Senior Category Manager - IT (Cloud and Infrastructure)

We’re looking for a Senior Category Manager - IT Cloud & Infrastructure to shape and lead the procurement and commercial strategy across our Cloud, Hosting, Compute, Storage, and Infrastructure services portfolio. This is a visible and influential role where you’ll help guide how SSE partners with major global cloud and infrastructure providers, ensuring thoughtful governance, strong commercial outcomes, and long-term sustainable value. Working closely with senior stakeholders across IT, Security, Architecture and Group Technology Services, you’ll play a key role in supporting transformation programmes and building future capability. You’ll join a collaborative and supportive environment where your perspective is valued, your leadership can grow, and you’re empowered to make a meaningful impact., * 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 organisation’s approach to cloud and infrastructure partnerships.
• Provide updates and insight to the Head of Procurement for IT & Telco on category performance and strategic direction., 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.

Our Procurement & Commercial teams help us get the best service and value from partners, while ensuring suppliers meet compliance, contractual and business obligations.

• 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.
• A professional qualification such as CIPS (desirable), with experience in regulated sectors such as energy or utilities also beneficial.

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Base Location: You’ll be expected to spend 50% of your working week in our Havant, Reading, Glasgow or Perth office

Salary: £59,800 - £89,900 + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.