Role OVO-View

Location: London

Team: AskOVO Tech

Salary banding:  £30,000 - £35,000

Experience: Mid Level

Working pattern: Full-Time

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

This role in 3 words: Team player, collaborative, ownership

Top 3 qualities for this role: Communication, organisational, detailed

Where you’ll work:

At OVO, we understand that a one size fits all approach doesn’t work for everyone. That’s why we created the OVO Way of Flexibility.

All our roles are hub based (Bristol, Glasgow or London), providing a dedicated space for collaboration, connection and teamwork. You’ll also have the flexibility to work from home.

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:

We’re hiring world-changers. From Zero Carbon Living Advisors to Product Managers, every role we’re hiring plays their own part in our mission; our role is to find those people and bring them on our Zero Carbon journey. 

This role in a nutshell:

We want to help our people, perform at their best, by giving them the best equipment and support applications we can, while sticking to our Zero Carbon commitments. 

Your key outcomes will be:

• Provide first and second-line line support for all tech-related questions
• Prioritise support questions based on business impact and urgency
• Administering and supporting key business-critical applications enabling our people to do their jobs
• Ensure we achieve our Service Levels 
• Actively seeking opportunities to drive process and/or content improvements
• Work with suppliers to deliver problem resolutions
• Work with all parts of the Enterprise Security & Platforms team to ensure OVO receive “a best in class” level of support
• Support the rollout of any Enterprise products to our People
• Support various audio-visual conference events/meetings
• Continuously sharing knowledge and standard methodologies within the AskOVOTech team to improve teamwork and service delivery as a team
• Being the change agent to coach and upskill our colleagues and People Leaders on self-service, using a full suite of digital enablers
• Maintaining relevant content and policy documents to ensure accuracy and compliance at all times

Within your first 3 months month you’ll:

• Reach a consistent, daily ticket closure target
• Achieve high customer satisfaction scores on ticket closures
• Work with the team on improving your skills and have a development plan implemented
• Build an onsite relationship with stakeholders 

Systems: Google Admin, Google Suite, Microsoft 365, Microsoft Azure, Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Atlassian Suite, N-Central, Slack

You’ll be a successful Tech Support Expert at OVO if you…

• High proficiency in Tech processes, policies and standard operating procedures
• Experience in Tech Support, service management and helpdesk software knowledge
• Strong written and verbal communication skills and the ability to build working relationships across the OVO Community at different levels. 
• Results-focused approach with the ability to handle opposing priorities and multiple partners
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Excellent attention to detail and an ability to work towards tight deadlines in a fast-paced environment
• The ability to time manage and prioritise workload effectively
• Excellent configuration, troubleshooting, analytical and diagnostic skills
• Full understanding of local area networking and the setup and configuration of end-user devices, such as desktops, printers and other wireless devices
• Have good knowledge of Google, Microsoft, Contact Centre and CRM applications
• Able to demonstrate knowledge of Microsoft Active Directory and Group Policy management in a managed desktop environment

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £30,000 - £35,000 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..

Role OVO-View

Location: Hub Based - Hybrid for all

Salary banding:  £55,000 - £60,000

Experience: Experienced

Working pattern: Full-Time

Role Type: 6 month Fixed-Term contract

Reporting to: Commercial Solar Lead

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

This role in 3 words: Strategic. Analytical. Commercial.

Top 3 qualities for this role: Collaborative. Data-driven. Proactive

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. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:

This role sits in a fast paced and autonomous corporate venture called OVO Solar & Heating, whose remit is to re-establish and grow OVO’s renewables business. The business was launched in March 2025 on a highly innovative Franchising business model, and within 4 months outpaced OVO’s best ever monthly solar sales. By the end of 2027, the unit is expected to be one of the largest solar & heat pump installation companies in the UK.

This role in a nutshell:

We're looking for an experienced, high-energy Commercial Manager to accelerate the success of our national solar and heating franchise network. Your goal is to help our franchisees identify, pitch, and win B2B solar and heating projects.

You'll define and deliver BD strategies and work closely with our franchisees — building their local pipelines, crafting BD strategies, and supporting bids and pitches, whilst building up their capabilities. Ultimately, your success will be measured in the volume and value of sales you have co-authored. 

Your key outcomes will be:

 Commercial BD Strategy and Delivery

• Localised Growth Plans: Partner with each franchisee to build a commercial BD plan tailored to their specific territory, local economy, and experience.
• Campaign Development: Design and launch targeted BD campaigns (e.g., targeting local industrial parks, agricultural hubs, or property developers).
• Private Sector Bid Support: Support franchisees in identifying and winning private commercial contracts, including creating high-impact pitch decks and joining key sales meetings.
• Public Sector Bid Support: identify strategic opportunities and support franchisees to collaboratively build high-quality technical and commercial bids.

