Senior IT Cloud & Infrastructure Category Lead

SSE PLC; England; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits to fit your life

Private healthcare discounts

Cycle to Work scheme

Job summary

SSE plc is seeking a Senior Category Manager - IT Cloud & Infrastructure to shape and lead procurement across Cloud, Hosting, Compute, Storage and Infrastructure services. You will collaborate with IT, Security, Architecture and Group Technology Services to drive governance, value and strategic partnerships with major cloud providers.

The role is based in Havant, Reading, Glasgow or Perth with a flexible hybrid working pattern and a focus on delivering long-term capability and commercial

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in IT procurement across Cloud (IaaS, PaaS), Hosting, Infrastructure and Data Centre services.
• Strong understanding of category management and experience leading strategic category development.
• Deep knowledge of cloud commercial models including consumption-based pricing, reservation models, marketplace procurement and cost optimisation.
• A collaborative approach and the confidence to influence senior stakeholders with clear, evidence-based recommendations.
• Professional qualification such as CIPS (desirable), with experience in regulated sectors such as energy or utilities also beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Shape and deliver the category strategy for IT Cloud & Infrastructure, creating a clear multi-year roadmap aligned to business, technology and regulatory priorities.
• Design and implement thoughtful commercial and contracting models for cloud, hosting and infrastructure services.
• Partner closely with senior stakeholders across IT, Finance and Legal to guide sourcing decisions and enable strategic programmes.
• Use internal and external insight to inform sourcing strategies and strengthen the organisations approach to cloud and infrastructure partnerships.
• Provide updates and insight to the Head of Procurement for IT & Telco on category performance and strategic direction.

Skills

IT procurement

Category management

Cloud & infrastructure knowledge

Stakeholder influence

Education

CIPS qualification

Job description

SSE plc is seeking a Senior Category Manager - IT Cloud & Infrastructure to shape and lead procurement across Cloud, Hosting, Compute, Storage and Infrastructure services. You will collaborate with IT, Security, Architecture and Group Technology Services to drive governance, value and strategic partnerships with major cloud providers.

The role is based in Havant, Reading, Glasgow or Perth with a flexible hybrid working pattern and a focus on delivering long-term capability and commercial