Strategy Partner - 12 month FTC

OVO; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Performance bonus

Flexible benefits

Job summary

OVO is seeking an Expert Chief of Staff for the OVO Solar & Heating unit based in London. The role sits in a fast-paced, autonomous venture reporting directly to the CEO, collaborating with operations, sales, marketing, tech, and finance.

You’ll shape the five-year strategy, own key reports for boards, build dashboards, and drive cross-functional initiatives, including franchising concepts and new product ideas. Hybrid London office, with two days on site.

Qualifications

• Expert level strategic leadership and cross-functional collaboration.
• Proven track record in financial planning, business modelling and analytics.
• Experience with startups, franchising or early-stage ventures is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own the business rhythm, coordinating with internal teams and franchise partners to execute plans.
• Develop and iterate 5-year and 2-year strategic plans, budgets, CLT and Board materials.
• Prepare compelling board materials and dashboards, driving insights from data to action.

Skills

Action oriented

Influential communicator

Strategic & analytical

Financial planning

Business case & analysis

Startup experience

Job description

Role OVO-View

Team: OVO Solar & Heating

Location: Hybrid - you need to be comfortable being in our London office twice a week.

Experience: Expert

Role Type: Full-Time, 12 month fixed-term contract

Reporting to: CEO OVO Solar & Heating

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: Strategic. Dynamic. Cross-Functional

Top 3 qualities for this role: Action-orientated. Influential communicator. Strategic & analytical

Where you’ll work:

At OVO, we understand that a one size fits all approach doesn’t work for everyone. That’s why we created the OVO Way of Flexibility.

All our roles are hub based (Bristol, Glasgow or London), providing a dedicated space for collaboration, connection and teamwork. You’ll also have the flexibility to work from home.

Everyone belongs at OVO

At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That's why we need diverse people from all abilities, gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:

This role sits in a fast paced and autonomous corporate venture called OVO Solar & Heating, whose remit is to re-establish and grow OVO’s renewables business. The business was launched in March 2025 on a highly innovative Franchising business model, and within 4 months outpaced OVO’s best ever monthly solar sales. By the end of 2026, the unit is expected to be one of the largest solar & heat pump installation companies in the UK with ambitions to be both the biggest, and the best.

This role in a nutshell:

The role is akin to a Chief Of Staff role, and reports directly into the CEO of the business unit. It will engage very closely with all the internal unit functions - operations, sales, marketing, tech, business operations - as well as many of the main OVO Energy functions from marketing to finance.

What you'd expect to gain from the role:

• Significant contribution to the business unit strategy, with access to OVO Energy’s wider strategy
• Real ownership across every function in the business. You'll have launched things, not watched them being launched
• Commercial and business skills and experience with exposure to all major business functions, as well as a deep understanding of the Franchising commercial model
• Deep understanding of the solar and heat pump market in the UK
• Leadership & Management mentorship from the CEO
• A CV moment to be proud of and to leverage: building one of the UK’s most innovative and largest Solar & Heat Pump players

What you'll be expected to do:

Running the business:

• Coordination: Work with stakeholders across the internal team and wider OVO to ensure we are executing to plan. Build strong relationships
• Business Unit Strategy: 5 year plan, 2 year plan, budget - develop and iterate strategic documents and artefacts (including CLT and Board materials)
• Key reporting: Proactively prepare and present materials for board meetings & internal forums, with a focus on effective and compelling communication
• Analytics: Be the master of our data and how we can leverage insights to improve our business, including customer analytics and creating dashboards
• Own the business rhythm and coordination that comes with it: key forums, all-hands, offsites; make sure what we said we’d do is actually happening

Building new things:

• Take concepts from idea to operation, e.g. subscription products, new vertices like commercial works, and whatever we haven't thought of yet
• Iterate the business model, including how the franchise proposition itself evolves as we become a more established business
• Build new propositions with OVO Energy, pairing installations with tariffs to make the product more attractive to customers
• Run initiatives independently, with the Revenue and Operations teams, and directly with franchisees
• Ask and answer questions like should we… play in the funded space?; sell plug-in-solar panels?; sell insurance products?; raise our fees?; enter the Irish market? In each case, if yes - then move into delivering it.

Your Attitude and Traits:

• No-ego problem-solver willing to get their hands dirty, and with a track record of producing results fast
• A sharp strategic and analytical thinker - able to take a vague, messy problem and come back with a structured answer
• High-energy, self-motivated can-do person, comfortable with ambiguity and an environment with little structure
• Confident yet warm communicator with exceptional soft skills including empathy and relationship-building, able to influence people to move at an uncomfortable pace

Your Skills and Experience:

• Strong financial planning, business casing, analysis, and modelling skills
• Commercial and/or analytical experience, for example in strategy consulting roles
• Experience in a startup or high-intensity, resource-lean venture

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

Compensation wise, we keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal.

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO... and there’s flex pay. We'll give you 9% Flex Pay on top of your salary - 4% of this is auto enrolled into your pension, and the remaining 5% is yours to do what you like with. You can use this to buy from our extensive range of flexible benefits, including our green benefits which we've put at the heart of our offering, add to your pension or even take it as cash.

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer:

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).

For your health

With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and more

For your wellbeing

With gym membership, travel insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, dental insurance, and more

For your lifestyle

With extra holiday buying, discount dining, home & tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations

For your home

Get up to £400 towards any OVO Energy plan, plus great discounts on solar, smart thermostats and EV chargers

For your commute

Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

For your Belonging

To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes, yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!

If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible..