Product Design Lead (12 month FTC)

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Team: OVO Drive 

Location: Hub based! Bristol, London or Glasgow. Hybrid for all.

Salary banding: £70,830 - £90,000

Experience: Expert

Working pattern: Full-Time

Reporting to: Head of Product & Tech - OVO Drive 

Sponsorship: Unfortunately we are unable to offer sponsorship for this role.

This role in 3 words: Innovative, Collaborative, Challenging 

Top 3 qualities for this role: Creativity, Communication, Adaptability 

Where you’ll work:

Depending on the needs of your business area, we expect hub based people to be in the office at least once a week, and to go to OVO Connection events in-person. 

You’ll be assigned to the closest one of our three hub offices, Bristol, Glasgow, or London; unless your role requires field-based work. Each hub has accessible spaces to park your laptop, is designed to inspire people, help them connect and bring big ideas to life.

Everyone belongs at OVO:

At OVO, we are on a mission to solve one of humanity's biggest challenges, the climate crisis. And we know it takes all of us to change the world. That's why we need diverse people from all gender identities, ethnicities, ages, sexual orientations, life experiences and backgrounds to join us.

Teamworking for the planet:

Everything we do here spins around Plan Zero. So, naturally, the team you’ll be joining plays a gigantic role in making that happen. Here’s how:

We’ve made good progress on the UK’s path to net zero. But we can do better. Research shows that 100% renewable energy tariffs aren't actually making the grid greener. We have to go further. We need to save energy, use power at smarter times of the day and look at other ways to help our customers reduce their carbon footprint.

That’s where OVO Drive comes in, it's our dedicated electric vehicle business. We already provide hardware installations, home & public charging but we want so much more, we want to build a single app experience that covers everything an EV driver could need this role will play a huge part in that.

We work like a start up - using our entrepreneurial, OVO Way spirit to drive us forward. And we’ll be flexible about how we do it - trying new things, growing the ones that work and learning new, green skills as we go. 

This role in a nutshell:

Sitting in the OVO Drive business this role will lead the UX direction of one of OVO’s flagship products, OVO Charge. This includes ideating and designing new features and products, optimising the UX and UI to maximise performance and combining Home and Public charging experience to create one of a kind experiences in the EV industry.

Your key outputs will be: 

• Create high-quality design outputs including concepts, user journeys, wireframes, UI flows, and detailed UI designs across IOS, Android and web platforms.
• Lead a small team of Designers, providing day to day advice and support as well we guiding them through their career progression
• Accountability for timely and reliable delivery of your work and your team’s work as well as their performance. Provide direction and hands-on technical guidance to your team, making sure key processes are understood, documented, and followed.
• Present clearly design concepts and communicate your work to team members and stakeholders to ensure alignment and understanding.
• Plan independently, facilitate, and execute research activities, with the support of the design and research teams when necessary.
• Develop interactive prototypes and conduct usability research to iterate and refine designs.
• Business alignment: Work with product and engineering teams on developing team priorities based on the company’s business strategy
• Proactively contribute to and maintain design systems across all platforms (B2C and B2B) , ensuring consistency across all deliverables.
• Estimate accurately and plan your workload, assisting with prioritisation to manage deadlines effectively.
• …probably many more things we can’t even predict at this point.

You’ll be a successful Lead Product Designer at OVO Drive if you…

• Possess at least 5 years of proven experience as a Product Designer in an end-to-end role, owning projects throughout their entire lifecycle—from conception and ideation to delivery.
• Ideally have experience leading a small team of Designers
• Manage and prioritise your time, and your team’s time efficiently and autonomously
• Demonstrate solid experience in UX and UI design, showcasing impactful research and clear outcomes that have significantly improved both user experience and business objectives. 
• Experience working across a variety of digital platforms—including mobile (iOS and Android) and web—is essential. Demonstrating expertise with B2C products is required, with additional experience in B2B considered a significant plus.
• Systems thinking and ability to implement established best practices and patterns to deliver outputs of high standards and accessible, inclusive experiences.
• Ability to collaborate effectively within small, multidisciplinary teams, integrating diverse perspectives to achieve project goals. But also be familiar with corporate processes.
• EV sector experience is highly desirable but not essential.

Let’s talk about what’s in it for you:

We’ll pay you between £70,830 and £90,000 depending on your specific skills and experience. If your expectations are a little different, have a chat with us!

We keep our pay ranges broad on purpose to give us, and you, flexibility to match your experience to our zero carbon mission.

You’ll be eligible for an on-target bonus of 15%. We have one OVO bonus plan that focuses on the collective performance of our people to deliver our Plan Zero goal. 

We also offer plenty of green benefits and progressive policies to help you feel like you belong at OVO…and there’s flex pay.  It’s an extra 9% of your salary on top of your core pay to use as you like. You can take it as cash, add to your pension, or choose to spend it on a huge range of flex benefits.

Here’s a taster of what’s on offer: 

For starters, you’ll get 34 days of holiday (including bank holidays).

For your health
With benefits like a healthcare cash plan or private medical insurance depending on your career level, critical illness cover, life assurance, health assessments, and more

For your wellbeing
With gym membership, gadget, travel and cyber insurance, workplace ISA, will writing services, DNA testing, dental insurance, and more

For your lifestyle
With extra holiday buying, discount dining, culture cards, tech loans, and supporting your favourite charities with give-as-you-earn donations

For your home 
Get up to £300 off any OVO Energy plan (when you pay by Direct Debit), plus personal carbon offsetting and great discounts on smart thermostats and EV chargers

For your commute
Nab a great deal on ultra-low emission car leasing, plus our cycle to work scheme and public transport season ticket loans

Want to hear about our full range of flexible benefits and progressive people policies? Our People Team can tell you everything you need to know.

For your Belonging

To find better ways to support our people, we need to listen to each other’s experiences and find ways to build a truly inclusive and diverse workplace. As part of this, we have 8 Belonging Networks at OVO. Led by our people, for our people - so when you join OVO, you can play a part - big or small - with any of the Networks. It's up to you.

Oh, and one last thing...

We’d be thrilled if you tick off all our boxes yet we also believe it’s just as important we tick off all of yours. And if you think you have most of what we’re looking for but not every single thing, go ahead and hit apply. We’d still love to hear from you!

If you have any additional requirements, there’s a space to let us know on the application form; we want to make the process as easy and comfortable for you as possible..