Strategy Partner

Who you are

• Top 3 qualities for this role: Action-orientated. Influential communicator. Strategic & analytical
• No-ego problem-solver willing to get their hands dirty, and with a track record of producing results fast
• A sharp strategic and analytical thinker - able to take a vague, messy problem and come back with a structured answer
• High-energy, self-motivated can-do person, comfortable with ambiguity and an environment with little structure
• Confident yet warm communicator with exceptional soft skills including empathy and relationship-building, able to influence people to move at an uncomfortable pace
• Strong financial planning, business casing, analysis, and modelling skills
• Commercial and/or analytical experience, for example in strategy consulting roles
• Experience in a startup or high-intensity, resource-lean venture

What the job involves

• The role is akin to a Chief Of Staff role, and reports directly into the CEO of the business unit. It will engage very closely with all the internal unit functions - operations, sales, marketing, tech, business operations - as well as many of the main OVO Energy functions from marketing to finance
• Significant contribution to the business unit strategy, with access to OVO Energy’s wider strategy
• Real ownership across every function in the business. You'll have launched things, not watched them being launched
• Commercial and business skills and experience with exposure to all major business functions, as well as a deep understanding of the Franchising commercial model
• Deep understanding of the solar and heat pump market in the UK
• Leadership & Management mentorship from the CEO
• A CV moment to be proud of and to leverage: building one of the UK’s most innovative and largest Solar & Heat Pump players
• Running the business:
• Coordination: Work with stakeholders across the internal team and wider OVO to ensure we are executing to plan. Build strong relationships
• Business Unit Strategy: 5 year plan, 2 year plan, budget - develop and iterate strategic documents and artefacts (including CLT and Board materials)
• Key reporting: Proactively prepare and present materials for board meetings & internal forums, with a focus on effective and compelling communication
• Analytics: Be the master of our data and how we can leverage insights to improve our business, including customer analytics and creating dashboards
• Own the business rhythm and coordination that comes with it: key forums, all-hands, offsites; make sure what we said we'd do is actually happening
• Building new things:
• Take concepts from idea to operation, e.g. subscription products, new vertices like commercial works, and whatever we haven't thought of yet
• Iterate the business model, including how the franchise proposition itself evolves as we become a more established business
• Build new propositions with OVO Energy, pairing installations with tariffs to make the product more attractive to customers
• Run initiatives independently, with the Revenue and Operations teams, and directly with franchisees
• Ask and answer questions like should we… play in the funded space?; sell plug-in-solar panels?; sell insurance products?; raise our fees?; enter the Irish market? In each case, if yes - then move into delivering it

Benefits

• On-target bonus up to 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal
• Flex Pay: 9% on top of your salary - 4% of this is auto enrolled into your pension, and the remaining 5% is yours to do what you like with. You can use this to buy from our extensive range of flexible benefits, including our green benefits which we've put at the heart of our offering, add to your pension or even take it as cash
• 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays)
• For your health: With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and more
• For your wellbeing: With gym membership, travel insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, dental insurance, and more
• For your lifestyle: With extra holiday buying, discount dining, home & tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations
• For your home: Get up to £400 towards any OVO Energy plan, plus great discounts on solar, smart thermostats and EV chargers
• For your commute: Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans
• For your belonging: To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you