Bridge Programme Director

Base Location: Reading/UK Flexible

Salary: £Competitive+ Excellent performance-related bonus +car /car allowance + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.

Working Pattern: Permanent OR Fixed Term Contract Full Time Flexible First options available

Bridge is a complex multi-year multi- million business transformation across business process and technology landscapes, improving business resilience, and enabling data-driven, customer-centric operations

The Bridge Programme Director will lead this change, owning the overall strategy, delivery and sustainable significant benefits realisation of the programme. The role sets the organisational strategy for programme management, provides leadership across a complex portfolio of projects, and ensures successful integration of new technologysolutions through business change methodologies into business-as-usual operations.

• Be the senior accountable owner for the programme, aligning large scale technology change with Distribution's strategy, business objectives and regulatory obligations, and directing internal teams and delivery partners to a shared outcome.
• Be the Client side lead and management of multiple major partners including system integrators, software vendors and managed service providers, including definition and management of commercial arrangements, KPIs and SLAs to drive high performance and value extraction
• Have Regular Board level exposure reporting progress, risk mitigation strategies and benefits realisation

• Strong stakeholder management with a history of successful C-level engagement.
• Extensive experience in leading large, complex technology enabled transformation programmes in medium-to-large organisations delivering to time, quality and budget.
• Extensive experience of portfolio and programme management of complex IT delivery with multi-disciplinary / multiple parties with significant interdependencies.
• Deep technology and system thinking aligning to strategic objectives of the organisation
• Prior responsibility for programmes involving cloud migration, data & analytics, or OT/IT convergence
• Understanding of critical national infrastructure and operational technologies and the relationships between business objectives in a federated organisation

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.

SSEN Distribution, part of the wider SSE group, powers 3.9 million UK homes and businesses. Our team of more than 4,200 skilled engineers, customer service advisors and energy experts keep customers connected to a safe, reliable supply of electricity while investing in and developing the flexible networks needed for our low carbon future.

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.