The company:
- Octopus Energy Group is a global energy transition company touching nearly every point in the energy value chain and is valued at over $9 billion. It is one of energy-tech’s fastest-growing private companies, having won innumerable prizes in just 8 years of existence
- Kraken Technologies launched to market five years ago, offering energy utilities one simple end-to-end customer management and local flexibility optimisation solution (Kraken) to help them and their customers transition to a decarbonised future. The Kraken platform is effectively the operating system for utilities, at the core of how they run their business
- Kraken Technologies is growing rapidly, disrupting the incumbent tech landscape, with over 64 million end-customer accounts contracted across 11 markets globally and managing the optimisation of over 65GW. Kraken has secured licensing deals with large international energy clients to replace their core technology stack and re-image their operations with an unblemished track record of transformation success.
- We are tracking toward 100 million customer accounts on the platform by 2027
What you'll do:
- Be accountable for the successful execution of client implementation programs using our Build-Operate-Transfer methodology, which covers technology, operations and culture transformation
- Find solutions that bring our clients into the new software and operating model that both accelerates delivery and reduces risk
- Develop deep relationships with our C-suite client executives
- Communicate effectively to stakeholders at all levels, both internally and externally
- Continuously demonstrate Kraken’s business value to the client and build a governance model which can last once the implementation program is completed
- Set the direction and pace for program execution. Managing internal and external expectations, removing blockers and making prioritization decisions to enable successful client transformations
- Understand the program details and report progress to the client and internal stakeholders
- Embody the Kraken ways of working. Provide support and feedback to members of the Kraken team and reinforce an environment of psychological safety.
What you'll have:
- Extensive experience in Regulated Utilities
- Strong experience leading large business and/or IT transformation projects, ideally in utilities or similar industries (e.g. telecom, public sector)
- Proven experience presenting and negotiating with C-suite clients and initiating strategic conversations
- Problem solver with an ability to focus conversations on the things that truly matter
- Ability to understand what success looks like for the client and laser-focused on how to enable them to achieve that without always saying yes
- Team player who can work effectively with national and global teams
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills. You are well respected with a natural gravitas
- Client and quality focus; highly effective at building and improving customer relationships as peers
- Mobile - You will be expected to invest in face-to-face relationship building with our clients and internal teams. Frequent travel will be expected.
- Fluent English
- Kraken is at the forefront of innovation in the energy industry and we succeed in large part thanks to our people.
- Passionate about helping clients (without them, we don’t exist)
- Passionate about technology (we are a tech business disrupting energy)
- Committed to sustainability (we are all about speeding up the shift to a more sustainable world)
- Open-minded, flexible and adaptable (we are constantly growing, changing and evolving)
- Confident in decision-making
- Supportive
- Approachable and fun to work with
- Inclusive
- Resilient, working well under pressure
- Believe in big ambitions and small egos
Closing
- As we are an international organization, we kindly ask you to send us your CV in English.
Please note that, in line with our current recruitment policy, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position; applicants must have the right to work in the country that they're applying to, at the time of application.