Responsibilities

• Work closely with the Global VP of Engineering
• Own the delivery and performance of multiple cross-functional, multi-discipline engineering teams across the region.
• Act as a regional counterpart to peers in the EU and APAC, fostering tight collaboration, consistency, and knowledge-sharing between geographies.
• Promote strong engineering practices, code quality, and continuous improvement across all teams.
• Support team leads in removing blockers, prioritising technical debt, and managing complexity as the product scales.
• Coach and develop team leads and senior ICs, identifying future leaders and supporting their progression through structured feedback and opportunities.
• Lead or contribute to cross-region initiatives that standardise practices or accelerate knowledge-sharing.
• Make thoughtful resourcing decisions based on changing business priorities and regional constraints.

Qualifications

• Proven track record as a technical lead and/or staff developer within an engineering team
• 2+ years of experience managing a group of team or sub-teams within an engineering team
• Experience working with a CTO or VP to consider business needs and strategy in the building and running of engineering teams
• A hands-on approach to solving problems and making strategic decisions
• Ensure teams are performing sustainably, using customer engagement and retention metrics to guide action.
• Experience building teams from scratch
• Experience launching technical products in international or regulated markets
• Familiarity with the energy market
• Experience with leading across disciplines or regions

About Octopus Energy

Octopus Energy started with a bold idea: to build Britain's first truly digital energy supplier. By combining world-class tech with brilliant humans who care deeply about customers and driving the renewable energy transition, we became Britain\'s largest energy supplier. We are scaling fast and building the next generation of products to accelerate the green energy transition. We focus on making it effortless to switch to heat pumps, solar and EVs, launching smart tariffs and creating renewable generation at scale, and rolling learnings and products worldwide. At Octopus we have a history of building lean teams of passionate, committed developers to tackle big challenges for our customers, energy specialists, and our business. This has built a culture of freedom and responsibility as owners of problems and not tickets, demonstrated by incredibly low turnover. We hire great people who get stuff done, all whilst being themselves. We are an open, agile culture that fosters innovation, flexibility, and creativity, with flat hierarchies and a bias for action.

We would prefer someone who can work in our London office 3-4x a week. For questions, contact talent@octoenergy.com. If this sounds like you, we want to hear from you. We are committed to providing equal opportunities and an inclusive work environment for everyone.