Strategy Partner OVO Solar & Heating

OVO Energy; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 59,000 - 78,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading energy company is seeking a Chief of Staff for OVO Solar & Heating. This role requires strong coordination and stakeholder management skills, and it reports directly to the CEO. The ideal candidate should have marketing, data analysis, and strategic planning experience. You will contribute to business strategies while collaborating across teams. The company offers a hybrid work model, competitive salary range, and various benefits including a bonus plan and flexible perks aimed at employee well-being.

Benefits

34 days of holiday

Healthcare cash plan

Gym membership

Flexible benefits

Support for workplace IA

Qualifications

• High-energy self-motivated person comfortable with ambiguity and an environment with little structure.
• Confident yet warm communicator with exceptional soft skills including empathy and relationship-building.
• Strong financial planning and analytical skills.

Responsibilities

• Coordination and stakeholder management across the internal team.
• Develop and iterate strategic documents and artifacts.
• Prepare and present materials for Board meetings.
• Conduct market/customer research and benchmarking.

Skills

Marketing

Data Visualization

Tableau

Customer Segmentation

Microsoft Powerpoint

Investment Banking

Strategic Planning

Financial Modeling

Customer relationship management

Management Consulting

Google Suite

Analytics

Job description

Role OVO-View

Team : OVO Solar & Heating

Location : Hub Based - Hybrid for all - but were looking for somebody who is comfortable being in the London office twice a week.

Experience : Expert

Working pattern : Full-Time

Reporting to : Ed Janvrin (CEO OVO Solar & Heating)

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

Where you’ll work

Depending on the needs of your business area we expect hub based people to be in the office at least once a week and to go to OVO Connection events in-person.

You’ll be assigned to the closest one of our three hub offices Bristol Glasgow or London; unless your role requires field-based work. Each hub has accessible spaces to park your laptop is designed to inspire people help them connect and bring big ideas to life.

Please note that for this role in particular were looking for somebody who is comfortable being in the London office twice a week.

Everyone belongs at OVO

At OVO we are on a mission to solve one of humanitys biggest challenges the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. Thats 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 youll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Heres how :

This role sits in a fast paced and autonomous corporate venture called OVO Solar & Heating whose remit is to re-establish and grow OVOs renewables business. The business was launched in March 2025 on a highly innovative Franchising business model and within 4 months outpaced OVOs best ever monthly solar sales. By the end of 2027 the unit is expected to be one of the largest solar & heat pump installation companies in the UK.

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.

Your key outcomes will be

• Coordination and stakeholder management across the internal team as well as wider OVO to ensure the business unit is executing to plan. Consultant and partner to member(s) of the LT building strong working relationships with their teams and with people across the business.
• Business Unit Strategy & Resource Allocation - 5 year plan 2 year plan budget - develop and iterate strategic documents and artefacts (including CLT and Board materials). This typically involves designing compelling presentations for company-wide meetings and speaking engagements
• Collaborate cross functionally across the organisation partnering with the planning function and finance partners to ensure strategies are aligned to Financial outlooks and dependencies are detailed.
• Key reporting Proactively prepare and present materials for Board meetings collaborating with the central Strategy team as needed to ensure high-quality outputs.
• Analytics incl performance insights dashboarding & data
• Market / Customer / Competitor research and benchmarking
• Business rhythm & comms incl key forums offsites all hands stakeholders
• Ad Hoc Special Projects including working directly with Revenue and Operations teams and with Franchisees. This is likely to include Sales & Marketing initiatives establishing new revenue lines developing new versions of the business model developing the Franchisor team and corporate strategy initiatives.

Within your first 6 months you’ll achieve

• Significant contribution to the business unit strategy with access to OVO Energys wider strategy
• Commercial and business skills and experience with exposure to all major business functions as well as a deep understanding of Franchising as an innovative 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 UKs most innovative and largest Solar & Heat Pump players

You’ll be a successful Strategy Partner at OVO if you're a

• No-ego problem-solver willing to get their hands dirty and with a track record of producing results fast
• 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
• Strong financial planning business casing analysis and modelling skills
• Commercial and / or analytical experience for example in strategy consulting roles
• Experience in a start-up or high-intensity resource-lean venture

Let's talk about what's in it for you

Well pay you between 59000 - 78000 depending on your specific skills and experience.

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 OVOand theres flex pay. Well 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 weve put at the heart of our offering add to your pension or even take it as cash.

Heres a taster of whats 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 others 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. Its up to you.

Oh and one last thing...

We'd be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes yet we also believe its just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what were 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 theres a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible.

Key Skills

Marketing, Data Visualization, Tableau, Customer Segmentation, Microsoft Powerpoint, Investment Banking, Strategic Planning, Financial Modeling, Customer relationship management, Management Consulting, Google Suite, Analytics

Employment Type : Full Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 59000 - 78000