We are Centrica! We’re so much more than an energy company. We’re a family of brands revolutionising a cleaner, greener future. Working here is #MoreThanACareer - we’re powered by purpose. Together we can make an impact that will truly change tomorrow. Whether you’re developing cutting-edge green tech, helping customers on the front line or simplifying operations behind the scenes.
Your work here isn’t just a job – it’s a mission. We all play a vital role in energising a greener, fairer future.
An opportunity to play your part – Step into the future of smart energy with Hive, the UK's premier smart heating brand! We're on a mission to revolutionise home energy management, enabling millions to optimise their energy usage while slashing carbon emissions and costs. As we embrace the Net Zero challenge, Hive is at the vanguard, driving change with cutting-edge products like our new Hive Solar Panels.
Our digital landscape is evolving rapidly, with our website drawing in countless users each year. We're not just adapting; we're leading the charge with fresh, market-ready methods, powered by our CRM's latest tech overhaul. This pivotal role is all about crafting ground-breaking sales strategies and overseeing major projects that synergize the digital experience from front to back.
Join us as a Digital Product Owner on the Hive website squad, where your zest and expertise will fuel our journey towards a greener, smarter world. You'll be the catalyst for impactful solutions that benefit our customers and our planet, propelling Hive's growth and innovation in the smart energy domain. Let's shape the future together!
Location: UK (talk to us about flexible working)
The day to day –
- Spearhead the transformation of strategic roadmaps into actionable quarterly plans, championing the scrum team's backlog with dynamic leadership.
- Forge strong partnerships with Senior Product Owners and Managers to unearth cutting-edge opportunities and understand customer desires, shaping the future of our digital landscape.
- Navigate the helm of project execution, collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver stellar products and a seamless customer journey from inception to acquisition.
- Be the voice of the Hive digital platform, articulating its vision and progress, while scouting for fresh avenues to add value for our users, team, and the enterprise.
- Take charge of orchestrating projects that enhance our website's synergy with sophisticated back-end systems, ensuring a smooth digital experience.
- Team up with solution architects to design innovative website features, leveraging our robust CRM and API infrastructure to elevate user engagement.
- Keep a pulse on the market trends, especially in our core sectors of Heating and EV, to strategically position our offerings at the forefront of the industry.
- Cultivate and nurture strong bonds with stakeholders throughout the organization, fostering a collaborative environment for growth and innovation.
About you –
- Bring a dynamic edge to digital product ownership with over two years of hands-on experience, especially in the e-commerce domain.
- Adept in Salesforce CRM & AWS, enhancing the customer journey and streamlining cloud services.
- Skilled in integrating API frameworks, adding robustness to product architecture.
- Proficient in mobile eCommerce development, delivering seamless shopping experiences on the go.
- Agile enthusiast with proficiency in tools like Jira and ADO, ensuring project fluidity and team synergy.
- Stellar communication skills, expert in tailoring complex concepts to diverse audiences, ensuring clarity and engagement.
- Innovative problem-solver, dedicated to understanding challenges and deploying effective, tool-driven solutions.
- Data aficionado, leveraging insights to drive strategic decisions and elevate product value.
- Thrives in cross-functional team environments, fostering collaboration and driving collective success.
- Experienced in crafting user stories, requirements, and acceptance criteria that pinpoint and enhance product features.
- Agile project delivery aficionado, steering teams towards efficient and adaptive workflows.
What’s in it for you –
- Competitive salary and bonus potential.
- Employee Energy Allowance at 15% of the government price cap.
- Pension scheme.
- Company Funded Healthcare Plan.
- 25 days holiday allowance, plus public holidays, and the option to buy up to 5 additional days.
- Excellent range of flexible benefits, including technology vouchers, electric car lease scheme & travel insurance.
At Centrica we embrace diversity and actively seek to attract individuals with unique backgrounds and perspectives. To build a more sustainable future, we need the best team – a team with a diverse mix of people and skills, where everyone feels welcome and able to succeed. We are dedicated in helping to close the diversity gap and would love to see more females, people of colour and LGBTQ+ employees, as well as those from a variety of cultures and ethnicity to veterans and the differently abled. Supporting diversity and inclusion is a big part of who we are, we are not looking for people to fit into our culture but to add to it!
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This role is being handled by the Centrica recruitment team and NO agency contact is required.
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What We Do
Centrica is a leading energy services and solutions provider founded on a 200-year heritage of serving people. We are the UK’s biggest retailer of zero carbon electricity, serving around 10 million customers across the UK, Ireland and Continental Europe through brands such as British Gas, supported by around 9,000 highly trained engineers and technicians. Centrica’s purpose of helping you live sustainably, simply and affordably drives our strategy and our People and Planet Plan.
