Talent Partner

Qualifications

• Experience in sourcing is a must - we're always innovating on ways we can engage with talent now and for future pipelines
• You'll need to know how to screen the best talent - including being comfortable meeting candidates virtually at phone screen to really assess a good cultural fit
• Experience recruiting across either tech, finance or investment roles in a fast moving business would be a big bonus - or other mid to senior level roles
• You love to work with all kinds of people - you've got no functional shoulder pads - it's not 'my team versus other teams', it's 'we're all working together to change the energy system globally, and I'll lend anyone a hand'
• You'll need to interview candidates, so previous experience screening and assessing candidates across a variety of roles for both hard skills and cultural qualities is needed

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.

We now serve over 10 million customers globally, are present in over 30 countries and manage a £7 billion portfolio of renewable energy assets. At Octopus, we prioritise generalists over specialists because our growth isn't limited to just one sector. We built Kraken into a £10B SaaS powerhouse, and we are scaling ventures across Tech, Flexibility and Smart Heating among others.

As we enter this next phase, you'll hire the world‑class talent needed in technology teams across our Octopus ecosystem. Like everything here, we'll need help hiring impactful roles across our group including, for example, our Generation business that manages renewable energy assets. This is a hands‑on role where you'll hire across a wide range of teams and roles, working closely with hiring managers and our brilliant Talent team.

We're collaborative, always looking to improve how we work, and focused on creating a great experience for all candidates and hiring teams.

• Source, screen and progress candidates through the interview pipelines – everything we do at Octopus is end to end
• Review CVs of direct applications as well as build proactive sourcing strategies to identify passive candidates e.g. Linked In headhunting, our ATS Lever, boolean searching, networking, events etc
• Interview candidates putting culture fit at the heart of your process
• Utilise metaview and virtual screening calls over phone screenings where it makes sense; partner closely with senior stakeholders/hiring managers
• Build great relationships with all candidates (including unsuccessful ones) – always putting them at the centre of everything we do. We proudly have a 4.1 candidate experience score and candidate love is at the heart of our talent team.
• Constantly provide an amazing candidate experience and look to always improve this across the team
• Work collaboratively across the wider Talent team
• Take a consultative approach to recruitment – focusing on speed, quality and diversity. Jump in whenever recruitment help is needed for other entities – 'not my job' isn't in our vocabulary
• There is always the opportunity to get involved with collaborative talent initiatives around the world