Product Manager (12 month FTC)

Product Manager (12 month FTC) – OVO

Location: Hub Based – Hybrid for all

Team: Product

Salary banding: £55,660 – £73,480

Experience: Expert

Working pattern: Full-Time

Reporting to: Delivery & Growth Lead

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

This role in 3 words: Dynamic, Ownership-oriented, Customer-centric

Top 3 qualities for this role: Proactive, Decisive, Strategic

Where you’ll work

Depending on the needs of your business area, we expect hub based people to be in the office at least once a week, and go to OVO Connection events in-person.

You’ll be assigned to the closest one of our three hub offices, Bristol, Glasgow, or London; unless your role requires field-based work. Each hub has accessible spaces to park your laptop, is designed to inspire people, help them connect and bring big ideas to life.

Everyone belongs at OVO

At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity\’s biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That\’s why we need diverse people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

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:

• Working as Product Manager, you’ll have the opportunity to transform digital experiences, platforms and tools. These help our customers identify, pay for and use the right products for them, in a way that suits them. At OVO you’ll work with a talented team of engineers, researchers, experience designers and analysts. You’ll build data-driven and hypothesis-led customer experiences, which deliver against our business strategy. You’ll experiment your way to fulfilling customer needs and providing value, and you\’ll often be found story-mapping, canvas-filling, needs-assessing, optimising, stakeholder-managing and test-and-learning. You’ll work closely with other Product Managers across our domains too.

This role in a nutshell

We’re looking for a candidate who can challenge how things are done currently, pushing themselves and others to innovate to improve their approach to problems. You are an accomplished product manager with a proven track record of delivering positive results.

Your key outcomes will be:

• Owning the product vision, strategy and roadmap throughout a product lifecycle.
• You will embed customers at the heart of product decisions.
• You will use data and customer‑centric product techniques to create hypotheses to test, identify and solve problems and to simplify complex customer experiences.
• You will use online and offline insight – including research, customer contact, complaints and reviews – to inform your decisions.
• Focus on how to get ideas off the ground quickly – identifying the thinnest slice possible to get meaningful customer data.
• Champion your product both in and outside your team – understand how it fits into the wider Product offering, how it could evolve and inspire your team to do more.
• Work with others to set ambitious OKRs and take the responsibility to do what it takes to meet them.
• You will ensure that the solutions we’re building can translate to clear, positive impact on business metrics.
• You will establish clear priorities and find ways of articulating them with your own team and the wider business.
• Get involved in our wider product community – using that as an opportunity to learn, get support from other like minded individuals and give back to the wider OVO team.

You’ll be a successful Product Manager here at OVO if you…

• Are comfortable with the ambiguity that comes from working in a fast‑paced environment and adaptable to changing market needs.
• Can develop a deep understanding of market trends and relevant technological advancements to inform and evolve the product strategy.
• Lead the long‑term product planning process, including future‑proofing the product to anticipate and adapt to changing customer needs and business goals.
• You are comfortable prioritising initiatives and ideas based on value and impact, and you can clearly articulate those decisions.
• You have a good understanding of Agile methods, cross‑functional working and development at different stages of the product life cycle.
• Have experience using optimisation tools, journey analysis tools etc.
• Have strong analytical skills, able to cut through opinions with data.
• Are experienced in working in a matrixed organisation multiple stakeholders.
• Are data driven in measuring the impact of what you build and have a track record of improving your customer’s experience.
• Have experience in the energy and/or a highly regulated industry would be advantageous.
• Experience working with AI is a plus.
• Are looking for autonomy and accountability to deliver great outcomes, while delivering value at the earliest opportunity.
• Find new concepts easy to understand, and show the tenacity to keep asking the right questions.
• Love sharing your skills and experiences with colleagues.
• Recognise assumptions (including your own) and seek ways to try and validate them.

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £55,660 and £73,480, depending on your specific skills and experience.

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.

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.

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!

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