--- title: 'Staff Product Manager - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract at OVO Energy' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/staff-product-manager-12-month-fixed-term-contract-ovo-energy-ewm201rmvxbs' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-19' --- # Staff Product Manager - 12 Month Fixed Term Contract at OVO Energy - **Company:** OVO Energy - **Posted:** 2026-10-06 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-19 - **Apply:** https://careers.ovo.com/?gh_jid=8246100 ## Job description ## Role OVO-View Team: Product & Tech - AER Pod (Attract, Engage, Retain) or BPC Pod (Bill, Pay, Collect) Salary banding: £82,000 - £122,000 Contract type: Fixed Term Contract Reporting to: Delivery and Growth Lead Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role. This role in 3 words: Ownership, Impact and Connector Top 3 qualities for this role: Proactivity, Organisation and Resilience 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 to 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.](https://www.ovoenergy.com/plan-zero) So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. This role in a nutshell: As a Staff Product Manager at OVO, you will be a central leader, steering the product vision, strategy and roadmap for a specific portfolio. Your role involves collaboration across teams and using data to prioritise efforts for the best strategic results. We need your blend of strategic insight, analytical depth and strong leadership to define product direction using data and OVO's business strategy. You'll play a crucial part in making data-informed product decisions that enhance portfolio performance and drive OVO's success. We are currently hiring for 2 Staff Product Manager roles within our Product and Tech team - one role will sit within our AER Pod (Attract, Engage & Retain), and the other role will sit within our BPC Pod (Bill, Pay, Collect). Your key outcomes will be: - Data-Informed Portfolio Strategy: Define and execute a comprehensive product strategy within the assigned portfolio, leveraging data insights and business strategy to drive optimal outcomes (commercial and customer). - Strategic Outcome Optimization: Utilize insights and analytics to drive decision-making, ensuring that product initiatives are consistently aligned with and optimized for strategic business outcomes. - Product Direction Leadership: Define and communicate clear product direction using data insights and business strategy, ensuring alignment across cross-functional teams and stakeholders. - Mentorship and Strategic Development: Mentor and support Product Managers on strategy, execution, and customer-centric thinking, fostering a culture of data-driven decision-making and strategic product development within the portfolio. - Shape and Deliver Portfolio Strategy: Define and drive a clear product strategy for your portfolio, ensuring it aligns with OVO's business goals and market insights. - Champion Data-Informed Decisions: Use data analytics to uncover insights, guide product development, and measure success against key performance indicators (KPIs). - Lead Collaborative Product Development: Guide cross-functional teams (product, engineering, design, marketing, sales) to effectively deliver on the product vision and priorities. - Engage and Influence Stakeholders: Build strong relationships with senior leaders, presenting strategic recommendations and ensuring alignment on product direction and investment. - Contribute to OVO's Product Community: Actively participate in and enrich our Community of Practice by sharing knowledge, leading discussions, and helping to advance our collective product craft. You’ll be a successful Staff Product Manager here at OVO if you have… - Proven experience as a Product Manager, with a knack for developing and actioning product strategy. This means you're comfortable shaping a clear vision for your product area and can translate that into actionable plans that deliver results, aligning with OVO's broader objectives. - A strong track record of using data to inform product decisions and achieve strategic goals. You consistently seek out and interpret data to understand user behaviour, identify opportunities, and make evidence-based choices that drive your product and OVO towards its key objectives. - The ability to effectively analyse data, research the market, and understand competitive landscapes. You can delve into market trends, customer needs, and what competitors are doing, using these insights to ensure your product is well-positioned and meets genuine user needs. - Excellent communication and collaboration skills, enabling you to work effectively with diverse teams. You can clearly articulate product plans, actively listen to different perspectives, and foster a positive team environment, working seamlessly with colleagues in engineering, design, marketing, and other areas. - A talent for strategic thinking combined with strong business understanding. You can see the bigger picture, connect product initiatives to OVO's commercial aims, and make smart decisions that balance user value with business viability. - Proficiency with Agile methodologies and experience using data analytics and visualisation tools. You are adept at working in agile environments, iterating on products, and comfortable using tools to extract meaningful insights from data and present them clearly. - A results-focused approach and experience in guiding or mentoring others in product management. You are driven to achieve positive outcomes and have a natural ability to share your knowledge, support colleagues, and contribute to the growth of others in the product team. Let’s talk about what’s in it for you: We’ll pay you between £82,000 and £122,000, 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. We'll give you 9% Flex Pay 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. 