We are seeking an experienced Business Change and Readiness Manager to support a major Cyber Uplift programme. This role will be responsible for driving awareness, engagement, readiness, and adoption of cyber-related changes across the organisation, ensuring stakeholders understand what is changing, why it matters, and how it impacts them.
Location: UB7 0GB (Hybrid, 1-2 days onsite per week)
Contract: 3 months
Day Rate: Competitive daily rate (inside IR35)
This is an excellent opportunity for a proactive change professional who can influence stakeholders at all levels, develop effective communication strategies, and ensure successful adoption of programme outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Own and drive the programme-level change management approach, ensuring consistency across initiatives.
- Assess and manage organisational change impacts across multiple stakeholder groups.
- Develop and deliver communication, engagement, and awareness campaigns.
- Plan and coordinate training and readiness activities ahead of project releases.
- Support senior leaders with change messaging and stakeholder engagement.
- Monitor adoption, engagement, and feedback post-implementation.
- Ensure alignment with established change management frameworks and governance.
- Deliver the right level of communication, avoiding both under and over-communication.
- Act as the voice of the programme across the wider organisation.
- Scale change activities appropriately based on project complexity and impact.
- Manage and prioritise change activities across multiple workstreams.
- Ensure consistent messaging across projects and stakeholder groups.
- Partner with delivery teams to shape and implement effective change strategies.
- Capture user feedback and measure change effectiveness to drive continuous improvement.
Skills & Experience
- Proven experience delivering organisational change initiatives within large-scale programmes.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Experience developing communication, engagement, and training plans.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong understanding of change management principles, methodologies, and best practices.
- Experience working on cyber, technology, digital transformation, or business change programmes is highly desirable.
Personal Attributes
- People-focused and empathetic approach.
- Proactive and solutions-oriented mindset.
- Confident communicator who can engage audiences at all levels.
- Ability to simplify complex messages and make them relevant to different stakeholder groups.
- Strong collaboration and relationship-building skills.
Success in this Role
- Stakeholders clearly understand upcoming changes and their benefits.
- Users feel informed, prepared, and supported throughout the transition.
- Feedback is actively captured and incorporated into future improvements.
- Change initiatives are delivered in a coordinated and consistent manner, resulting in strong adoption across the organisation.
If you are an experienced Business Change and Readiness Manager looking for an exciting short-term contract within a high-profile cyber transformation programme, we'd love to hear from you.