Delivery Manager - Kaluza

Location: Commutable distance to Bristol or London

The OVO Group’s purpose is to drive progress towards net zero carbon living. To reach Plan Zero, we need everyone to come together - not just as customers buying energy, but as members with a common goal. As part of this ambitious plan, our goal is to become the ‘Leading Employer in the UK’ by 2030. If you think you could be the talent we’re looking for, then come and join the adventure!

Where in the world of OVO will I be working?

Part of OVO Group, Kaluza is the leading intelligent energy platform powering the future of energy. From revolutionising billing to smart electric vehicle charging, Kaluza’s real-time cloud platform empowers some of the biggest energy suppliers to optimise their operations and invest in innovating for tomorrow’s customers. Driving decarbonisation, Kaluza intelligently manages the charging of smart home technologies, reducing customers’ energy bills and laying the foundations for a more flexible, cheaper and greener energy system. www.kaluza.com

What will I be doing?

Delivery Managers play a vital part in Kaluza; they are part of Platform Operations and the central programme team, which is responsible for client services and for cross-squad delivery of strategic objectives. As Kaluza expands globally, delivery managers will be essential in meeting ever more diverse regulatory and industry requirements. The delivery manager provides the structure to coordinate autonomous teams and bring to bear the value of each team’s outputs to the desired outcome. 

Key responsibilities include:

• Kicking off and defining the initiative by working closely with the core team
• Agreeing and owning governance by which the deliveries are managed
• Working with the team to ensure all vital roles and responsibilities are defined and understood (e.g. RACI model)
• Owning the delivery plan and eliciting activities required from contributing teams
• Ensuring all stakeholders are aware of progress, risks, blockers and keeps everyone passionate about the objective(s)
• Agreeing activity across the plan is owned and there is a documented ‘definition of done’
• Providing regular progress updates to the business
• Identifying and removing blockers through facilitation to enable the earliest delivery of value
• Managing priorities as new requests/requirements come into the platform from the client, industry, or legislation

Is this the job for me?

Ideally you will have/be:

• Multiple years’ experience of delivering change across a number of teams, whether as a project, product, or programme manager
• Worked as or closely with business analysts; comfortable with requirements gathering and process analysis
• Comfortable working at team level at a task detail level and at executive level by providing summaries and key information
• A track record delivering a range of initiatives across product development, compliance, technical and  customer experience changes
• Demonstrable ability to respond to change and maintain a highly agile mindset insofar as the earliest possible delivery of value

From us you’ll get* 

• 4% of your salary to spend on flexible lifestyle benefits
• 5% matched employer contribution to your pension
• 25 days holiday + 1 for your birthday
• Flexible working hours
• And many more... 

(*) Please note that certain benefits kick-in once you have passed probation which can be up to 6 months after your start date.

We want the best people

At OVO, we empower our people to have choice around where and when they work - flexible working arrangements can be discussed for all of our roles. Please speak to the Talent Acquisition team for more info.

We’re keen to meet people with varied backgrounds - our view is the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We want to build teams which represent a variety of experiences, perspectives and skills, and we recognise talent on the basis of merit and potential.