Commercial Partnerships

• New Partners: Collaborate closely with OVO’s Partnerships Lead to identify, vet, and manage high-impact commercial partners that align with strategic growth objectives.
• Value Proposition: Continuously refine and optimise our partnership value proposition, ensuring the offering is commercially competitive and meets the needs of key stakeholders.

Franchisee Enablement

• Capability Building: Move franchisees from "supported" to "independent" by building their capability to pitch and bid effectively.
• Knowledge Bank: Create and maintain a "Bid-in-a-Box"—a centralized library of templates, case studies, PSQ responses, and technical PDFs that make bidding fast and scalable.
• Review & Audit: Act as the final "expert eye" on franchisee-led bids to ensure quality and brand consistency.

You’ll be successful in this role at OVO if you are…

• Strong communicator - you can write a technical tender response that wins over a procurement board, and a pitch deck that excites a commercial business owner.
• Entrepreneurial spirit - You enjoy the "scrappy" nature of a franchise model. You're happy to jump on a call to help a franchisee close a £70k project one day, and support a £1.2m council bid the next.
• Strategic navigator - review opportunities and focus on the highest impact. You have the judgement to prioritise high-likelihood wins over "busy work."
• Pragmatic, resourceful and fast-moving - happy to operate in an ambiguous startup-style environment and make judgement calls
• Proven experience in bid management & BD - you have a track record of winning pitches, bids and tenders primarily in the private sector and possibly in the public sector.
• Commercial storyteller - you have the writing capability to turn technical solar and heat specifications into a compelling value proposition. You can create pitch decks that land with private-sector decision-makers.
• Strategic relationship builder - you have experience in "pre-tender" engagement. You know how to identify and influence key stakeholders in commercial organisations. An existing network is a big plus.
• Capability builder - You’ve built "knowledge banks" or "bid-in-a-box" templates before. You know how to centralise case studies, compliance docs, and technical PDFs to make the bidding process scalable.

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you:

We’ll pay you between £55,000 and £60,000, 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.

Role OVO-View

Team: OVO Drive

Location: Hub Based - Hybrid for all

Salary banding:  £40,000 - £54,000

Experience: Experienced 

Working pattern: Full-Time

Reporting to:  Lead iOS Engineer - OVO Drive

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

This role in 3 words: Impactful, Exciting, Challenging

Top 3 qualities for this role: Curiosity, Confidence, Collaborative

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. 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 support the development of the native OVO Charge mobile app. This is the department’s flagship product, which opens up the public electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure for EV drivers across Europe and provides OVO Energy customers a simple interface to manage their Home Charging at a discounted rate.

Your key outcomes will be:

• Technical Delivery: Design, Build and Test new features from our driver-facing B2C app
• Champion quality: Maintain the products your team is responsible for to guarantee that we offer customers with a high-quality and reliable experience.
• Collaborate & Influence: Partner closely with product managers, designers and key stakeholders to ensure that acceptance criteria are met reliably and in time.
• Business alignment: Understand how your work contributes to business goals.
• Join the community: Proactively engage with your peers to contribute to the community within the team and the wider business.

You’ll be successful in this role if you…

• Technical Expertise: Considerable experience in Native Mobile Software Engineering, with a track record of contributing to engineering teams. Professional experience with Swift for iOS mobile app development.
• Ways of working: Have experience in an agile environment working with a rapidly evolving product
• Product Engineering: Are passionate about product and user experience – customers are at the heart of everything you do! Strong commercial thinking is a plus!
• Impact: You’ll have a strong desire to have impact and taking ownership early on

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you:

We’ll pay you between £40,000 - £54,000, 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.

Role OVO-View

Team: OVO Drive

Location: Hub Based - Hybrid for all

Salary banding: £46,220 - £55,000

Experience: Experienced 

Working pattern: Full-Time

Reporting to: Android Lead - OVO Drive

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

This role in 3 words: Instrumental, Exciting, Detailed

Top 3 qualities for this role: Curiosity, Confidence, Collaborative

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. 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 business this role will support the development of the wide array of products targeted at EV Drivers from end to end. This includes defining and refining the team’s QA strategy, building out our test automation suite and manually testing builds.

