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Team: OperationsSalary banding: £100,000 - £130,000 Experience: ExpertWorking pattern:Full-TimeReporting to: Richard Tucker (Head of Engineering)Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this roleTop 3 qualities for this role: Stakeholder Management, Communication, Organisation

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:

We’re building a zero carbon team inside and out. Of people who share our values, feel inspired by our mission, and want to make change happen. When you work for OVO, it’s not just a job. It’s the work of a lifetime. And we want the sharpest minds to help.

Market-wide Half-Hourly Settlement (MHHS) is the implementation of a new Target Operating Model for the electricity market where site-specific, half-hourly energy consumption is recorded for all metering points.

This role in a nutshell:

Working the Operations domain in OVO, collaborating with the Head of Engineering. The Operations team looks after OVO's front and back-office systems, ranging from the contact centre to industry operations. 

You’ll be primarily focused on the well established Market-wide Half Hourly Settlement (MHHS) programme, and seeing it through its future phases.

Your key outcomes will be:

Engineering delivery

• Lead multiple engineering teams to build solutions that meet project requirements and timelines
• Be accountable for engineering performance and quality

Non-functional requirements

• Ensuring compliance with industry defined standards
• Managing end-to-end traceability across multiple OVO domains and their third parties, handling dependencies and sequencing
• Execution of non-functional testing and production of evidence

Migration - migrate OVO’s customers on to the MHHS system

• Lead the design and implementation of a migration engine
• Measure and ensure migration performance

Testing

• Collaborating closely with OVO’s Test Team on the execution of functional and non-functional testing, and the production and collation of evidence
• Managing defect resolution and mitigation

Data Model

• Own the MHHS data model, collaborating with OVO’s data team and across engineering domains
• Ensure data is used appropriately and securely across OVO, complying with regulations and best practices

Security

• Leading on the security assessment for MHHS, adhering to security requirements and handling data protection impact assessments
• Ensuring the reliability and integrity of systems in scope for MHHS
• Handling security defects to resolution or sufficient mitigation according to programme standards

Leadership

• Bring forward and influence technical decision making within the programme leadership team
• Unblock technical impediments on the programme and own progress of technical workstreams

Methodologies

• Work with Delivery to drive continued adoption of Agile methodologies
• Apply modern engineering practices to programme change and release requirements
• Work with the Service Operations team to ensure high quality incident and problem management processes are in place across teams and third parties

You’ll be a successful Senior Software Engineering Manager at OVO if you…

• Strong background in software engineering, system architecture, data and security
• Extensive knowledge of continuous integration and testing
• Expert knowledge of Agile software development
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills
• Experience working with senior colleagues
• Experience managing risk and compliance
• Energy industry knowledge desirable but not crucial
• Thrive in an autonomous, self driven culture and a sometimes ambiguous landscape
• Balancing pace with attention to detail and enabling a culture of strong collaboration across technology, the wider programme and our operational stakeholders

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £100,000 and £130,000, 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  For your home Get up to £300 towards any OVO Energy plan , 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..