Introduction
In just 10 years, Octopus Energy has evolved from a disruptive challenger into the UKβs largest energy retailer and a well-loved brand, serving more than 8 million customers. Our rapid expansion has been powered by consistently strong growth across diverse sales channels, the smooth integration of retailer acquisitions, and impressive customer retention.
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We continue to lead and redefine the energy market through innovative time-of-use tariffs and data-driven commercial strategies that transform how customers engage with energy. We empower customers with dynamic pricing and "Intelligent" EV charging, rewarding them for shifting consumption to greener, cheaper periods.
Role Summary
You will be the leading analyst in the GB Commercial Analytics βpodβ, delivering pricing operations, commercial reporting, and growth insight to drive sales and retention, margin, compliance, and customer satisfaction.
You will act as a strategic business partner to Commercial, Sales, Marketing and Energy Markets teams, combining hands-on technical expertise with strong team leadership.
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What you'll do
Own end-to-end pricing operations for domestic tariffs, including launches, quarterly price changes, margin reporting and intelligence, and ensuring regulatory / price cap compliance for millions of customers.
Drive pricing strategy and optimisation through competitor intelligence, market analysis, and data-driven recommendations to the Senior Leadership Team.
Own and evolve commercial reporting pipelines across customer switching, sales activity from all channels, marketing campaigns, retention and competitor insight.
Deliver growth and customer insight, including key metric reporting, funnel analysis, customer forecasting, and retention initiatives.
Set priorities, coordinate and review the work of a small, high-performance team of data analysts.
Partner with Commercial, Sales, Marketing, Energy Markets, Flexibility, Gross Margin and Strategic Finance teams to provide customer forecasting inputs, KPI reporting, margin analysis and strategic support.
Contribute to and collaborate with our global working groups to ensure aligned reporting and shared analytics projects.
Champion data best practices and continuous improvement in analytics engineering, tools and automated processes.
What you'll have
Hands-on expertise with modern data platforms and analytical tools (especially SQL and python - see our full stack below).
Strong commercial acumen, preferably in pricing, margin optimisation, and/or growth analytics.
Proven experience mentoring and developing data professionals.
Strong communication skills to influence non-technical stakeholders and senior leadership.
A track record of delivering actionable insights that drive measurable business impact.
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Our Data Platform Stack
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We employ software engineering best practices to design, test, and deploy our data platform and services using the below technologies:
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Python, pandas and SQL in Jupyter notebooks for analysis
dbt and Databricks data platform with Delta Lake
Lightdash as our BI tool and semantic layer
Streamlit for interactive data applications
Airflow for orchestration
Kubernetes for application deployment
CI/CD with GitHub and CircleCI
Infrastructure on AWS, deployed with Terraform / SpaceliftΒ
π Why else you'll love it here π
β’ π° Wondering what the salary for this role is?Β Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!
If this sounds like you then we'd love to hear from you. π
P.S. Our process usually takes up to 4 weeks, but weβll always do our best to flex around what works for you. Along the way, youβll chat with our recruitment team and your Recruiter will help you throughout different stages. Got any burning questions before then? Drop us a message at talent@octoenergy.com and weβd love to help!
Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have all the tools and environment you need to unleash your potential.Β Need any specific accommodations?Β Whether you require specific accommodations or have a unique preference, let us know, and we'll do what we can to customise your interview process for comfort and maximum magic!
Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Octopus, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone.