Product Owner - Identity (Identity Governance & Administration)

As a Product Owner within the Identity team, you will play a key role in the delivery and improvement of our Identity Services. The identity team are accountable for the technical delivery and continuous improvement of our Group Identity Platforms. This role will involve accountability for the technical components of our Identity Governance & Administration (IGA) services, and will involve working with the Identity lead, fellow product owners, Cyber Defence colleagues, Architecture and our IT Operations partner among others., * Work with colleagues across the organisation including Group IT, Architecture, Cyber Defence, Risk and Control on the delivery of SSE’s IGA strategy, and share insight on best practices

• Prioritise product improvements based on colleague needs, business outcomes, and vendor’s evergreen updates.
• Be a point of technical guidance and governance for our IT Operations partner who will provide day-to-day operational support of the platform and handling of requests
• Support health and hygiene deliverables to reduce Operational risk across both across the platform itself and support use cases into the wider IT environment.
• Work with the wider team to ensure compliance with required polices, controls and regulation, and support the Identity lead and management with reporting and budget planning for the technologies within the IGA service offering

• Proven experience as a Product Owner or senior administrator for Identity Governance & Administration products or services, preferably including SailPoint
• Experience with agile ways of working, backlog prioritisation, and adapting to rapid change in cloud/SaaS based (evergreen) service models
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to simplify complex topics
• A strategic, value-driven mindset with experience driving adoption and change management, * Awareness of security assurance and design best practices i.e. NIST or CIS, and preferably experience working in regulated environments

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

• 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

About SSE

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 plansees us investing £33bn in critical electricity infrastructure across the five years to 2030.

Our IT division powers growth across all SSE business areas by making sure we have the systems, software and security needed to take the lead in a low carbon world. They provide expertise, advice and day-to-day support in emerging technologies, data and analytics, cyber security and more.