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# Senior Technical Product Owner - Data & AI

- **Company:** SSE plc
- **Location:** Perth, UK
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** £68,100.0 - £102,100.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Data Analysis, Cloud Engineering, Data Infrastructure
- **Published:** August 5, 2026
- **Apply:** https://uk.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e8a970e4850cfaa6

## About the Role

* Significant experience leading Data, Analytics and AI portfolios within a complex enterprise environment, delivering tangible business outcomes through technology and innovation.
 * Strong technical credibility across modern data platforms, AI technologies and cloud-native architectures, with the ability to combine strategic leadership with hands-on delivery.
 * A passion for emerging technology, evidenced by maintaining awareness of AI, data and industry developments, and successfully translating innovation into practical business value.
 * Experience building internal capability and reducing dependency on third parties through the development of skills, platforms and engineering expertise.
 * Proven people leadership experience, including coaching and developing senior technical professionals and creating high-performing engineering teams.
 * The ability to influence and challenge stakeholders at all levels, from engineers and architects through to senior business leaders, while maintaining a delivery-focused mindset.

## Description

Ready to help shape the future of AI at SSE? We're looking for a Senior Technical Product Owner to lead the strategy and delivery of Data, AI and Automation capabilities across ECS. This is a unique opportunity to influence how emerging technologies are adopted at scale, drive major business transformation programmes and build the internal capability that will power SSE's digital future. Working across high-profile customer and business-facing initiatives, you'll combine strategic vision with hands-on technical leadership to turn innovation into measurable business outcomes., * Lead the Data & AI strategy, translating business priorities into a clear roadmap and delivery plan that delivers measurable business value.

 * Partner with Data and AI Platform Owners to shape platform direction, prioritise investment, and ensure successful adoption of Data, AI and Automation capabilities across the business.
 * Provide hands-on technical leadership across Data and AI initiatives, actively contributing to solution design, architecture decisions and problem solving where required.
 * Stay at the forefront of emerging AI, data and automation technologies, assessing industry trends and opportunities to bring new capabilities and expertise the business, with a strong focus on building and growing in-house capability.
 * Lead, coach and develop a team of Lead Developers, fostering a high-performing engineering culture, strong technical standards and continuous learning.
 * Act as the key interface between business stakeholders, engineering teams, architects and strategic partners, ensuring appropriate governance, standards and controls are applied across the portfolio.