Commercial Insights Manager (6 months FTC)

Octopus Energy Group; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A green energy company is seeking a Strategy Consultant to join their Commercial Insights team in Central London. The role involves leading analysis projects, generating data-driven insights to drive business performance, and collaborating with various stakeholders. Ideal candidates have 3-5 years of experience, strong quantitative skills, and a passion for clean energy and electric vehicles. The position offers competitive perks and a dynamic work environment encouraging growth.

Benefits

Salary transparency

Flexible working environment

Dog-friendly offices

Qualifications

• 3-5 years of experience in a commercial insights or strategy consulting role.
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex business problems using data.
• Strong analytical and Excel/Google Sheets skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead strategic analysis projects to improve EV salary sacrifice performance.
• Generate insights analyzing datasets for pricing and customer behavior.
• Translate analysis into clear recommendations for business performance.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Quantitative skills

Exceptional communication

Project management

Curiosity & resilience

Education

3-5 years in commercial insights or strategy consulting

Tools

Excel

SQL

Job description

Overview

What we do. Electric Car Leasing

Why we do it. Greener. Fairer. Future.

Are you a high performing strategy consultant looking to move into a market-leading, rapidly growing, green business? Would you suit a highly varied role, working in a close-knit and high-impact team, directly supporting the continued growth of the Octopus Electric Vehicles business? Then read on…

At Octopus EV, our Salary Sacrifice Commercial Insights team is the engine that transforms data into strategy for our Salary Sacrifice product. We are a small, dynamic group responsible for using in-depth analysis to unlock business growth and improve profitability for our market-leading salary sacrifice product.

We tackle complex and critical commercial questions—from optimising our pricing and product mix to identifying new opportunities. Our work directly informs strategic decisions and activities across the business, putting you at the heart of how we scale and innovate.

Simply put, we turn analysis into action, helping Octopus EV stay ahead in the rapidly evolving electric vehicle landscape.

The role is based in Central London and you would be expected to be in the office a minimum of 3 days per week.

Key Responsibilities

• As a key member of the Commercial Insights team, you will be a strategic partner, driving data-driven decisions that shape the future of our Octopus EV salary sacrifice product. You will lead end-to-end analysis projects, often working across multiple concurrent initiatives. Your core responsibilities will include:
• Lead strategic analysis: Own and deliver commercial analysis projects that identify new opportunities, optimise performance, and solve key business challenges related to our EV salary sacrifice offering.
• Generate data-driven insights: Analyse complex datasets to develop and test hypotheses, uncovering and surfacing actionable insights on areas including conversion, pricing strategies, product mix and customer behaviour.
• Drive business performance: Translate your analysis into clear, strategic recommendations aimed at improving key commercial metrics and driving performance.
• Build analytical tools: Design and build commercial models, dashboards, and other analytical tools that embed data-driven decision-making across the organisation.
• Challenge the status quo: Use data to proactively identify inefficiencies and opportunities for improvement within our current processes and product offerings, supporting a culture of continuous improvement.
• Communicate effectively: Develop compelling presentations and documents to communicate complex findings and recommendations to senior leaders and cross-functional teams. Coach team members to improve their communication skills.
• Collaborate broadly: Work closely with stakeholders across the business, including Marketing, Growth, Product, and Operations, to understand their needs and deliver targeted, impactful insights.
• Support strategic growth: Contribute to high-level strategic projects, such as market entry strategies or potential acquisitions, providing the necessary data and commercial perspective.

Who you are

• Experience: 3-5 years of experience in a commercial insights, corporate strategy, or strategy consulting role
• Strategic Thinking: Demonstrated ability to structure and solve complex, unstructured business problems using strategic frameworks and data.
• Quantitative Skills: Strong analytical and quantitative abilities, including a high degree of proficiency in developing robust Excel/Google Sheets models. Proficiency in SQL experience is highly desirable.
• Communication: Exceptional communication and "storytelling" skills, with the ability to translate complex data into clear, compelling narratives for a variety of audiences.
• Project Management: Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent workstreams and prioritise effectively in a fast-paced, high-growth environment.
• Curiosity & Resilience: A proactive mindset, a desire to challenge assumptions, and a comfort with navigating ambiguity and working with limited or imperfect data.
• Industry Interest: A demonstrable passion for clean energy, EVs, and the broader energy transition.

Why you’ll love it here

• Salary transparency and flexibility in salary discussion with recruiters—our focus is on finding the right fit rather than advertising a fixed figure.
• Octopus Energy Group has a unique culture with autonomy, rapid learning, and opportunities to work on impactful projects.
• Perks and benefits are shaped to what matters to our people; see our employee benefits information for details.
• Calendar highlights include recognitions such as awards and rankings related to our culture and leadership.
• Dog-friendly offices; we support accommodations if needed.

About us

The electric revolution has arrived - and from 2035 you’ll no longer be able to buy a new petrol or diesel car in the UK.

We’re building a new way for drivers to join the electric charge, not only learning about and shopping for their EV online, but experiencing a "lease for life" through an industry-changing customer experience. This is the chance to join one of the UK’s most exciting start-ups—making it easy for individuals and businesses to go electric by getting their car, charger and energy all in one deal.

Octopus Electric Vehicles launched in 2018 to make it seamless to switch to cleaner, greener driving. Our mission is to drive sustainable change, decarbonise the planet and provide our customers with fair pricing and a fantastic experience.

We’re an Octopus Energy company—an innovative new energy supplier. We are part of the Octopus Energy Group, which seeks to improve the lives of millions of people by transforming the industries we operate in. The Octopus Group incorporates Octopus Energy, Octopus Healthcare, Octopus Investments, Octopus Property, Octopus Ventures and Octopus Labs.

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