Technical Project Manager (Labs)

Octopus Energy Group; City Of London; On-site; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading electric vehicle leasing company in London is seeking a talented Project Manager to lead technology projects and drive cross-functional collaboration. You will create an internal platform to improve product visibility and ensure successful project delivery. The ideal candidate will have significant experience, excellent communication skills, and a data-driven mindset. This role offers a dynamic work environment with opportunities for innovative thinking.

Benefits

Dog friendly workspace

Flexible salary discussions

Employee benefits hub

Qualifications

• Significant experience of leading technology projects from a consumer-facing technology company.
• Excellent project management skills with deep experience to present program status.
• Experience in using various tools and methodologies to understand deliverables.

Responsibilities

• Create an internal platform for product visibility.
• Coordinate work of key functional teams and specialists.
• Facilitate communication across cross-functional teams.

Skills

Leading technology projects

Critical thinking

Data-driven decision making

Excellent communication

Project management skills

Comfort with numbers

Collaboration across disciplines

Tools

Google Ads

Facebook Ads Manager

Job description

What we do.

Electric Car Leasing

Why we do it.

Greener. Fairer. Future.

We’re looking for a talented Project Manager to join our Labs (Innovation team), who will help to accelerate growth by helping us to make best use of our position within the Octopus Energy group and our ability to market our products to over 7 million Octopus Energy Customers.

Octopus Electric Vehicles is growing fast, and you’ll play a key part in helping the business scale by creating an internal platform that allows us to get the right product in front of the right customer at the right time. This is a great opportunity to use critical thinking in a fast-paced environment.

A Project Manager should be willing to get stuck in - you will not only be leading projects, but building the tools and interventions to support them and driving them through to implementation.

What you'll do...

• Help us create an internal platform that allows us to get the right product in front of the right customer at the right time, across all of Octopus’s owned platforms (App, Website, Email, Social etc)
• Be the person that helps us turn that vision into a reality by coordinating the work of the key functional teams and specialists across marketing, data, product, technology
• Facilitate communication across cross-functional teams to drive delivery of projects to deadlines; you would need to be ready to manage upwards and be confident working with senior stakeholders
• Synthesise information gathered during discovery sessions and establish the path forward, bringing your stakeholders on the journey with you
• Partner and collaborate with a variety of different departments to assist them in implementing the new platform
• Be data driven to validate a business problem, build a basic dashboard where required and measure success of initiatives

What you'll need...

• Significant experience of leading technology projects, maybe from a large consumer facing technology company
• A critical thinking mindset
• Comfortable with numbers and data
• Excellent communication and experience in leading and influencing stakeholders at various levels
• Excellent project management skills with deep experience to be able to present program status, recommendations, and priorities
• Experience in using various tools and methodologies to formulate an understanding of deliverables and timelines
• To be an extreme starter-finisher - you love a plan and love driving that plan forward.
• Delivery is your bread and butter
• You’ll enjoy speed - the faster the pace, the more energy you get.
• To be at ease working across multiple disciplines

Any of the following would be a bonus

• Knowledge of marketing platforms e.g. Google Ads, Facebook Ads Manager
• Adaptability and flexibility when it comes to changes in a rapidly scaling business

Why you'll love it here

• Don't feel like you meet all of our hiring criteria? thats OK, apply anyway! we'd love to hear from you and have a conversation.

• Octopus Electric Vehicles, part of the Octopus Energy Group, won the Sunday Times best company to work for in 2024. We were named 6th out of the top 100 start-ups to work for by Tempo in 2025 and on Glassdoor we were voted 50 best places to work in 2022. Our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people

• Wondering what the salary for this role is? Just ask us! On a call with one of our recruiters it's something we always cover as we genuinely want to match your experience with the correct salary. The reason why we don't advertise is because we honestly have a degree of flexibility and would never want salary to be a reason why someone doesn't apply to Octopus - what's more important to us is finding the right octofit!

• Octopus Energy Group is a unique culture. An organisation where people learn, decide, and build quicker. Where people work with autonomy, alongside a wide range of amazing co-owners, on projects that break new ground. We want your hard work to be rewarded with perks you actually care about! Visit our perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits

• Just to let you know, we are dog friendly company so you may see our 4 legged friends in the offices - feel free to bring yours! Rest assured though, we've taken lots of precautions for those who have allergies!

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 whole new way for drivers to join the electric charge and not only learn about and shop for their EV online, but experience 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 cracking 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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If this sounds like you then we'd love to hear from you.

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