IT Delivery Lead

Job Description

The IT Delivery Lead is responsible for the day-to-day operational IT management and the successful delivery of the technology investment portfolio related to ScottishPower Transmission. They’ll lead the team and portfolio of projects, ensuring business needs are met through application support and project implementation including system upgrades and migrations, ensuring alignment with global IT and business models.

As the IT Delivery Lead, you’ll be responsible for a team of direct and indirect reports, who will work closely with the Business, Corporate and Global functions, frameworks, and governance. This role includes the development and mentoring of team members, and management of an annual Capex budget of up to £20m and Opex budget of up to £3m.

Within this role, you’ll be aligned to the enablement and delivery of the Data & Digitalisation Programme, sitting as an active member of the CoE management team, and will be expected to contribute and lead in a positive and constructive manner. This involves communications at all levels including Business, Global and Corporate Stakeholder Management, and will require deputising for the Head of COE as standard and as required.

What you’ll be doing

This is a technology leadership role, you’ll support the development of the IT strategy roadmap, ensuring the team carry out end-to-end project management, across the full project lifecycle, using modern delivery approaches to technical delivery. You'll own the delivery of partners and service providers, as well as the internal teams, involved in the delivery of your portfolio.

A key part of the will be aligning proposed solutions and technologies in line with SPEN strategy and Iberdrola’s technology blueprint.

In addition, you’ll oversee technical delivery practices across all new developments on existing or new systems and provide technical assessments and prioritisation on projects to the Demand Management submission. Ensuring the development and implementation of IT Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity plans as defined in the IT Strategy.

What we’re looking for

• Technical Delivery expert, with demonstratable leadership experience in Agile and DevOps.
• Highly effective at leading and managing a large busy team.
• Good knowledge and understanding of the IT lifecycle and experience of the business and suite of applications.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both business and IT at an Executive level.
• Strong understanding and experience of technology and architecture.
• Proven analytical skills and ability to analyse and lead detailed change.
• Ability to effectively manage projects utilising appropriate planning, consultancy and robust project management skills and methodologies.
• In depth knowledge and experience of end-to-end design and development lifecycles, including agile delivery and DevOps approaches.
• In depth knowledge and experience of Service Management/ITIL to ensure the operational service is maintain and managed effectively and efficiently.

What’s in it for you

As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.

At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that - so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:

• 36 days annual leave.
• Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave.
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme.
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding.
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes.
• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change.
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving.
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans.
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments.
• Life Assurance (4x salary).
• Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support.
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more.

Why SP Energy Networks

SP Energy Networks is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. We keep electricity flowing to homes and businesses through Central and Southern Scotland, North Wales and in the North West of England. We operate over 4000km of cables and lines that make-up the transmission network – connecting infrastructure like wind farms into the electricity system. It’s a role that puts us right at the heart of Scotland’s ambition to be Net Zero by 2044. And we’re taking it very seriously. We’re investing >£5.5 billion into our transmission network, directly supporting the rapid growth needed in renewable energy. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.

Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.

We are committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to [email protected].

Mobility

Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.