SSE - Enterprise Analytics Platform Transformation
Industry: Energy & Utilities
Situation
SSE was expanding its enterprise analytics capability in order to improve operational insight, enable real-time reporting, and strengthen data-driven decision-making across the organisation.
As a major energy provider, SSE operates a complex technology landscape spanning operational infrastructure, energy trading, customer systems, and regulatory reporting environments. Data required for analytics and reporting existed across multiple operational systems, creating challenges in generating consistent enterprise insight and supporting advanced analytics capabilities.
To address these challenges, SSE initiated the development of a modern Azure-based enterprise data platform capable of integrating data across systems and supporting large-scale analytics and reporting workloads.
Given the complexity of the environment and the number of teams involved, the programme required strong leadership to coordinate delivery teams, establish governance structures, and ensure alignment between architecture, engineering, and analytics capabilities.
Action
As Senior Project Manager, I led delivery of the enterprise Azure Data Platform supporting SSE’s analytics and reporting capabilities.
Working across architecture teams, data engineers, and programme leadership, I coordinated delivery across multiple teams and vendors responsible for building the organisation’s enterprise analytics infrastructure.
Key responsibilities included:
Leading delivery of the Azure-based enterprise data platform supporting advanced analytics and reporting
Coordinating global delivery teams responsible for platform engineering and data integration
Establishing programme governance frameworks to ensure structured delivery and executive oversight
Aligning architecture, engineering, and analytics workstreams across the platform programme
Managing delivery risks, stakeholder engagement, and programme coordination across multiple teams
Supporting vendor coordination and delivery alignment across the platform ecosystem
The programme required careful coordination across engineering teams, architecture leadership, and vendor partners to ensure the platform could support the organisation’s evolving analytics requirements.
Outcome
The programme delivered a scalable enterprise Azure data platform capable of supporting advanced analytics and real-time reporting across the organisation.
By integrating data across operational systems and enabling enterprise analytics capabilities, the platform strengthened SSE’s ability to generate insight across key operational and commercial functions.
The programme also established structured governance frameworks that improved coordination across delivery teams and strengthened executive oversight of platform delivery.
Value Delivered
The programme enabled several key outcomes:
A scalable Azure enterprise data platform supporting analytics and reporting
Integration of operational data across multiple systems
Improved capability for real-time reporting and advanced analytics
Stronger programme governance and delivery coordination
Alignment across architecture, engineering, and vendor delivery teams
Programme Environment
The programme operated within a complex enterprise environment including:
Large-scale operational and infrastructure data systems
Enterprise analytics and reporting platforms
Global engineering and architecture delivery teams
Coordination across multiple vendors and internal stakeholders