Octopus Energy Group
1 week ago
People Operations Specialist (data & projects) M/F
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Company information
- Company
- Octopus Energy Group
- Location
- Paris (FR) Germany
- Posted
- 1 week ago
Job description
Do you want to work in a caring environment that moves fast? The 5th largest French provider in 10 years, Octopus Energy is a renewable energy provider that acts as a true spearhead for the electro-tech revolution.
How do we do it? We can't revolutionize the world by working like everyone else. We try not to take ourselves too seriously, here we operate in an environment without too many processes or rules. The most important thing is not just to follow the movement, but to create it.
We don't want to create company clones. We want you, with your unique talents, perspectives, and skills.
Do you want to join a fast-growing company with a lot of autonomy and a rather different way of doing People Ops?
Welcome to Octopus Energy France.
With us, we operate under a NoHR model: managers are the first people contact for their teams. The role of the People Ops team is to provide them with the right framework, the right tools, the right information, and the right reflexes so that they can be autonomous on a daily basis.
In this context, we are currently looking for someone solid in People Ops, capable of both building and evolving our ways of working, and contributing concretely to the team's daily operations.
The position is organized around two main areas, each representing about 50% of the role:
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Build: People projects, tools, data, automation, AI, process improvement
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Run: Personnel administration, payroll, support to managers and teams, data control and validation
This balance is obviously not fixed: depending on the news, projects, or times of the year, you may spend more time on one or the other.
What we are looking for above all is someone who likes building things without losing touch with operations.
What you will do:
1. Build: Evolve our People Ops
A significant part of your role will be to take ownership of projects that enable the People Ops team and managers to work better, more simply, and more effectively.
You will be able to:
manage People projects from end to end, from identifying the need to implementation
simplify and improve our processes
build and evolve our Help Hub and documentation
build useful dashboards and reports for management: consolidate and better leverage data from our various tools
automate certain controls, reports, or repetitive tasks
identify and test simple use cases around AI and automation
participate in Group projects with Octopus teams based in the UK and elsewhere
support managers in adopting new tools or new ways of working
We are looking for someone who likes to start with a need that is sometimes still a bit vague, understand it, structure it, and arrive at a concrete solution.
Data and AI are tools for the benefit of People Ops and teams, not an end in themselves. We are therefore looking for neither a pure Data Analyst nor a tech profile, but someone who knows how to use them to solve operational problems.
2. Run: Contribute to the team's daily operations
The other half of the job consists of being fully involved in day-to-day People Ops.
Depending on the team's needs, you may be involved in:
personnel administration: contracts, amendments, movements, absences, terminations…
payroll preparation and control
control and consistency of data between our different tools
questions from managers and employees
monitoring and resolving operational issues
supporting the team during periods of high activity or when an urgent issue arises
The idea is not for you to specialize in administration or payroll. However, you must be comfortable getting your hands dirty, understanding the issues, and providing support to the team when necessary.
With us, the run is also an important source for the build: it is often by facing daily irritants that we identify what needs to be simplified, automated, or rethought.
This position is for you if:
you have a very good level of spoken English (minimum B2-C1), essential for working with Octopus teams internationally
you have already worked in a start-up / scale-up environment, where you need to navigate ambiguity, adapt quickly, and move forward without everything being perfectly defined
you are comfortable with People Ops run: personnel administration, payroll, data control, support to managers and teams
you are comfortable with data and know how to use it to validate, analyze, and better manage
you have already managed People and/or tool projects, from defining the need to implementation
you are very comfortable with Google Sheets / Excel and, more broadly, with a digital work environment: Google Workspace, Slack, MacBook…
you are pragmatic: you look for simple, useful, and truly usable solutions
you are autonomous, comfortable in a fast-moving environment, and able to prioritize between foundational projects and more urgent operational issues
Conversely, it is not for you if...
To be transparent, this position will probably not suit someone who is looking for:
a pure Data Analyst / People Analyst position
a role solely focused on projects, without the desire to contribute to the run
a position mainly focused on payroll or personnel administration
a purely technical position
a very strategic or management role, far from daily operations
We are looking for someone versatile and solid in People Ops, who can just as easily spend a morning advancing a tool or data project as an afternoon helping the team with payroll, a data inconsistency, or a manager's query.
Why you'll love working with us?
You've seen the salary or the range planned for this position but would like to discuss it? Ask us! During our first contact, this is a point we always address, because even if we take care to define the fairest possible scales, it also seems important to us to match your experience to the right salary. We will have the opportunity to tell you more about how we defined the salary and about the other benefits you can enjoy if you join us! Finally, know that we can have a certain degree of flexibility, as we would never want the salary to be a reason for someone not to apply to Octopus - what is most important to us is finding the right Octofit!
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 well 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 projects that innovate. Profit-sharing, flex-office, excellent health insurance, soft mobility package, coverage of part of your transport pass beyond the legal minimum, and even special leave days to invest in a community project that is important to you… We want your commitment to be rewarded with benefits that truly matter to you!
At Octopus, we look for people who are fundamentally caring and empathetic. 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.
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