Summary: The Transformation Lead role is a contract position focused on delivering transformation expertise across high-value projects within a corporate environment in Surrey. The candidate will lead initiatives related to operating model development and organizational design, requiring a strong HR/People/Business Administration background. This position emphasizes collaboration with various stakeholders to enhance transformation capabilities and drive organizational effectiveness. The role is pivotal in aligning business strategies with transformation initiatives to ensure successful outcomes.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and support transformation initiatives aligned to the overall business strategy.
• Collaborate with business and transformation leads to develop comprehensive transformation strategies encompassing operating models, organizational structure, and people-related elements.
• Build decision-driven roadmaps to maximize value delivery.
• Identify, escalate, and manage business risks and issues proactively, ensuring transparency and timely mitigation.
• Offer expert guidance on transformation capabilities, particularly in operating model design and organizational structure.
• Share best practices and insights derived from external benchmarks.
• Drive operating model development, assess organizational effectiveness, and spearhead organizational design efforts.
• Lead initiatives that ensure alignment between organizational structure, talent, processes, and business objectives.
• Conduct organizational analyses including structure evaluation, role clarity, and establishment of decision-making frameworks.
• Evaluate organizational performance and recommend improvements where necessary.

Key Skills:

• Proven expertise in transformation scenarios such as efficiency improvements, offshoring, in-/outsourcing, and growth strategies.
• Comprehensive understanding of strategy activation, delivery methods, operating models, organizational design, people transitions, change management, workplace culture, and talent management.
• Strong capability in developing operating models, assessing organizational effectiveness, and leading organizational design projects.
• Demonstrated success managing complex transformation projects involving multiple stakeholders, tight deadlines, and competing priorities.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and engage confidently with senior leaders and broad employee groups.
• Strong sense of ownership and ability to deliver results in demanding, client-facing environments.
• Effective stakeholder management and consultancy skills, capable of building robust relationships across diverse business areas.
• Support ongoing development of transformation capabilities within the Business and People & Culture (P&C) communities.
• Enhance and maintain transformation playbooks and tools to empower internal teams.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Surrey

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other