Optimisation Manager

• Market expert: Understand, define, and disseminate functional requirements from the full range of markets and services.
• Strategy owner: Evaluate market and service structures, identify participation criteria for all relevant asset and customer types, and develop applicable strategies in partnership with the Trading team.
• Creative thinker: Identify key opportunities and fundamental barriers, and take a pragmatic approach to solution design.
• Action-oriented: Lead the charge in advocating market and service simplification and lowering the barriers to entry through detailed understanding of existing structures, engagement with stakeholders, and proving capabilities in the real world.
• Analytical mindset: Use data and analysis to inform decision making, working closely with the Data Science team to scope investigations and validate insights.
• Clear communicator: Translate product, market, and operational requirements into clear and concise technical requirements for analysts and developers.
• Ownership: Accountable for coordinating with internal commercial, policy, product, and engineering team members to ensure successful participation in all selected services.

This role helps boost renewables use and decarbonise energy systems worldwide by developing products used by millions of customers to make energy more flexible, cheaper, and greener.

• Strong working knowledge of energy and grid service markets (bias towards GB but with ability to generalise globally), as well as grid-tied technologies such as PV, wind, demand response, and storage.
• Demonstrated techno-economic and financial modelling expertise, both rapid and comprehensive.
• Experience digesting and translating technical requirements and policy/regulatory information for commercial applicability.
• Ability to respond to complicated briefs from stakeholders, make decisions, and communicate appropriate strategies.
• Agile mindset with ability to nurture a commercial offering and optimise implementation to the smallest detail.
• Ability to pick up work in a fast-paced environment with willingness to learn.
• Entrepreneurial instincts with clear bias for informed action and track record of leading new initiatives with limited resources and support.
• Ability to relate to individuals and nurture other team members.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills.
• Experience with Python and SQL would be a bonus.
• Interest in sustainability, green energy, and Net Zero power systems.

Salary information is not advertised but discussed during recruitment calls with flexibility based on experience. Octopus Energy Group offers a unique culture where people learn, decide, and build quicker with autonomy. The company was recently named the UK's top company to work for and ranked in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2024. Visit the UK perks hub for more details on employee benefits.

Octopus Energy is at the forefront of the energy transition, making energy cheaper and greener through cutting-edge technology. The Flexibility team builds next-generation products and tools to make energy more flexible, including automating electric vehicle charging, saving customers money through demand shifting, and managing large grid-scale batteries to balance the system.