Head of Solar Business Unit H/F

We are currently around fifty employees and aim for €10 million in revenue by 2027, which will place us among the market leaders. The goal moving forward: that every customer who wants to equip themselves thinks of us first, because we are the benchmark for the quality of support and products we sell.

To achieve this goal, we are structuring ourselves into three Business Units (BUs):

• The Solar BU remains our historical activity and our core business: sales and installation with our own installers.

• Our Certified Partners network, to support customers with work we do not offer directly (sales and installation of heat pumps in particular).

• Equipment, in order to launch products manufactured by the group, such as its Cosy heat pump, onto the French market, which we wish to offer to our Certified Partners.

Guillaume, Deputy General Manager, who launched the subsidiary, will oversee all three and is looking for the person to lead the Solar BU, our historical activity.

Your mission:

You will lead the Solar BU like a true business leader: you set the direction, you are accountable for results, and you build the organization that will enable us to scale. Your first project: ramp up installation capacity without compromising quality, while improving the BU's profitability by 2027. You will do this from the field as much as from the office.

Your responsibilities will be as follows:

You will own the vision, the BU's development strategy, and make key decisions, including:

You are the owner of the BU's figures, and you will need to:

You will develop the managers of each team so that they drive the BU's ramp-up in a growing organization:

What matters most is who you are:

Technical skills:

1. Initial conversation with Chloé, our Talent Partner in charge of this recruitment.

2. 30-minute video call with Guillaume to understand your motivations for the position.

3. In-person interview in Paris or Lille with Guillaume and potentially a discussion with a member of the Octopus France Executive Committee.

Why you'll love working for us?

Do you want to know the salary? Ask us! During our first contact, we always discuss this, because even though we take care to define the fairest possible salary scales, it is also important for us to match your experience with the right salary. We will have the opportunity to tell you more about how we determined the salary and about the other benefits you will enjoy if you join us! Finally, know that we can have a certain degree of flexibility, as we would never want salary to be a reason for someone not to apply to Octopus – what is most important to us is finding the right Octo-fit!

Certified since 2024 and 4th in 2025, Octopus Energy France is ranked 1st out of over 200 companies in the Great Place to Work 2026 ranking! This reflects our commitment to a fulfilling work environment!

We are an organization where people learn, decide, and build faster. Where they work autonomously, with extraordinary people, on innovative projects. Profit-sharing, flex-office, excellent health insurance, sustainable mobility allowance, coverage of part of your transport pass beyond the legal minimum, and even special leave days to invest in a cause you care about... We want your investment to be rewarded with benefits that truly matter to you!

At Octopus, we seek fundamentally kind and empathetic individuals. Equal opportunities are important to us, and we strive to provide an inclusive and equitable work environment. We invite you to apply, regardless of your age, gender, marital status, color, disability, pregnancy or parenthood, origin, religious beliefs, or sexual orientation.