Head of Commercial Analytics

We're making energy fair, clean, and simple for all using technology. 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 made it happen and in 2025, we became Britain’s largest energy supplier. Octopus Energy Group is a global energy transition collective. 10 businesses working across 4 continents to tackle energy transformation at nearly every front. And we constantly push to make energy better. Tirelessly campaigning for fair protections for customers. And building innovative technologies that forge a path to a green energy system. We’re made up of 10,000+ authentic, committed people working around the world on stuff you'd never expect. We're united by a shared goal: to drive the global green energy revolution. Read our Spotlight series to meet some of the team. About the role You and a group of strong analysts will be generating insights to guide Octopus’ commercial decisions. You will be leading the UK data commercial team and guiding global cooperation in this critical area. You will act as a strategic business partner to Commercial, Sales, Marketing and Energy Markets teams, combining hands-on technical expertise with strong team leadership. What You'll Do • Lead UK team: Lead, set priorities, coordinate and review the work of a high-performance team of commercial and marketing data analysts. • Strategic analytics: Use data to guide our understanding of our customers and our competitors. Impact our UK and global strategy through insights presented to the senior leadership team. • Pricing operations: Enable us to react quickly to the ever-changing energy industry through smooth price changes, ensuring we offer good deals for our millions of customers and comply with regulations. • Metrics: Help people all across the business understand the key drivers of their operations through well-defined KPIs and intuitive dashboards. Examples of metrics include seeing why people churn, performance of marketing campaigns, lifetime value calculations etc. • Global cooperation: Prioritise and coordinate the data teams supporting Octopus’ operations globally, balancing local needs with global opportunities. What You Have • Experience as a manager of a high-performing data team. • Hands-on expertise with modern data platforms and analytical tools (especially SQL and python - see our full stack below). • Passion for both hands-on data work and leading teams to deliver insights. • Strong communication skills to influence non-technical stakeholders and senior leadership. • Strong commercial acumen, preferably in pricing, margin optimisation, and/or growth analytics. • A track record of delivering actionable insights that drive measurable business impact. Our Data Platform Stack We employ software engineering best practices to design, test, and deploy our data platform and services using the below technologies: • Python, pandas and SQL in Jupyter notebooks for analysis, and for scripting • dbt and Databricks data platform with Delta Lake • Lightdash as our BI tool and semantic layer • Streamlit for interactive data applications • Airflow / Orchestra for orchestration • Kubernetes for application deployment • CI/CD with GitHub and CircleCI • Infrastructure on AWS, deployed with Terraform / Spacelift Why else you'll love it here • 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 were named the UK's top company to work for in 2025, and we ranked in the top ten in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work 2026. 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 • Visit our UK perks hub - Octopus Employee Benefits If this sounds like you then we'd love to hear from you, tell us what you care about, why Octopus feels right and most importantly, bring us the real you! Applying for jobs can be a bit scary so have a nose through some of our tips first 🚀 P.S. Our process usually takes up to 4 weeks, but we’ll always do our best to flex around what works for you. Along the way, you’ll chat with our recruitment team and your Recruiter will help you throughout different stages. Got any burning questions before then? Drop us a message at ----- and we’d love to help! Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have all the tools and environment you need to unleash your potential. Need any specific accommodations? Whether you require specific accommodations or have a unique preference, let us know, and we'll do what we can to customise your interview process for comfort and maximum magic! Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we hire. Across Octopus, we're looking for genuinely decent people who are honest and empathetic. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. Our commitment is to provide equal opportunities, an inclusive work environment, and fairness for everyone. Find Jobs in United Kingdom on Arbeitnow