Cyber Security Delivery Lead in Reading

Base Location: You’ll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations: Dublin, Reading, Havant, Perth or Glasgow.

Salary: €76,100 - €114,100 + performance-related bonus and a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family. Salary UK £59,800 - 89,800 + performance related bonus and a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Fixed Term Contract | 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.

You Will:

• 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.
• Responsible for coordinating regulatory and assurance submissions by working closely with delivery teams to capture, evidence, and consolidate required security outcomes.

You Have:

• 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.

About SSE: 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 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. 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.