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Location: Hub based! Bristol, London or Glasgow

But you have the flexibility to work wherever suits you best

Team: Operations Value & Transformation

Salary banding: £45,760 - £55,000

Experience: Mid-level

Working pattern: Full-Time

Reporting to: Delivery Lead (also being recruited)

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

This role in 3 words: Collaborative. Engaging. Supporting.

Top 3 qualities for this role:  Communication. Organisation. Delivery Focused

In the words of the team, you should leave your current role for this one because….

“This is a great opportunity to work in a small team but with a reach across the whole of Energy Operations to really make a difference to the ways we work and help us make a difference for our customers.”

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 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:

We’re hiring world-changers. Energy Operations is the engine room of OVO, making sure that everything works seamlessly,  so what we do really matters to the ways we can help our customers on their Zero Carbon journey.

This role in a nutshell:

As Delivery Manager, your core responsibility is to partner with the functional leadership teams across Energy Operations to own and support the delivery of key initiatives from idea through to value delivery. Enabling value delivery through supporting coaching and developing the agile teams within the function. 

You’ll be key to all our Big Room or PI (Programme Increment) Planning, working closely with the Delivery Lead to organise, facilitate and then provide ongoing support for the key outcomes from these quarterly events.

You may support a few teams within a larger delivery structure or lead a smaller value stream.

Your key outcomes will be:

• Coaching and embedding agile ways of working across the Energy Operations.
• Aligning teams around end to end outcomes. Driving value delivery through working with the leadership teams to showcase benefit delivery. Feed outputs into centrally run benefits realisation frameworks
• Support the delivery of big room (PI) planning events and team level ceremonies 
• Act as a scrum master within delivery teams - facilitate key sessions and coach team maturity
• Identification, mitigation and escalation of key risks and issues
• Facilitate backlog management and prioritisation with teams. Challenging to ensure a mature portfolio has the correct balance of strategic and team discovered change
• Contribute to the thought leadership of the OVO Way of Organising. Be interested in what is working in other organisations and sectors. Passionate to continually improve. 

Within your first 3 months month you’ll:

• Have gotten to know your team members, their challenges and priorities
• Have prepared for and supported the running of your first Quarterly PI Planning session
• Be comfortable explaining the key focuses for Energy Operations over the next quarter
• Understood some of the interdependencies and challenges we face
• Added loads of value by supporting the team to get the right things done that help our customers
• Be known in the Energy Operations business as a great collaborator and someone who delivers on commitments
• Be familiar some the the tech we use to manage our world
• Helped with Agile coaching in our teams

You’ll be a successful Delivery Manager here at OVO if you…

• A growth and agile approach
• Experience leading and coaching teams.
• The ability to be an agile coach. Or have a passion to coach new ways of working having worked in an agile structure previously.
• Understanding of what it takes to embed a change of attitude and approach when moving to a new way of working.
• Experience of successfully delivering change in a fast paced, complex business environment
• Practical experience of continuous improvement / lean  methodologies
• Excellent problem solving and critical thinking skills
• Proven ability to work with key partners and business sponsors
• Effective communication, inter-personal and negotiating skills

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £45,760 - £55,000, depending on your specific skills and experience. If your expectations are a little different, have a chat with us!

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.  It’s an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits. Here’s a taster of what’s on offer: 

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays). For your healthWith benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and moreFor your wellbeingWith gym membership, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and more For your lifestyle With extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donationsFor your home  Get up to £300 off any OVO Energy plan (when you pay by Direct Debit), plus personal carbon offsetting and great discounts on smart thermostats and EV chargersFor 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..