Summary: The Change Management Office Lead will oversee the delivery of large-scale organizational changes, ensuring alignment with business objectives and effective stakeholder engagement. This role requires extensive global experience and the ability to influence key decisions while managing a change team. The position is hybrid, requiring four days on-site and one day remote, and is classified as inside IR35.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead and direct the change team to facilitate the successful delivery of changes whilst minimising impacts to operations.
• Collaborate with the Foundations Program Director to ensure appropriate governance structures, roles and responsibilities are established and that change plans are endorsed according to project governance.
• Assess the cumulative impact of change across all projects within the program to inform scheduling and resourcing decisions and identify risks to project and operational performance.
• Develop and execute the change strategy and plan, aligned with the program delivery approach, goals and culture.
• Measure and monitor change management effectiveness across the plan, adjusting plans as required.
• Manage sponsor and key stakeholder relationships to drive support for change and championship across all levels of the organisation.
• Partner with business and project stakeholders to develop strong relationships, deliver the changes, and identify, evaluate and mitigate the impact of risks during change.
• Oversee the development and delivery of clear and engaging communications in a timely manner.
• Develop change agents/networks as required to maximise communication, buy-in and adoption at all levels.

Key Skills:

• Global experience with 10+ years in delivering large and complex changes.
• Ability to engage with executives/senior stakeholders and influence key change decisions.
• Experience delivering global change programs across different time zones.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Specialised Change Management methodology certifications (e.g. PROSCI).
• Experience in delivering ERP (SAP) changes (desirable).
• Strong organisational skills including time management, attention to detail, problem solving, planning & execution, strategic and critical thinking, stakeholder management.
• Self-motivated and confident in facilitating teams and actions.
• Resilient and pragmatic.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: Oxford

Country: United Kingdom

Working Arrangements: hybrid

IR35 Status: inside IR35

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: Other