Market Insights Specialist in Reading

Base Location: You'll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in either our Reading or Dublin office.

Salary: £42,600 - £64,000 or €57,600 - €86,400 + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

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

The role:

As the Market Insights Specialist for Energy Customer Solutions, you will play a critical role in embedding an insight-led, customer-first culture across the propositions, communications, marketing and sustainability teams. You’ll be responsible for analysing customer behaviour, market dynamics, and competitor activity to deliver actionable insights that shape marketing strategy, product development, and customer engagement.

Operating across multiple jurisdictions (ROI, NI, and GB), you will ensure our activity is evidence-based and commercially effective, directly driving business growth, customer retention, and overall brand performance.

You will:

• Conduct ongoing analysis of industry trends, competitor movements, and emerging risks to shape brand positioning and inform product and proposition development.
• Design and deliver quantitative and qualitative research programs to manage customer segmentation models and profile key groups, ensuring marketing campaigns are highly targeted and relevant.
• Track and report on holistic marketing performance and KPIs (such as ROI, CPA, and churn), integrating internal CRM and digital data with external market research.
• Collaborate with Brand, CRM, and Product teams to ensure insights are directly applied to creative briefs, campaign strategies, and long-term business planning.
• Act as the voice of the customer by presenting actionable findings to stakeholders at all levels, while continuously refining research methodologies to improve the impact and adoption of insights.

You have:

• A degree in Behavioural Science, Data Analytics, or a related field, with demonstrable experience in customer, market, or performance analytics.
• Advanced skills in data manipulation and visualization tools (Power BI, Google Analytics, GA4), with the ability to build automated dashboards and integrate diverse data sources like CRM, website data, and digital performance data.
• An exceptional ability to translate complex data sets into compelling narratives and persuasive recommendations that non-technical stakeholders can easily understand and act upon.
• Proven experience in designing and managing both quantitative and qualitative research programs, including the development and application of customer segmentation models and brand health tracking.
• A proactive, customer-focused approach with the project management skills to lead cross-functional initiatives (Brand, CRM, Product) and ensure insights drive growth and retention.

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.

SSE Energy Customer Solutions serves over 1.3 million households and businesses across the UK and Ireland. We help our customers accelerate their net zero ambitions by providing energy and low-carbon energy solutions. These include EV hubs, solar systems, smart technologies, and heating and cooling networks.

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.
• 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 may need to complete a criminality check and a credit check before you start work.