IT Applications Consultant

About this role

Responsibilities

• Lead the design, configuration, and deployment of corporate application solutions that meet business requirements across multiple functions
• Act as the primary point of contact for managing and gathering business demand, defining product vision and roadmaps, and prioritising initiatives to deliver value
• Engage with senior stakeholders to elicit and validate requirements, facilitate workshops, and maintain strong communication channels to ensure transparency and alignment
• Manage end-to-end delivery of application projects, including scope definition, progress tracking, and risk management
• Oversee and coordinate testing strategies, ensuring thorough validation and quality assurance
• Provide guidance and technical expertise to junior team members and facilitate knowledge-sharing sessions
• Contribute to the development and implementation of the Corporate Digital Transformation strategy, ensuring alignment with both local and global models
• Investigate new application solutions and work with external vendors to identify technologies that meet business goals
• Validate financial cost assumptions and ensure alignment of projects with core IT strategy
• Support the transition of new solutions into production and ensure operational readiness
• Identify opportunities for improvement and optimisation within application processes and workflows

Requirements

• Demonstrable experience in application configuration, development, and workflow optimisation across a range of platforms
• Experience managing demand and acting as Product Owner for enterprise applications, ideally within a corporate or digital transformation context
• Proven ability to lead meetings and workshops with very senior stakeholders, gathering and translating business requirements into actionable solutions
• Strong project management skills, with experience overseeing complex projects and coordinating implementation teams
• Excellent analytical, communication, and stakeholder engagement skills, with experience working across multiple corporate functions
• Knowledge of ITIL processes and frameworks is highly desirable
• Adaptability to evolving business needs and technologies, and the ability to build effective relationships with key stakeholders locally and globally
• Experience working with global IT teams and vendors is advantageous
• Minimum Criteria
• Bachelor’s degree or relevant industry experience
• 4 years’ of progressive experience in software engineering/enterprise architecture/technology leadership across multiple products, systems and/or platforms
• Credible experience working in application solutions design delivering IT solutions
• Experience in delivering industrial platforms or horizontal software middleware
• Interest in developing skills in emerging technologies
• Strong interpersonal skills, with proven ability to communicate effectively at all organisational levels
• What’s in it for you
• As well as a competitive salary which is reviewed annually, you can also enjoy a number of other benefits. With our pension scheme, we’ll double match your contribution up to a company contribution of 10%.
• At ScottishPower, we believe it’s the little things we do in life that make a big difference. From helping you look after your family’s wellbeing, save for your future and take personal steps for climate action – our benefits are designed to help you do just that -  so that you have everything you need to take care of your world – today and tomorrow. That’s why our benefits include:
• 36 days annual leave
• Holiday purchase – perfect your work/life balance with extra annual leave
• Share Incentive Plan and Sharesave Scheme
• Payroll giving and charity matched funding
• Technology Vouchers – save more and spread the cost of your technology purposes
• Count us in – pledge to reduce carbon emissions and help fight climate change
• Electric Vehicle Schemes – to help you transition to green/clean driving
• Cycle to Work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• Options to purchase dental insurance, private medical insurance, health cash plan and annual health assessments
• Life Assurance (4x salary)
• Access to ‘nudge’ financial wellbeing support
• Plus shopping, leisure, restaurant and gym discounts, and unique employee deals on travel insurance and more
• Why ScottishPower
• ScottishPower is part of the Iberdrola Group, one of the world’s largest integrated utility companies and a world leader in wind energy. With a commitment to generate all of our energy from renewable resources and a drive to create the energy infrastructure of the future, we’re at the forefront of the journey to Net Zero and investing over £6m every working day to make this happen. With diverse opportunities across our businesses and a commitment to invest in our own internal talent, ScottishPower can offer people real career opportunities that meet personal and professional goals, in a global organisation.
• Inclusion, diversity, and a social purpose are at the heart of everything we do. Together with our values, they bring us together into a stronger, more sustainable business with direct links to the communities we serve. It takes all kinds of people to build a large-scale business like ours, so whatever your background, you’ll fit right in.
• ScottishPower is committed to providing reasonable support or adjustments in our recruiting processes for candidates with disabilities, long term conditions, mental health conditions, or who are neurodivergent or require pregnancy-related support. If you need support, please reach out to
• careers@scottishpower.com
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• Mobility
• Please note that any applicant who is not a citizen of the country of the vacancy will be subject to compliance with the applicable immigration requirements to legally work in that country. If/when required, the Company will support the employee with the necessary Immigration requirements.
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• Advert will close at 23:59 GMT the day before
• Job Posting End Date
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• June-12-2026