Chief Data Platforms & Technology Leader

SSE; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 81,000 - 121,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Car or car allowance

Performance-related bonus

Flexible First options

Job summary

SSE is seeking a Head of Data Technologies & Platforms to lead enterprise data, analytics, data science and digital twin capabilities. You will shape secure, cost‑effective platforms and set strategy for instances and tenancies, guiding Business Units within guardrails and delivering measurable business outcomes.

You will build a strong Platform and DataOps community, manage the data technology estate financially, and ensure compliance and governance across the stack.

Qualifications

• Significant senior leadership experience building or reshaping enterprise data or platform services in a large organisation.
• Deep experience designing and operating modern cloud/hybrid data platforms and services.
• Broad experience across data platforms, analytics, data science and digital twin technologies.

Responsibilities

• Set and execute enterprise data technology and platform roadmap.
• Lead design, provisioning and enterprise configuration of data platform capabilities.
• Own platform lifecycle from evaluation to retirement and tenancy strategy.
• Deliver reliable, secure, and resilient production services with Platform Engineering and DevSecOps.

Skills

Senior leadership

Cloud platforms

Data platforms

Platform Engineering

DataOps

Job description

SSE is seeking a Head of Data Technologies & Platforms to lead enterprise data, analytics, data science and digital twin capabilities. You will shape secure, cost‑effective platforms and set strategy for instances and tenancies, guiding Business Units within guardrails and delivering measurable business outcomes.

You will build a strong Platform and DataOps community, manage the data technology estate financially, and ensure compliance and governance across the stack.