Company Description

At Octopus, we’re entrepreneurs and we’re investors, on a mission to back the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. 

We think working here is great, but we’re understandably biased. Click here to explore Life at Octopus.

Job Description

What's in it for you?

This is an exciting opportunity to lead and manage our application support team, you'll have 9 direct reports, wide exposure across the Octopus Group and be responsible for driving innovation within the systems we look after.

The team:

Octopus Labs is the tech division of Octopus group. Working in our Labs team means you will be building and innovating tech solutions for a group of businesses that are genuinely improving the world around us.

What you'll be doing:

• Collaborating with relevant application system owners to improve support & communication 
• Leading & People Management of a small team 
• Senior Stakeholder engagement throughout the Octopus group 
• Working closely with the Product team to make sure end users of systems are being properly considered when changes are being made
• Managing a 3rd line support team
• Applications & Systems acceptance into production support 
• Working with Engineering & Product teams on technology roadmaps 
• Monitoring of system endpoints & uptime to ensure an exceptional customer experience

Qualifications

✅ Service Delivery experience in an Enterprise environment  - experience of working alongside agile delivery teams

✅ People Management and career development experience

✅ Experience managing third line technical support teams

✅ Technical documentation creation experience 

✅ ITIL framework & ITSM experience  

✅ Experience of incident management

✅ Thorough understanding of Product & Software lifecycle 

✅ Basic understanding of Azure environments and technical principles such as APIs, and messaging

We encourage you to apply even if you don’t tick every box. What’s the worst that can happen?  

This role will evolve as we grow and develop. So, if you are looking for a challenge in a fast-paced and dynamic business, we can deliver on that.  

Additional Information

What we offer

💰 A competitive salary, bonus, pension and share incentive plan 
✈️ Untracked holiday 
🏡 Hybrid working –  most of our people spend 3 days a week in the office 
⚓ Anchor (our wellness hub) which includes Headspace, one to one coaching through Wellness Cloud, Digital GP, Shout & more 
👪 Up to 6 months paid parental leave regardless of gender 
❤️ Life insurance, critical illness cover and income protection 
🏥 Private medical insurance for you and your family 
🚗 Electric vehicle leasing 
🌍 The option to work overseas up to a month per year 

Our Values 
At our core, we believe that how a company behaves is just as important as what it does. That’s why we chose to become an accredited B Corp (the equivalent of a Fairtrade coffee stamp but for companies) and to change our Articles of Association so that the interests all our stakeholders – employees, customers, communities, environment and shareholders – are considered in every decision we make.   

We’re committed to creating a diverse and inclusive employee experience for all. We promote equal opportunities for growth and development regardless of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, age, disability, or socio-economic background. We believe strongly that teams are at their best when every member of the team feels safe to bring their whole self to work.  

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