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, 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 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. ## About OVO Energy ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: OVO Energy is a UK-based energy technology and services company on a mission to power human progress with clean, affordable energy for everyone. - **Entity Type**: Private (part of the OVO Group, which is privately held) - **Headquarters**: Bristol, England, United Kingdom - **Founded**: 2009 - **Founders**: Stephen Fitzpatrick ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Energy supply, energy technology (cleantech), and home decarbonisation services. - **Target customers**: B2C (residential households in the UK), B2B (through its SaaS platform Kaluza for utilities globally). - **Mission or purpose statement**: "To power human progress with clean affordable energy for everyone." The company has committed to its "Plan Zero" strategy to reach net-zero carbon emissions by 2035. ## Products & Services - **OVO Energy (Retail Supply)**: The core business providing gas and electricity to approximately 4 million UK homes. Includes smart tariff plans, EV charging tariffs, and the "Beyond" Energy Savings Account. - **Kaluza (SaaS Platform)**: An advanced, end-to-end SaaS platform for energy utilities. It enables real-time data-driven operations, customer personalisation, and integration of low-carbon technologies (EVs, solar, heat pumps). Kaluza is a separate entity within the OVO Group with a global client base (e.g., AGL in Australia). - **OVO Home Services**: Installation and support for green home technology, including EV chargers, solar panels, and heat pumps. The company also has a franchise network for community-level solar installation. - **OVO Energy Experts**: A service where experts visit homes (over 6,500 in 2024) to provide tailored energy efficiency advice. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not publicly available for OVO Energy itself. Kaluza (sister company) was valued at $500 million post-money following a $100 million investment from AGL in 2024. - **Key Metric**: Adjusted EBITDA of £42 million in 2024 (down from £225 million in 2023), serving ~4 million customers. OVO has provided £140 million in customer support since 2022. - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Mitsubishi Corporation (long-standing partner and joint venture in Japan), AGL (Australian energy giant, $100M investment in Kaluza), and other global utilities. - **Growth Signals**: - Launched "Beyond," the UK's first Energy Savings Account, in 2024. - Kaluza signed a landmark software licensing deal with AGL in Australia, expected to cut AGL’s operational costs by $46-60 million. - Launched Kaluza Japan via a joint venture with Mitsubishi Corporation. - Active in campaigning for a social tariff and policy change with the UK government. - Over 140,000 Trustpilot reviews with a 4.5-star rating. ## Competitive Advantages - **Vertically Integrated Ecosystem**: OVO controls the full customer journey from energy supply to SaaS platform (Kaluza) to home installation services, creating a unique, data-rich feedback loop. - **Technology-First Approach**: Kaluza is a genuine platform differentiator, allowing OVO and its partners to innovate faster and lower costs compared to traditional utilities. - **Strong Brand & Trust**: Consistently high customer satisfaction (4.5* Trustpilot) and a clear, authentic net-zero mission ("Plan Zero") that resonates with consumers and employees. - **Scale & Incumbency**: With 4 million customers, OVO is one of the UK's largest energy challenger brands, giving it significant market influence and data assets. ## Strategic Focus - **Scale Kaluza Globally**: The primary growth engine. The focus is on signing more international utility clients (e.g., AGL, Mitsubishi) to license the Kaluza platform, targeting operational cost savings and green tech integration for partners. - **Lead UK Home Decarbonisation**: Accelerating the installation of heat pumps, solar panels, and EV chargers to meet UK government targets (e.g., 600,000 heat pumps per year by 2028) and reduce customer carbon footprints. - **Deepen Customer Relationships**: Expanding the "Beyond" account model to increase customer lifetime value, loyalty, and cross-selling of green tech. - **Achieve Plan Zero**: On track to have a 100% electric fleet of vans and 100% renewable electricity for all offices by the end of 2025. The long-term goal is net zero by 2035. ## Why Work Here - **Mission-Driven Culture**: The company has a clear, urgent purpose ("Plan Zero") that unites employees. The CEO, David Buttress, describes the mission as "energising and infectious." - **Award-Winning Inclusion**: Recognised as a **Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality** (Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024) and holds accreditations as a Disability Confident Employer, Menopause Friendly, and Period Positive Workplace. - **Progressive People Policies**: Offers unlimited, fully paid compassionate leave, unlimited paid leave for pregnancy loss, paid leave for "moments that matter" (e.g., child's first day of school, wedding), and "recharge" leave after intense periods. - **Flexible & Hybrid Working**: The company promotes flexibility and wellbeing. Offices are in Bristol (HQ), London, and other locations. - **Strong Engineering & Tech Culture**: With Kaluza as a core product, there is significant investment in software engineering, data science, and product development. The company explicitly seeks "brightest minds" to solve complex energy challenges. - **Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)**: Investment in belonging network leads (Radius Certified), indicating strong support for employee-led communities. ## Sources 1. [OVO Energy Careers Page](https://www.ovoenergy.com/careers) 2. [OVO Energy About Page](https://www.ovoenergy.com/about) 3. [OVO Group Careers Page](https://careers.ovo.com/) 4. [OVO Annual Report & Plan Zero Report 2024 (PDF)](https://company.ovo.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/09/OVO-ANNUAL-REPORT-FY24-FINAL-SEPT-2025.pdf) 5. 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