Delivery Lead

Job title:

Delivery Lead

Company

SSE

Job description

About the Role

Base Location: Flexible Scotland | We’re proud to offer a approach to work, and this role is no exception. We will, however need your base ‘home’ location to be one of our SSEN offices or depots around Scotland.

Salary: £53,100 to £79,700 + performance related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | options available

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.

Your key responsibilities will be to:

– Work closely with cross functional teams to ensure requirements are designed, built and delivered in a fast-paced business environment.

– Coach team in agile best practices and strategies to improve the squad’s performance against agreed KPIs.

– Facilitate estimation of delivery effort to drive team prioritisation planning.

– Own issues and remove impediments to the squad’s progress and escalate issues in a timely manner for resolution.

What do I need?

You’ll have considerable experience delivering customer-facing or platform capabilities, where you’ve exemplified and promoted Agile values and principles.

The following skills and experience are essential:

– Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams of technical and business resources.

– Ability to maintain Sprint artefacts and reporting metrics including: estimation, velocity/progress and team performance, retrospection issues and risks, and handle communication with internal and external stakeholders.

– A strong understanding of technical & business environments for large-scale delivery with experience in removing impediments, increasing velocity & improving product quality.

– Ability to coordinate multiple Agile / non-Agile teams to deliver complex initiatives.

– A solid understanding of Waterfall and / or Agile methodologies (Scrum, Kanban, SAFe) with ability to coach agile and non-agile teams and foster continuous improvement and self-organisation.

What’s in it for you?

We offer an excellent package with 34 days annual leave entitlement. Enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package

As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments you need during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for ‘ ‘ to find out more.

What happens now?

All applications should be made online, and I’ll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.

If you would like to discuss any working flexibly requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact / 01738 341814.

Before commencing your role with SSE, you’ll need to complete our pre-employment screening process. This will consist of a criminality and credit check.

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Expected salary

£53100 – 79700 per year

Location

Scotland

Job date

Sun, 28 Jan 2024 05:27:57 GMT

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