Strategy Associate

About the role

Welcome to the future of energy. Octopus is a tech-powered energy company dedicated to addressing climate change through innovative solutions. We are seeking a Strategy Associate to join our US strategy team, which focuses on transformative commercial opportunities rather than traditional strategy work. The role involves bringing strategic concepts from idea to operating reality and scaling new initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Own discrete strategic projects end to end: sizing the opportunity, building the case, getting the decision made, and standing the thing up
• Work across the US energy landscape as opportunities emerge (battery deployment, powered land, retail supply, utility programs)
• Realize the value in M&A activity: integrating acquired businesses and capabilities, chasing down synergies, and building proof points
• Turn early-stage bets into repeatable operations: first deal, first site, first market, first customer cohort, then the playbook that enables scale
• Partner with the OE US CFO on strategic finance and budgeting; building the plan, pressure-testing the numbers, and ensuring the budget reflects strategic priorities
• Build the commercial and analytical foundations; unit economics, market structure, counterparty landscape
• Operate on intent: you'll get the destination and constraints, not a project plan

Requirements

• Strong analytical foundation from a strategy consultancy, investment bank, PE/VC, corp dev, high-growth operating role, or service background
• Real fluency in a spreadsheet, and understanding of how budgets, forecasts, and business cases connect to strategic projects
• Comfort owning outcomes with limited oversight; asking for help when needed
• Commercial instinct for deals, integrations, and partnerships; discipline to track synergy cases from thesis through to the P&L
• Enough technical curiosity to get up the learning curve fast on unfamiliar ground (state-level energy retail regulations, interconnection queues, capacity markets, ISO rules, tariff design)
• Values-led: passionate about decarbonization and the US energy transition
• A bias for action, a high tolerance for ambiguity

Qualifications

Non-traditional backgrounds encouraged to apply.

Skills

Strong analytical foundation, fluency in spreadsheets, comfort with limited oversight, commercial instincts, technical curiosity, values-led, bias for action, high tolerance for ambiguity.

Benefits

Salary range: $110,000 - $130,000 annually
Equity Options Scheme: Share options in the whole Octopus Energy Group
Fully paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
Paid time off: 20 days of paid vacation and 8 paid sick days annually
401(k) plan with employer match
Parental leave
Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible
Flexible working environment

Pay

$110,000 - $130,000 annually

Schedule

N/A