Head of Market Development

SSE; Perth; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare discounts

Gym membership discounts

Online GP

24/7 counselling

Cycle to Work scheme

Maternity/adoption pay

Paternity leave

Job summary

SSE is seeking an experienced Head of Energy Market Development to lead our response to evolving energy markets. The role combines market analysis, commercial insight, and external engagement to shape SSE's position on market design, regulation, and technology developments.

You will build trusted relationships with regulators and industry bodies, translate market evolution into actionable commercial insights, and lead a high-performing team to drive innovative market strategies in a changing

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in energy markets, strategy and regulation.
• Ability to translate market developments into actionable recommendations.
• Experience influencing market or industry-code changes with regulators.
• Strong relationship-building and influencing skills with stakeholders.
• Experience leading teams through change in energy transition areas.

Responsibilities

• Shape SSE's approach to energy market development across wholesale, balancing, flexibility, and capacity markets.
• Lead SSE's response to market design, energy codes, and industry change, translating into practical commercial insight.
• Build trusted relationships with regulators, government bodies, industry organisations, market and network operators and partners to influence market design and policy.
• Provide clear market intelligence and strategic insight to help senior leaders understand market change.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing market development team across functions.

Skills

Market strategy

Regulatory affairs

Stakeholder engagement

Commercial leadership

Analytical thinking

Education

Degree in energy economics

Job description

Base Location:

You\'ll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in one of the following locations: Perth or London.

Salary:

£101,000- £151,400 + 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

We are looking for an experienced and commercially minded Head of Energy Market Development to lead SSE's response to the evolution of energy markets and industry codes across a rapidly changing energy landscape.

This is a senior and influential leadership role, combining market analysis, commercial insight, and external engagement. This role will shape SSE's position on emerging issues, and translating market evolution into clear, actionable commercial insights through anticipating changes in market design, regulation, technology, and consumer behaviour and will ensure we are well positioned to respond to emerging opportunities and challenges through influencing the future design of the markets in which SSE operates,

You will

• Shape and deliver SSE's approach to energy market development, identifying and responding to emerging changes across wholesale, balancing, flexibility, and capacity markets, as well as wider market interventions and investment support mechanisms.
• Lead SSE's response to market design, energy codes, and industry change, developing evidence-based positions and championing appropriate reforms and code-change proposals, including appeals where relevant. You will ensure changes are clearly understood and translated into practical commercial insight for the business.
• Build trusted relationships and represent SSE externally, working with regulators, government bodies, industry organisations, market and network operators and strategic partners to positively influence market design, policy development, and regulatory reform.
• Provide clear market intelligence and strategic insight, monitoring industry developments, competitor activity, regulation and emerging technologies, and overseeing analysis that helps senior leaders understand market change and make informed strategic and commercial decisions.
• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing market development team, working collaboratively across energy economics, strategy, operations, regulation, finance, technology, and customer teams to create an integrated approach to market development and foster an inclusive culture of collaboration, innovation and continuous improvement.

You have

• Considerable experience within energy markets, strategy, regulation, commercial leadership, or a related discipline, with a strong understanding of energy market structures, regulatory frameworks, industry codes, and the commercial implications of market change.
• Strong strategic and analytical capability, with the commercial judgement to navigate complexity, anticipate emerging issues and translate detailed market developments into clear recommendations and actionable commercial insight.
• Experience of responding to and influencing market, regulatory or industry-code change, ideally including engagement with regulators, government bodies, market operators, or other influential industry stakeholders.
• Strong relationship-building, communication and influencing skills, with the credibility to engage constructively with senior internal and external stakeholders, bring different perspectives together and represent SSE effectively in industry forums.
• Experience of leading and developing people through change, creating an inclusive and collaborative environment where teams can perform at their best. Experience across renewable energy, flexibility markets, distributed energy resources, decarbonisation, or wider energy-transition programmes would be valuable.

About SSE

SSE's purpose is to be restless every day until we make electricity clean, affordable and available for all.

We do this by developing, building, operating, and investing in electricity infrastructure and businesses needed in the energy transition. This includes electricity transmission and distribution networks, onshore and offshore wind farms, hydro-electric power, and flexible thermal generation. We also provide products and services for businesses and other customers.

Our investment plan will see SSE invest £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure to 2030.

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. Please contact [e-mail] to discuss how we can support you.

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.