Data Product Manager - 12m FTC

Role OVO-View

Team: OVO Book & Install Product Team

Salary banding:  £55,000 - £60,000

Experience: Mid-level/Expert

Working pattern: Full-Time (12 month Fixed-Term)

Reporting to: Rachel Goulding - Product Lead (working closely with OVO Data teams)

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

This role in 3 words: Ownership, Analytical, Teamwork

Top 3 qualities for this role: Autonomous, Communication, Strategic

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

“You’ll play a lead role in defining our data strategy within your domain, working with business stakeholders, analysts and developers to improve our data landscape”

Where you’ll work:

At OVO, we understand that a one size fits all approach doesn’t work for everyone. That’s why we built the OVO Way of Flexibility.

All our roles are hub based (Bristol 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 tackle 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 a diverse group of 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:

OVO is a heavily data-driven organisation with an ever-growing demand for excellent quality, reliable and accurate data to power our business: our Senior Leadership team prioritising investment, our Product teams working out the best way to serve and delight our customers in a highly regulated and competitive market, our Data Analytics teams building insights to help customers reduce their carbon impact. Our role is to provide the accurate and reliable data needed to make the best decisions!

This role in a nutshell:

We are building a capability of Data Product Managers who are responsible for ensuring high quality data is produced from the operational platforms across our Tech domains; data that is simple to find, easy to understand, and highly reliable. You will work embedded within the Book & Install domain. And you will share with your domain team the common goal of powering the way that OVO supports its customers on their net zero journey!

Your key outcomes will be:

• Be responsible for the long term vision, and drive the quarterly roadmap for the data products within the Book & Install domain.
• Build positive relationships with business partners, commercial and operational analysts, data scientists, engineers and data stewards from across OVO to understand their opinions of working with your data, and represent their voices into the rest of your team of engineers 
• As per OVO’s Product and Tech culture, you will use OKRs and agile methodologies to break down work and ship value to the business via continuous delivery, actively measuring outcomes against goals, and iterating towards your product vision state,  in line with business priorities
• Work alongside a dedicated and highly skilled team of engineers, supporting them with the right prioritisation, to deliver value in line with OVO’s data strategy
• Work closely with other Product Managers, Data PMs and ML Data PMs finding opportunities to further improve the data landscape to engineers, analysts and data scientists, and ensure alignment of programmes of work to minimise dependency and maximise pace
• Work with commercial and operational data analysts to understand the current pain points of data and recommend solutions
• Develop an excellent understanding of the needs of your various diverse stakeholders across OVO, and their use cases for data
• Support the engineering team using Agile methods to plan and deliver work 
• Be the go to person for support with business report creation.

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

• Love working with teams in areas like data engineering, analytics, or data science
• Enjoy making sense of sophisticated domains and sharing that understanding with others
• Expert in data, with a deep knowledge and background in Data Analysis
• Understand and embrace the highs and lows of partnerships in a fast-paced environment, with the ability to adjust to new priorities optimally
• Find happiness in cutting through opinions with data and evidence
• Have the ability to drive the delivery of cross-functional teams, ideally with Scrum, Kanban and other Agile methods
• Can explain complex technical concepts simply to business and technical stakeholders at all levels

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you

We’ll pay you between £55k and £60k, 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 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, 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 donations

For 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 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 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.