Your key outcomes will be:

• Setting quality standards with Software Engineers and building out the tools and processes that will ensure we meet them
• Understanding customer pain points and ways in which they can be mitigated
• Collaborate with product managers to plan and prioritise work
• Accountability for timely and reliable delivery of your work.
• Supporting the team to guarantee high system uptime and reliability
• Work alongside commercial and technical teams to ensure that we get the most value out of our work
• …probably many more things we can’t even predict at this point

You’ll be a successful in this role if you…

• Take full responsibility for the product’s quality from discovery through to its final release. Helping coordinate the steps needed for App Store and Play Store deployments.
• Participate in Discovery to deeply understand requirements, allowing for the creation of comprehensive and effective test cases.
• Work with the team to provide realistic QA scope and effort estimates during sprint planning.
• Help the team maintain automation test suites using Appium.
• Contribute to the team’s ways of working and testing standards to help the squad scale.
• Maintain consistent communication with developers and product owners and key stakeholders, and work alongside on call engineers to validate and resolve reported issues.
• Are familiar with logging and monitoring tools.
• Shine in a collaborative and supportive environment

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you:

We’ll pay you between £46,220 - £55,000, 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.

Role OVO-View

Team: Procurement & Supply (Finance)

Salary banding: £43,610 - £62,801

Location: Hub based, London or Bristol preferred 

Experience: Mid-level

Reporting to: Senior Category Manager, Technology

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

This role in 3 words: Analysis, Relationships, Commercial

Top 3 qualities for this role: Negotiator, Self-Solving, Entrepreneurial 

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, however Bristol or London would be preferred. 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 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:

As an enterprise business OVO’s supply chain presents large risk but great opportunity when it comes to sustainability and wider ESG initiatives. Procurement & Supply play a vital role when contributing to OVO’s wider Plan Zero aspirations ensuring we’re working with the right partners and managing risks appropriately.

This role in a nutshell:

We’re looking for an exceptional Category Manager to drive the strategic management of the Software procurement category supporting the Senior Category Manager. You’ll develop and execute category strategies, manage supplier relationships, and oversee procurement processes to deliver maximum value and mitigate risks. Your focus will align with OVO's Plan Zero ambitions, ensuring sustainable and ethical sourcing practices while achieving commercial success.

You’ll be reporting to the Senior Category Manager and will play a critical role in supporting change, delivering results, and setting the bar for ‘what good looks like’ across the team. You’ll also be working closely with stakeholders across the business to drive projects and supplier performance forwards. Your key area of focus from a Category Management perspective will be Software, an essential underpinning of OVO’s business, enabling the delivery of a range of products and services to our customers. You will also be responsible for sourcing outside of the Software category as and when necessary as we manoeuvre to deliver critical business partnership for our Tech colleagues and beyond.

We're looking for a strategic thinker to own the Software category, setting the strategic direction and managing its end-to-end execution. This role offers deep category engagement while fostering broad experience across the entire technology portfolio. You will be an essential, flexible team player, frequently collaborating on sourcing projects in other tech areas. If you're looking for a role that combines deep category ownership with a flexible, collaborative team environment for exposure to other areas of tech, this is it.

The Team’s objectives include:

• Driving significant commercial benefits to support OVO’s EBITDA targets.
• Getting the end to end contract lifecycle right, reducing risks, and driving compliance while maintaining agility.
• Procuring goods and services in a sustainable manner, aligning with OVO’s Plan Zero.
• Becoming a knowledge base of relevant supply markets, products, technologies, and trends.
• Managing supplier relationships through the contract lifetime, ensuring delivery expectations are met, and rectifying any issues
• Continuously improving commercial value, process efficiency, and risk mitigation.
• Effectively partnering with internal stakeholders.
• Supporting the implementation of procurement systems that underpin opportunity execution while reducing risks and improving compliance.

Your key outcomes will be:

• Ensuring Software & AI tools are fit for purpose, aligned to OVO’s objectives and key results and wider business needs, representing the best value and quality (working in collaboration with the Senior Category Manager). 
• Lead end-to-end procurement processes for assigned sub-categories in the technology space, ensuring efficiency and compliance. 
• Negotiate contracts with suppliers to secure favourable terms and cost savings.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with key suppliers to drive collaboration and innovation.
• Conduct market analysis to identify risks, opportunities, and trends for assigned sub-categories, feeding into the Technology Spend Category Strategy. 
• Monitor supplier / agency performance and collaborate with the business on regular supplier performance reviews. 
• Collaborate with internal stakeholders to align spend category objectives with organisational goals.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives across procurement activities.
• Support OVO’s sustainability goals through ethical and environmentally responsible sourcing.

Additionally, you will:

• Use data to maintain a clear view of software category spend and suppliers.
• Support category savings opportunity analysis and future pipeline initiatives.
• Execute RFx exercises, guiding stakeholders and ensuring strong project management practices.
• Lead material commercial initiatives, presenting to the C-suite in line with OVO’s authority matrix.
• Deliver effective Supplier Management strategies. In life contract management, reducing risk, scope creep, supplier performance and contract exit
• Ensure adherence to procurement & contract policies and monitor compliance.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of procurement tools, processes, and customer journey management.
• Align sourcing activities with OVO’s Plan Zero objectives, demonstrating measurable contributions.

