Overview

We’re hiring a Head of Strategic Initiatives: a strategic operator, execution obsessed, and a trusted partner throughout the organisation. You will identify, lead, and land some of the most important initiatives in the business; simplifying how we work, supercharging how we scale, and unlocking value through data, technology, and operational excellence. You will need to know what good looks like, have a strong opinion on how world class technology-led businesses should operate, and the credibility to influence people across multiple levels of the organisation. Your key outcomes will be: Drive end-to-end strategic initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Lead business-critical, cross-functional projects, from idea to execution to outcomes.
• Cut through complexity to redesign how the organisation operates: faster, leaner, better.
• Build organisational momentum behind bold decisions and help turn strategy into reality.
• Be a data-driven truth teller: model impact, size opportunities, and get under the skin of what is really going on in the business.
• Use data to influence, challenge, and guide decision-making, especially when the situation is uncomfortable or ambiguous.
• Bring both commercial and customer lenses to every analysis, articulating P&L impact and customer value.
• Set the standard for organisational excellence: champion scalable processes and high-performance ways of working.
• Codify what great looks like by drawing on best practice from world-class consumer-facing technology companies.
• Help shift the company mindset from reactive to proactive, from bloated to focused.
• Be in the room, collaborating and influencing leaders throughout the organisation to shape what great looks like.
• Build deep trust and credibility across Product, Technology, Commercial, Operations, Finance, and People teams.
• Drive alignment without needing hierarchy, because your work and thinking speak for themselves.

Qualifications

• Have 6-10 years of experience in scale-ups; ideally a mix of operating roles, with time in VC, Growth Equity, Investment Banking, and/or Consulting.
• Are financially fluent and analytically dangerous: Excel, SQL, dashboards, financial models.
• Have led highly visible initiatives that have changed the trajectory of a company.
• Understand what breaks at scale and how to fix it.
• Are comfortable being dropped into messy problems with no playbook.
• Know how to push and drive outcomes with empathy.
• Thrive in ambiguity, move at pace, and own outcomes.
• 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.

Location & Culture

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. We are on a mission to solve the climate crisis and value diverse people from all abilities, identities, ethnicities, ages, orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us. We believe in teamworking for the planet and that every role contributes to our Zero Carbon journey.

Why OVO

We’ll pay a competitive salary, with a broad pay range to match your experience with our zero carbon mission. You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. Our bonus plan focuses on collective performance toward Plan Zero. We offer green benefits and progressive policies to help you belong, including flexible pay (an extra 9% of salary for flex benefits), holiday entitlement, health benefits, wellness perks, and lifestyle benefits. Details available from the People Team.