Senior Strategy Manager

• Join Centre for Net Zero (CNZ) at Octopus Energy as a Senior Strategy Manager, working hybrid from London at least 3 days a week to start. • Work across CNZ's leadership team to increase the reach and impact of the institute's work, at times operating in a capacity similar to a chief of staff. • Support a mission to understand the world's changing potential for demand flexibility so the world can run on clean electricity sooner and at lower cost. • Develop and scale strategic assets such as the visiting researchers programme and the Faraday AI model. • Shape the research programme through market insights and partnerships with leading third parties. • Work closely with the CEO and executive team while the organisation scales its research and ambitions.

• Bring around 5+ years of experience in strategy consulting, or in working closely with C-level executives or founders in a venture-backed startup. • Show a demonstrable interest in the research ecosystem in the UK and internationally. • Show a strong interest in energy and learn quickly to communicate complex topics across sectors. • Show a proven track record of working independently, driving multiple priorities at once and seeing projects through to the finish. • Use an entrepreneurial instinct to shape ambiguity into opportunity and separate productive risk-taking from imprudent decisions. • Use strong writing, analytical and critical thinking skills to spot and explain overconfident or incorrect AI contributions that others would miss. • Work from CNZ's office near Oxford Circus at least three days per week to start.

• Have experience of securing philanthropic, foundation or grant funding. • Have recent experience of using AI-based technologies to improve organisations, teams and products. • Have experience of open source technologies, tools and communities.

• Develop and scale CNZ's strategic assets, including securing resources where necessary, to increase impact in line with its mission. • Lead research, market insights and intelligence by curating external thinking and partnering with leading third parties to challenge CNZ's perspective. • Use inventive methods to shape CNZ's research programme. • Drive strategic and tactical projects from problem to delivery, including projects that support fundraising. • Contribute to unusual or complex field trials and modelling partnerships. • Own and deliver strategic organisational development initiatives, including driving the adoption of AI across the business. • Work closely with the CEO and executive team to drive operational excellence and champion a culture of rapid execution and seamless information flow.

• Work hybrid from CNZ's office near Oxford Circus in London, with a minimum of three office days a week to start. • Work with autonomy alongside a wide range of co-owners on projects that break new ground. • Join a company named the UK's top company to work for in 2025 and ranked in the top ten of the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026. • Access a range of perks through the Octopus Energy UK employee benefits hub. • Benefit from a recruitment process that can be adjusted to suit your needs and accommodations.

Centre for Net Zero is a not-for-profit open research institute established in 2021 as an autonomous part of the Octopus Energy Group. It designs, runs and evaluates global field trials, builds open source data, tools and communities, and works with policymakers, industry leaders and grid operators to turn evidence into real world action.