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

• Are a strategic thinker with proven experience in procurement, supplier management or category management.
• Have strong negotiation skills with a proven track record of delivering material commercial benefits.
• Excel in managing supplier relationships, driving performance, and fostering innovation.
• Are analytical, capable of sourcing and interpreting data to inform decisions.
• Communicate effectively with stakeholders and build collaborative relationships.
• Demonstrate a commitment to sustainability and ethical procurement practices.
• Thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities efficiently.
• Are a team player, working collaboratively with a pragmatic approach.
• Have or are working towards a CIPS qualification (desirable).
• Show an understanding of procurement systems (e.g., Workday Strategic Sourcing).
• Bring experience in sourcing across key subcategories, with exposure to the energy sector being a plus.

You won’t like this role if you…

• Are uncomfortable leading on initiatives with high corporate exposure (Head of Departments and Directors)
• Are unable to effectively and constructively challenge the status quo.
• Are uncomfortable giving and receiving constructive feedback (radical candor).
• Do not possess technical understanding of Procurement best practice.
• Are unable to work effectively across a wider team and influence multiple stakeholders with disparate priorities.
• Do not possess strong commercial acumen and an eye for a deal.
• Are unable to effectively sell and promote the benefits of a robust procurement approach  to your colleagues and peers.

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £43,610 and £62,801, 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.

Role OVO-View

Team: Software Engineering

Location: Hub Based - Hybrid for all

Salary banding: £116,500 - 154,588

Experience: Expert

Working pattern: Full-Time

Reporting to: Director, Data & AI

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

This role in 3 words: Ownership, Innovative, Impactful

Top 3 qualities for this role: Communication, Leadership, Drive

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. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:

You will be joining one of our Core AI teams, tackling issues central to OVO’s business and customer experience. We are building out new tools to support our back-office teams resolve customer bill issues more easily and swiftly. In our attempts we will be trialling the use of new AI capabilities to transform how our business operates and meets customer demands.

This role in a nutshell:

As a Principal Data Scientist you’ll play a key strategic role in shaping the future of our data science practice. You'll lead innovative, high-impact projects, define our technical direction, and champion best practices across the organisation. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you’ll drive forward research and experimentation to keep OVO at the forefront of data science, ensuring our work is not only cutting-edge but also aligned with our mission to build a more sustainable future.

Your key outcomes will be:

• Technical Leadership and Vision: Shape and communicate the technical direction of OVO’s data science function, guiding the team through expert mentorship and driving the adoption of modern tools, technologies, and approaches to elevate our capabilities.
  
  
• Leading Cutting-Edge Initiatives: Drive high-impact data science projects that solve complex business challenges and align with OVO’s strategic goals. Champion innovation and deliver scalable, forward-thinking solutions.
  
  
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, product, and business teams to embed data science into products and decisions. Communicate insights clearly to diverse audiences and build trusted partnerships across the organisation.
  
  
• Defining Technical Strategy: Develop a strategic roadmap for data science, informed by emerging trends and evolving business needs. Identify areas for innovation and lead the continuous evolution of our data science practice.
  
  
• Driving Research Initiatives: Lead research into advanced techniques and applications, publishing findings and representing OVO at industry events. Grow a culture of experimentation and learning within the team.
  
  
• Ensuring Best Practices: Establish standards for model development, validation, and deployment while ensuring data quality, compliance, and security. Promote scalable, reliable infrastructure and ethical data use.
  
  
• Community of Practice: Lead and grow the data science Community of Practice, sharing knowledge, mentoring peers, and contributing to learning pathways that support development and career growth across the team.

You’ll be a successful Principal Data Scientist at OVO if you…

• Proven ability to lead complex, high-impact data science initiatives that drive strategic outcomes
• Deep expertise in advanced machine learning, statistical methods, and algorithm development
• Proficient in Python or R, and advanced SQL, with strong research and analytical skills
• Demonstrated experience evaluating and applying emerging tools, technologies, and methodologies
• Skilled in defining and executing data science strategies aligned with business objectives
• Strong communicator, able to clearly explain technical concepts to diverse technical and non-technical audiences
• Effective collaborator with cross-functional teams, building trusted relationships across the organisation
• Recognised for technical leadership, mentorship, and fostering a culture of continuous innovation
• Committed to best practices in data science, ensuring quality, compliance, and scalable infrastructure

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you:

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.