Location: Flexible in the UK 

Working Hours: Full time hours, flexible working

We’re making zero carbon happen

We’re OVO Group, a big family of companies united by a single vision: to get to zero carbon, fast. 

We call this Plan Zero – and it shows how we’ll be fighting the climate crisis and transforming the way people use energy over the next decade. To do this, we need the sharpest minds. Are you up for the challenge?

Do great green things with OVO Energy

So much has changed since we launched in 2009.  Our goal remains the same though: make energy cheaper, greener, and simpler. Just as it was on day one.

Everyone belongs at OVO

Our aim is to build a diverse and inclusive movement: teams of brilliant people, with unique talents, skills, passions, and experiences. 

We encourage everyone to join us, whatever your gender identity, race, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, life experience, or background. So please come as you are – we can’t wait to meet you.

Where in the world of OVO will I be working?

Reporting to Christina Scott, OVO’s Chief Product & Technology Officer, you will provide technology and product leadership for our Colleague Technology teams.  

These teams provide the technology-enabled capabilities used across OVO, enabling them to do amazing things for each other and OVO members. 

This includes:

• All the equipment and collaboration/productivity tools used by our people and in our offices
• All the solutions that help our supporting functions, i.e. our people and our finances

What will I be doing?

• Providing leadership for the OVO technology teams supporting our colleagues across OVO.  Responsible for strategic vision and decision-making, organisation design, delivery and budget.
• Working with stakeholders and internal/external partners to ensure we use technology to delight our colleagues as the best place to work and enable them to deliver our plan zero mission.
• Leading to build the Colleague team capabilities to effectively serve OVO at scale.
• Managing and developing Heads of Dept along with key individual contributors.
• Setting strategy and vision for a team of c. 65 technology specialists
• Ensuring our audit and compliance position in the area of IT and access management is suitably adhered to and balanced with our culture of trust
• Drive a technology eco-system that is based on excellent data, that drives the right decisions, including supporting cost optimisation and budget forecasting
• Work closely with vendors and partners to ensure we maximise leveraging of commercials and value delivered
• Building high performing teams with career paths and progression that develop the next generation of technical experts and thought leaders.
• Building a technology culture of highly autonomous, intrinsically motivated, well-aligned teams.
• Continually working towards technical excellence and industry best practices.
• Helping to define the technology strategy to position OVO as a forward-thinking technology organisation.
• Building and promoting our technology brand, including overseeing how we bring new talent to your technology teams.

Is this the job for me? 

Ideally you will have:

• A strong technology background including corporate IT (employee equipment and collaboration/productivity tools e.g. Google Workspace) and finance/people planning solutions (i.e. Workday).
• Experience building, running and leading high performing, autonomous technology teams (ideally at least 40 people).
• A clear understanding of how technologies can be used to provide amazing and effective experiences that enable our colleagues.
• An appreciation for agile and lean development.
• A progressive and people-first management style, with a strong change management skill-set.  
• Excellent communication skills and experience working with senior leaders across the business.
• Experience integrating technology into the wider business strategy.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, high growth, technology focussed organisation.
• Proven experience of creating a forward-thinking technology culture.

Brilliant benefits for a world-changing team

Our people are at the heart of Plan Zero. That’s why we offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to make you feel at home.

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).

Then there’s Flex Pay. It’s an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits.

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer:

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, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and more

For your lifestyle
With extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations

For your home 
Get up to £300 off any OVO Energy plan (when you pay by Direct Debit), plus personal carbon offsetting and great discounts on 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

Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!