Entrepreneur in Residence EIR

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We are looking for passionate entrepreneurs to join us on our mission to create a zero carbon, zero bill, zero friction future for our customers. Our internal venture studio is where we turn ground-breaking ideas into reality. We're not just building ventures; we're shaping a sustainable energy future. We're seeking experienced founders who thrive on taking risks, embracing the unknown, and making a real-world impact.

Here's a taste of what you'll be doing:

• 0-1 new venture creation: Identify, validate, and develop innovative energy propositions with the potential to disrupt the energy industry

• Build and iterate experiments and roadmaps: Rapidly and learn from ideas to gather customer feedback and demonstrate traction.

• Engage with customers: Conduct customer interviews, analyse user needs, and validate product-market fit

• Develop robust business models: Define and refine business models, including conducting thorough TAM, SAM, and SOM analysis to estimate market potential.

• Manage ROI: Develop financial projections, track key metrics, and optimize ROI throughout the venture development process.

• Establish and grow strategic partnerships: Collaborate with startups, technology providers, and research institutions to accelerate development.

• Champion your vision: Present learnings and secure funding and resources to bring your ideas to market.

Are we the perfect match?:

• Early stage start-up experience: You've taken an opportunity from ideation to reality, acquiring real customers and iterating based on their feedback.

• Excellent communications, stakeholder management and matrix management skills: You understand the challenges of building something new and are passionate about creating solutions that people love and you ensure that you bring people with you on the journey.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills: You can identify market opportunities, analyse complex situations, and develop innovative solutions to overcome challenges.

• Experience with lean start-up methodologies, agile development, and human-centered design: You're familiar with rapid prototyping, user testing, and iterative development processes. You can extract feature requirements from user research and translate them into functional products.

• Roadmap expertise: You can effectively prioritise tasks, create product roadmaps, and manage competing demands to deliver results efficiently.

• Strong financial acumen, including experience with financial modeling, forecasting, and managing budgets.

• Proven ability to conduct customer research, gather insights, and translate user needs into product requirements.

• A self-starter with a bias for action and a relentless focus on achieving results.

It would be great if you had:

• Experience in the energy sector or other highly regulated industries such as healthcare or banking

• Been a founder or the first few employees of a start-up

• Experience of working with a Local Authority

• Experience of working as an innovator in a large corporate body

• Experience in pitching for funding at early stages (Seed or Series A)

We encourage you to apply if you want to lead the energy transition and make a real difference to decarbonising the UK.

Here's what else you need to know:

• Role may close earlier due to high applications.

• 12 month fixed term contract

• Competitive salary

• Location - London - E.ON Next, 47-53 Charterhouse Street, Farringdon, London, EC1M 6PB / Coventry - Westwood Way, Westwood Business Park, Coventry, CV4 8LG with travel to our other sites when required.

• Working environment: Flexible hybrid working - a blend of in the office and home working.

• While this role offers hybrid flexibility, we expect team members to be in the office as needed based on business demands. For example, you might be required to work onsite five days a week for a couple of weeks, followed by several weeks with no in-office presence at all.

• 26 days holiday plus bank holidays each year - this includes a guaranteed day off for your birthday if you want it.

• Generous pension scheme (you contribute 5%, we contribute 6%, increasing to 10% after 2 years).

• Excellent parental leave allowance.

• The chance to choose from our award-winning Flexible Benefits package which includes the option to buy up to 10 days holiday a year.

• We've exciting opportunities for everyone to develop their talent at E.ON. Our open access, inclusive talent networks provide networking, learning and development for all, building your skills, qualifications, and capabilities throughout your career.

• For all successful candidates. Due to the nature of this role your employment will be subject to a basic DBS (Disclosure Barring Service) check being carried out by ourselves via a 3rd party service provider.

We're committed to equal opportunities and actively promote a diverse and inclusive working environment, and fairness for everyone.

We realise the best people bring their energy at different times, so we're happy to talk flexible working. We offer a range of flexible working options, including full time, part time, job share, remote working and variable start and finishing times.