Senior Strategy & Program Manager – HMAX Energy
Hitachi
PMP
Programme Manager
Octopus Energy
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Hybrid
Location: London • 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
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Mid-LevelSenior
About the role
- Project Management: Take full ownership over multiple V2X programmes simultaneously keeping things moving smoothly towards our milestones
- Strategy & Planning: Develop and execute the overall programme strategy and roadmap. This includes outlining project objectives and timelines, and managing programme risks and dependencies.
- Stakeholder Management: Act as the primary point of contact for all internal and external stakeholders, including product managers, business development, and external partners.
- Creative Thinking: Provide guidance and technical oversight to development teams working on V2X technologies. Apply a balanced and practical approach, drawing on an engineering mindset, to help shape the right solution.
- Reporting & Communication: Ensure senior staff and stakeholders are kept informed with regular updates on programme status, milestones, and key measures.
Requirements
- Undergraduate degree in Engineering, ideally in Electrical Engineering or a related field.
- Experience contributing to complex projects.
- Good organisational, problem-solving, and communication skills.
- A proactive, entrepreneurial mindset with a creative yet practical approach to problem solving.
- **Nice to have:**
- Experience coordinating complex projects.
- Understanding of the technical and regulatory V2X landscape.
- Familiarity with the Kraken platform, especially the Residential Flexibility product.
- Comfortable using project management tools, such as Asana.
Benefits
- 💰 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! We won best company to work for in 2022, on Glassdoor we were voted 50 best places to work in 2022 and our Group CEO, Greg has recorded a podcast about our culture and how we empower our people. We’ve also been placed in the top 10 companies for senior leadership
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Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard skills
project managementprogramme strategyrisk managementV2X technologiesproblem-solvingstakeholder managementproject coordinationengineering mindsetcomplex project experienceregulatory understanding
Soft skills
creative thinkingcommunication skillsorganisational skillsproactive mindsetentrepreneurial mindset
Certifications
undergraduate degree in Engineeringdegree in Electrical Engineering
