Head of Product and Tech (OVO Drive)

Job Description

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:

We've made real progress on the UK's path to net zero - but there's further to go. Renewable energy tariffs alone won't make the grid greener. We need to help customers save energy, shift when they use it, and reduce their carbon footprint in every way we can.

That's where OVO Drive comes in. We're the dedicated EV business within OVO, providing everything a driver needs: home charger installation, home and public charging access, and a single app that ties it all together. We operate with a start-up mindset - moving fast, trying new things, and scaling what works.

This role in a nutshell

With this being a senior leadership position we're looking for someone to take full ownership of product and technology for the OVO Drive business. That includes the OVO Charge app and all of OVO Drive's digital products - leading a team of around 25 across product, design, iOS, Android, platform engineering and QA - shaping how we build for charger installs, home / public charging and flexibility.

Your key outcomes will be

• The key delivery owner of the product and technology strategy for the OVO Charge app and all of OVO Drive's digital products - charger installs, home public charging & flexibility.
• Lead a team of around 25+ across product management, UX/UI design, mobile software engineering, Full-stack software engineering (including DevOps) and QA
• Influence the technical architecture and product roadmap for our Native mobile apps across iOS and Android
• Create a great team culture that enables colleagues from various backgrounds to operate as a happy, high-performing team
• Partner closely with OVO tech, commercial, operations and marketing leaders to translate business strategy into Drive's Product and technology strategy.
• Build a strong tech culture - data driven decisions, iterative development, accessibility, code quality, testing, CI/CD, security and reliability - across a mixed app and web estate
• Own the product and tech budget, resourcing plan and delivery roadmap, reporting into senior leadership
• Ensure app performance, reliability and customer experience meet a consistently high bar
• Represent Product & Technology in senior leadership forums

What you'll bring to this role

• Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary product and engineering teams of 20+ people, including managers
• Strong hands on product or engineering background, ideally across native mobile products and web applications
• Experience running agile product development, roadmapping and OKRs across product, design and engineering
• Comfortable leading tech teams through organisational changes
• Strong stakeholder management skills - comfortable operating with C-suite and senior internal and external audiences
• Experience in energy retail, EV, or low carbon technologies is a plus, but not essential
• Managerial experience in both fast pace startup environment and larger corporate environments
• A genuine passion for the EV and energy transition space would be a bonus

Let's talk about what's in it for you

We'll pay you between £110,000 and £125,000, 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.