General Manager, Octopus Energy Group
Octopus Electric Vehicles
Entech company
Posted today
Entech company
1001+ employees
Posted today
1001+ employees
Company mission
Octopus Energy's mission is to speed the transition to a sustainable, low carbon future through renewable energy and technology whilst putting customers at the heart of everything they do.
Role
Who you are
- Fluent German and English
- A ‘founder mentality’ - bias towards ownership, action and customer obsession
- Inspiring leader, with a passion for motivating teams in the Octopus way
- Previous company building or launching new products and markets
- A broad commercial skillset. Comfortable wearing many hats
- Comfort with ambiguity and rapid iteration
Desirable
- Experience in one or more of mobility, automotive, consumer fintech or employee benefits
- Experience in a rapidly scaling company
What the job involves
- We are launching an EV (electric vehicle) leasing business in Germany and need an outstanding General Manager to lead it
- We have strong, well thought out reasoning to suggest that our core model is repeatable in the German market - you will launch and scale this for us
- You’ll be expected to demonstrate significant autonomy in devising and executing a go to market plan that meets the needs of your market, whilst learning from what has made Octopus EV so successful in the UK
- Whilst support from our leadership team and central functions will be provided, most areas of growth (sales, marketing, pricing) will be largely autonomous, making this an exciting opportunity for someone wishing to build a significant, high impact company from scratch
- Our mission is to rapidly accelerate the EV transition whilst providing the best possible service to our customers
- Our ambition is to rapidly build the biggest EV platform in Germany as rapidly as possible
- Purpose of the role: Launch and then lead the Octopus EV business in Germany
- Learning from Octopus EV’s model in the UK, craft a customer proposition that works for the Germany market
- Devise and execute Octopus EV Germany go to market strategy
- Coordinate any and all work streams needed to launch the proposition, from marketing and sales to fleet operations and customer success
- Build and lead your team in a manner consistent with Octopus’ unique culture
- Run a lean, tech-led operation that enables rapid scale
- Work closely with central functions at OEV (e.g. finance, credit, data) and the wider group (e.g. OE Germany, group legal) to ensure you benefit from the resources and knowledge the group has to offer
- Provide clear progress updates to Octopus EV leadership team and clearly articulate the support and resources you need
Our take
According to Octopus, the energy industry in the UK is ruled by a handful of complacent companies peddling fossil fuels, pricing trickery, and poor customer service. Aiming to disrupt the status quo with sustainable energy, Octopus entered the market in 2016 and now supplies energy to millions of homes in a number of countries. Octopus has made a name for itself in energy circles largely because of its “Kraken” technology platform, which it claims is able to reroute energy from renewable sources around a network far more efficiently than competitors.
Octopus Energy further differentiates itself through its aspiration to make everything as easy as possible for consumers, from the simplicity of their bills and the fact that customers are not locked into a contract, so they can leave at any time, to offering customer service over email and social media at times that suit customers. It aims to make the eco‐friendly choice the easy choice, so all of its tariffs use 100% green electricity, while being cheaper than competitors' non-green tariffs.
Octopus is continually creating innovative new products. For example, Octopus Tracker, where prices change daily to guarantee you get the market rate; Agile, where the price changes every half hour to enable you to benefit from cheap electricity when the sun shines, the wind blows, and the networks are under-utilised. One of the current challenges the company faces is that its products are more complex than its competitors, given that it uses 1000x more data than traditional energy companies. It's exploring ways to explain to customers exactly how their products work.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)
Dec 2023
$800m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Jul 2022
$225m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $2.6bn
Company benefits
- Your development is important - we support and help with development including internal and external courses, learning, study support etc, all bespoke to you
- Flexi working environment
- Equity Options Scheme - you own your own part of the business, share options in the whole Octopus Energy Group so we all work together towards success
- Unlimited paid time off policy
- Work from home opportunities
- Equity Option Scheme - Everyone owns part of what we’re building with shares
- Tech - We want to get the best out of our people and get that everyone is slightly different. Have a certain tech requirement? We’ll do our best to get it
- Money Coach - You may want to think about financial planning. The company has an arrangement with Octopus Money Coach. They offer the opportunity to talk with a professional coach
- Wellbeing - Need some calm in your life? We have 'Octopus Headspace Licences' available. Twice a week we have 45 Minute live yoga class open to all Octopus staff!
Company values
- Autonomy
- Empathy
- Innovation
- Impact
Company HQ
Soho, London, UK
Articles
Leadership
Greg Jackson
(Founder & CEO)Previously Adviser at Ashcombe Advisers for 9 years and Non-Executive Director at Zopa for 7 years.
James Eddison
(CTO)Previously CEO at Claripoint for 7 years and CTO at Tangent Labs also for 7 years.
Stuart Jackson
(Co-Founder & CFO)Previously Director of "Foundation" Business Unit at Barclaycard for 2 years and Chief of Staff, Secured Lending SBU at Barclays also for 2 years.
People progressing
Joined as Marketing Assistant, being promoted to Marketing Executive after 6 months and again to Junior Product and Marketing Manager after 7 months. After 8 months they became a full Product and Marketing Manager.
Joined as Senior Talent Partner, being promoted to Talent Manager after 1 year and again to Head of Talent Acquisition after 8 months.
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Octopus Energy Group
- Unconscious Bias workshops for interviewers and hiring managers
- Octopus Energy Equality Foundation
- Partnership with the Saracens High School - inspiring future generations - https://www.saracens.com/powering-futures-together-saracens-high-school-octopus-energy/
- Octopus Energy Internships - https://octopus.energy/blog/ada-lovelace-tech-internship/
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