Head of Commercial - Interconnectors

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About The RoleBase Location: Flexible UK & Ireland | We’re proud to offer a Flexible First approach to work, and this role is no exception. We will, however need your base ’home’ location to be one of our SSE offices or depots around the UK and Ireland.Salary: £61,100 - £91,700 + car /car allowance + performance-related bonus + a range of benefits to support your finances, wellbeing and family.Working Pattern: Permanent | Full Time | Flexible First options availableReporting to the SSE Enterprise Commercial Director, this role’s core objective is to build up and manage the commercial function for the new Interconnector business and to provide consistent and rigorous management of our commercial processes and contracts.You will be expected to ensure that every opportunity is supported and reviewed, all commercial value is maximised, and prepare all commercial numbers for the business case.The Head of Commercial will play a leadership role in delivering the Interconnector Business Plan and will be responsible for supporting the Interconnector Management team with general commercial support as well as being a focal point for contract support, analysis, financial modelling, budgeting, forecasting and reporting.The key responsibilities in this role will be;

• Establishing and managing contracts and commercial arrangements. This role will work closely with the senior leads in both Energy Economics and EPM.
• To support the growth plans in Interconnectors, you will also work with stakeholders to develop opportunities, provide the commercial rigour and support, manage commercial risks and opportunities, and ultimately play a key role in helping Enterprise to build interconnectors projects whilst ensuring appropriate contractual terms and financial returns are secured.
• Developing/implementing real time in-life commercial management, and reducing risk while maximising profit wherever possible.

This is currently a startup business so you will be expected to drive the initial focus. You will however be supported by the wider commercial team within the Enterprise business and your commercial team will grow as projects develop and are taken forward. Part, or all, of your team will likely be remote to you, therefore some travel is required within the UK. It is also possible that international travel will be required for this role.What do I need?To be considered for this role, we would love you to have:

• Ideally, you’ll be qualified in a relevant field e.g. Economics, Procurement, Law, Finance, Quantity Surveying, etc. but appropriate experience in the interconnector sector is equally or even more important.
• Critical to the success of this role is a solution-based mindset aligned with strong commercial acumen, decision making based on risk assessment, and the ability to lead in complex environments.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder (internal and external) management skills, as well as experience in leading high performing teams with a focus on safety and people development.
• Experience to develop, review and understand models that are required as part of the financials for future schemes, obtaining data and assumptions from both internal and external sources.
• Experience working with third party / client facing documents is required. This could include the development of Joint Ventures, Partnerships, Joint Development Agreements, and more traditional NEC3/4 Services and Product Agreements.

About Our BusinessSSE Enterprise Utilities is the Distributed Energy (DE) and Private Networks business of SSE plc. We finance, own, operate and maintain energy infrastructure for commercial, industrial and residential customers - providing them with a market leading project development service and certainty of operational performance and asset management. In order to accelerate progress towards net zero SSE Group is investing £7m a day on low carbon infrastructure, creating 1,000 green jobs a year in the process, as part of its £25bn NZAP (Net Zero Acceleration Programme).What’s in it for you?We offer an excellent package with 34 days annual leave entitlement. Enhanced maternity/paternity leave, discounted healthcare, salary sacrifice car leasing and much more, view our full benefits package on our careers site.As an equal opportunity employer we encourage diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We encourage applicants from all protected characteristics and commit to providing any reasonable adjustments you need during the application, assessment and upon joining SSE. Search for ’Inclusion & Diversity at SSE’ to find out more.What happens now?All applications should be made online, and I’ll be back in touch after the vacancy closing date to let you know the outcome.If you would like to discuss any working flexibly requirements or adjustments you may require throughout the recruitment and selection process, please contact Natalie.Clark@sse.com / 01738 275615.Before commencing your role with SSE, you’ll need to complete our pre-employment screening process. This will consist of a criminality and credit check.