Lead Product Manager - OVO Drive (6 month FTC)

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Salary banding:  £73,550 - £90,000

Experience: Experienced

Working pattern: Full-Time - 6 month Fixed-Term Contract

Reporting to: Head of Product & Tech - OVO Drive

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: Innovative, Collaborative, Challenging

Top 3 qualities for this role: Creativity, Communication, Adaptability

 

Your next OVO adventure:

At OVO, we recognise that great people are already working with us across all of our brands. Find out more below about whether this role might be the next part of your OVO adventure.

You may not have all of the skills and experience boxes ticked, but if you think you have much of what we’re looking for, then we’d love to hear from you.

 

Teamworking for the planet:

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:

We’ve made good progress on the UK’s path to net zero. But we can do better. Research shows that 100% renewable energy tariffs aren't actually making the grid greener. We have to go further. We need to save energy, use power at smarter times of the day and look at other ways to help our customers reduce their carbon footprint.

That’s where OVO Drive comes in, it's our dedicated electric vehicle business. We already provide hardware installations, home & public charging but we want so much more, we want to build a single app experience that covers everything an EV driver could need this role will play a huge part in that.

We work like a start up- using our entrepreneurial, OVO Way spirit to drive us forward. And we’ll be flexible about how we do it - trying new things, growing the ones that work and learning new, green skills as we go.

 

This role in a nutshell:

Sitting in the OVO Drive department this role will oversee the evolution of one of OVO’s flagship products, OVO Charge. This includes ideating, scoping and validating new features and products, optimising the UX through careful customer research and taking a central part in the planning and prioritisation of the team’s work.

 

Your key outcomes will be:

• Lead a small team of Product Managers, providing day to day advice and support as well we guiding them through their career progression
• Accountability for timely and reliable delivery of your work and your team’s work as well as their performance. Provide direction and hands-on technical guidance to your team, making sure key processes are understood, documented, and followed.
• Own and scale a range of web and mobile based products for B2C and B2B customers
• Identify areas for improvement by utilising data tools such as Google Analytics, Firebase and our data warehouse querying tool
• Validate solutions with design and engineering to ensure problems are targeted with effective and scalable solutions
• Write user stories and acceptance criteria to convey details about complex tasks clearly and concisely
• Regularly engage with users to gather feedback on changes made to the product in a previous release or to validate proposed changes in a prototype format
• Create a vision for the products you own and scale them according to a roadmap prioritised by user and business value
• Continuously improve on ways of working to foster an efficient software development lifecycle
• Business alignment: Work with design and engineering teams on developing team priorities based on the company’s business strategy
• …probably many more things we can’t even predict at this point.

 

You’ll be successful in this role if you…

• Have proven experience as a Product Manager in an end-to-end role, owning projects throughout their entire lifecycle—from ideation to delivery.
• Ideally have experience leading a small team of Product Managers.
• Manage and prioritise your time and projects autonomously – comfortable to define and drive the vision for your work, even when navigating some ambiguity.
• Demonstrate solid understanding of Agile principles and how to adapt them to your working environment 
• Experience working across a variety of digital platforms—including mobile (iOS and Android) and web—is essential. Demonstrating expertise with B2C products is required, with additional experience in B2B considered a significant plus.
• Have some experience with software products in the energy and/or e-mobility sector
• Ability to collaborate effectively within small, multidisciplinary teams, integrating diverse perspectives to achieve project goals.

 

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £73,550 - £90,000, depending on your specific skills and experience. If your expectations are a little different, have a chat with us!

We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal. 

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and 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 starters, you’ll get 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, 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.

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.

 

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!

If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible..