way. Working across the wider SSE Group, you'll partner with IT programme and project leaders while building collaborative relationships with suppliers to ensure contracts deliver real value and meet business needs.

This is a great opportunity to bring your commercial insight and relationship-building strengths to a role where you'll help guide programmes to successful outcomes, ensure compliance with internal frameworks, and support a culture of transparency, sustainability, and continuous improvement.

• Act as a trusted commercial adviser to IT programme and project leaders, nurturing strong relationships with suppliers to support successful delivery across a portfolio of programmes and projects.
• Manage the commercial administration of contracts, ensuring alignment with internal policies such as the Procurement Manual, Commercial Manual and LCP Governance Framework.
• Support sourcing activities alongside IT Category Managers and Strategic Procurement Officers, including reviewing strategies, analysing submissions, and contributing to tender evaluations.
• Compile, negotiate and award contractual documentation such as Call Off Contracts, Statements of Work, Work Orders and Change Requests while ensuring strong commercial governance.
• Collaborate with the IT Category Management team to manage post-contract activities including renewals, retenders and terminations while championing value for money and sustainable outcomes.

• A degree or equivalent professional experience, ideally with (or working towards) a recognised commercial or procurement qualification such as IACCM.
• Experience managing significant third-party spend.
• Experience of working with Service Management to identify value add and cost savings. Agreeing future strategies for incumbent suppliers.
• Confidence handling and resolving commercial or contractual disputes in a constructive and balanced way.
• Strong negotiation skills and experience operating as a senior commercial or contract negotiator.
• Familiarity with procurement systems such as Oracle or Emptoris, and the flexibility to travel to vendor sites when required.

SSE's purpose is to provide energy needed today while building a better world of energy for tomorrow. We do this by developing, building, operating and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. Our Transforming for Growth investment plan sees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.

Our Procurement & Commercial teams help us get the best service and value from partners, while ensuring suppliers meet compliance, contractual and business obligations.

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.

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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.

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.