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, where you will work on transformative commercial opportunities and drive significant growth and impact.

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; plus a track record of doing, not just recommending
• Real fluency in a spreadsheet, and an understanding of how budgets, forecasts, and business cases connect to strategic projects
• Comfort owning outcomes with limited oversight; you'll ask for help when needed
• Commercial instinct for deals, integrations, and partnerships; and the discipline to track a synergy case 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

Real autonomy, real ownership, and a team that moves fast and backs each other. A mission you can feel good about — accelerating the shift to a cheaper, greener grid. Being a part of one of the most impactful and disruptive climate / energy technology companies in the world.

Benefits

• Salary - The expected salary range for this role is between $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

Full-time