KrakenFlow Product Manager, Octopus Energy Group
Kraken Technologies Germany
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The UK's most awarded energy supplier
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The UK's most awarded energy supplier
1001+ employees
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1001+ employees
Company mission
To make a big green dent in the universe by building a truly sustainable energy system globally.
Role
Who you are
- If you’re passionate about building innovative products that shape the future of energy and empowering users with powerful tools, we want you on our team
- You’ll need to be comfortable balancing autonomy with accountability, leading by example, and taking ownership of both the product and your team’s success
- In addition to experience in product management, we’re seeking candidates who embody Kraken’s values of autonomy, responsibility, and purpose
- Our ideal candidate takes ownership, drives change, and continuously seeks to improve both their work and the team’s effectiveness
- At Kraken, we know that no one comes in as the perfect fit in every area, but what matters most is a willingness to grow, a sense of responsibility, and a commitment to our shared mission of driving sustainable innovation
- We’re looking for individuals who are strong in some areas, eager to develop in others, and ready to bring their unique skills to help make our team greater than the sum of its parts
- Passion for clients: Putting customers and clients first is at the heart of what we do. If you’re dedicated to understanding and exceeding expectations, you’ll fit right in
- Communication excellence: You’re able to communicate complex concepts clearly, both verbally and in writing, ensuring that your message resonates with your audience
- Strategic and Hands-On Thinking: Whether it’s aligning product initiatives with long-term goals or rolling up your sleeves to execute a feature, you’re adaptable and thrive in a dynamic environment. You embrace experimentation and calculated risk-taking
- Innovative Problem Solver: You’re a creative thinker who enjoys tackling complex problems
- Tech and Data Acumen: While you don’t need to be an engineer, a basic understanding of technical concepts is key and you’re comfortable using data to inform decisions
- Leadership without Authority: You know how to influence and guide teams toward common goals
- Team Play: Collaboration is key at Kraken. You’re ready to support your team and hold yourself accountable
- UX Know How: This one is completely optional but highly appreciated and we encourage current UX designers to apply as a product manager
What the job involves
- Kraken Flow is set to revolutionize how we manage and automate business processes within Kraken
- Imagine a low-code/no-code tool, but one that’s deeply integrated into the Kraken ecosystem
- Flow empowers everyone, whether they’re developers or non-developers, to design, build, and automate business processes through a user-friendly drag-and-drop interface
- Designed as an open ecosystem, Flow seamlessly integrates Kraken’s platform services with external systems, unlocking new possibilities for process automation across a variety of tools and platforms
- As we continue to develop this powerful tool, safeguarding security and ensuring proper guardrails are a top priority
- Collaboration is also key - Flow’s success depends on constant engagement with other Kraken teams to ensure it’s integrated where it brings the most value
- As a Product Manager at Kraken Flow, you’ll be at the heart of defining and shaping the future of our platform
- Your role is critical in guiding the product's journey - from conception to launch and throughout its lifecycle
- You will work with cross-functional teams and lead without rigid authority, helping to influence and inspire as we develop products that align with Kraken’s core mission
- Deepen your knowledge: You’ll deepen your understanding of Kraken Flow and other Kraken products and then explore business and user needs to refine the product vision and set goals to achieve it
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams: You’ll gather requirements and translate them into tasks for developers, ensuring smooth collaboration with designers, developers, and other stakeholders at Kraken
- Handle ambiguity: You’ll be dealing with ambiguity and will need to address issues by analyzing diverse sources of information with a structured and facilitate approach, experimenting to validate hypotheses and find suitable solutions
- Plan, deliver, validate: You’ll prioritize work to maximize business value, apply agile principles pragmatically and collaborate with the team to ensure effective and efficient delivery, while mitigating risks and reducing dependencies
- Lead and influence: You’ll create a strong sense of purpose and mission for the development team, lead product initiatives with personal accountability, embed our vision for Flow into the overall strategy of Kraken and advocate for the product in the organization
- We’re building a team of strong individuals who are constantly aspiring to improve and bring out the best in each other
- We are committed to your personal growth, and can ensure that you’ll be contributing to a mission that matters
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 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.
Its continually creating innovative new products too. 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. Because of this, it's exploring ways to explain to customers exactly how their products work.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Dec 2025
$320m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Dec 2023
$800m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $2.9bn
Company benefits
- Equity Option Scheme
- Pension Scheme: We'll pay 5%. You can decide what you contribute, starting from 3%
- 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
- Holidays: We're all grown ups, so we don't count your holidays here. We work hard and so we know you need to play hard as well (within reason of course)
- Flexible working: We're passionate about a genuine work-life balance here and we don't pay people to watch a clock. Need to catch that school nativity or work from home? That's cool
- Free Breakfast + other stuff: ice lollies if you're lucky)! Weekly on a Friday we all get together (this happens virtually too) for company updates and drinks - we call it Family Dinner
- 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
- Car Salary Sacrifice: Browse the wide selection of electric vehicles and get a sample quote under our workplace salary sacrifice scheme. If approved, the monthly leasing costs are taken directly from your gross salary each month meaning you're saving on paying some tax
- Cycle to Work Scheme: The Cycle to Work Scheme is a cost effective way to “buy” a bike up to a value of £2.5K, which hopefully is enough for a decent commuting bike, even an electric one. This extends to the cost of accessories and safety equipment as well as the bike
- Season Ticket Loan: Commuting to the office on the regs? If you travel more than twice a week, it’s worthwhile getting an annual ticket. With our Season Ticket Loan, you can spread out the cost over 10 months. It’s quick and easy to sort. Once approved and ordered, your season ticket will be posted to you within 5 days or so
- Maternity leave: 16 weeks full pay + 8 weeks half pay + 15 weeks statutory maternity pay
- Paternity leave: 12 weeks full pay
- Private Medical Insurance: Say goodbye to long waiting lists! For anyone who wants some additional peace of mind when it comes to their health, we offer Private Healthcare Insurance at different levels of cover. The monthly costs are taken directly from your gross salary and spread across 12 months. You even save on National Insurance
- Gym & Yoga: You can get up to 25% discount on gym memberships and we have 45 minute live yoga classes open to all Octopus staff twice a week!
- Headspace: Need some calm in your life? We have 'Octopus Headspace Licences' available
- Eye Test: Free eye test vouchers for all colleagues who use Visual Display Units (VDU). Long spells of VDU work can often be visually demanding and can lead to tired eyes, discomfort, temporary short sightedness and headaches
Company HQ
Soho, London, UK
Leadership
Greg Jackson
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously an Adviser at Ashcombe Advisers for 9 years and a 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 a Director of "Foundation" Business Unit at Barclaycard for 2 years and Chief of Staff, Secured Lending SBU at Barclays also for 2 years.
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