Delivery Lead​/Project Manager - Cyber Defence

Base Location

You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations:
Havant or Reading.

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

Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options available.

The Cyber Security Delivery Lead will be responsible for managing a solution development team to realise the product roadmap through the use of relevant and best practice methodologies, ensuring effective control over costs and resourcing in order to enable the delivery of Security outcomes. A vital part of the role is delivering the requirements as per the sponsor/stakeholder expectations.

Key to the role is to manage the operational aspects of the delivery teams.

Manage the delivery of technology solutions with focus on tangible security outcomes in accordance with appropriate methodology.

Management of 3rd parties, reviewing their performance, ensuring alignment with SSE ways of working and values, acting as a routine contact point between organisation and supplier.

• Manage the delivery team to ensure that resultant deliveries meet the specified outcomes.
• Ensure that the Security strategy is adhered to, thus achieving commonality and ease of maintenance.
• Analyse problems, action and progress issues as appropriate, ensuring follow through to resolution.
• Present project goals and objectives to stakeholders.
• Capture defined delivery requirements from the product owner to ensure output meets expectations.

• Deep expertise in cyber security and technical delivery
• Extensive experience working on combined IT and security work with dedicated experience delivering within Cyber Security
• Effective senior stakeholder and third‑party relationship management.
• Experience in managing and leading technical teams to deliver
• Seek opportunities to maximise delivery value
• Experience in vendor management

SSE has a bold ambition – to be a leading energy company in a net zero world. We're investing around £10 million a day in homegrown energy to help power a cleaner, more secure future. Our investment will see us build the world's largest offshore wind farm and transform the grid to deliver greener electricity to millions.

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.

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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