Head of Transformation
Posted 1 week ago by Method Resourcing Solutions Ltd
£725 Per day
Outside
Hybrid
North East England, UK
Summary: The Head of Transformation role involves leading a significant operational transformation program within a financial services organization. The position focuses on enterprise-level improvements, emphasizing efficiency, cost reduction, and operational performance. The contractor will be responsible for identifying value pools, driving transformation initiatives, and ensuring measurable outcomes. This role requires strong stakeholder management and a proven background in operational transformation leadership.
Key Responsibilities:
- Leading an enterprise-wide diagnostic to identify value pools and inefficiencies
- Building and owning a prioritised portfolio of transformation initiatives
- Driving delivery of cost optimisation, productivity improvements, and process efficiency
- Embedding modern ways of working (automation, process mining, data-led decision making)
- Working cross-functionally to deliver change across complex, regulated operations
- Partnering with senior stakeholders to challenge priorities and drive value-focused decisions
- Owning benefits realisation, ensuring measurable outcomes are delivered
Key Skills:
- Proven background in transformation/operational transformation leadership
- Strong track record of delivering quantifiable efficiency gains and cost savings
- Experience working at enterprise level across multiple business units
- Exposure to automation, AI, or data-led optimisation
- Comfortable operating in complex, regulated environments (FS preferred)
- Strong stakeholder management - able to influence and challenge at exec level
- Contractor mindset - able to deliver pace, clarity, and results quickly
Salary (Rate): £725 per day
City: North East England
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Head of Transformation l Operational Excellence l Continuous improvement l Transformation l Enterprise l Financial services l Stakeholder management l £600 - 725 PD l Outside IR35 l6 months l North East
We're supporting a financial services organisation on a major operational transformation programme and are looking for an experienced contractor to come in and identify, prioritise, and deliver real business value.
This is not a traditional CI role - this is an enterprise-level position focused on driving measurable efficiency, cost reduction, and operational performance improvements at scale.
What you'll be doing
- Leading an enterprise-wide diagnostic to identify value pools and inefficiencies
- Building and owning a prioritised portfolio of transformation initiatives
- Driving delivery of cost optimisation, productivity improvements, and process efficiency
- Embedding modern ways of working (automation, process mining, data-led decision making)
- Working cross-functionally to deliver change across complex, regulated operations
- Partnering with senior stakeholders to challenge priorities and drive value-focused decisions
- Owning benefits realisation, ensuring measurable outcomes are delivered
- Proven background in transformation/operational transformation leadership
- Strong track record of delivering quantifiable efficiency gains and cost savings
- Experience working at enterprise level across multiple business units
- Exposure to automation, AI, or data-led optimisation
- Comfortable operating in complex, regulated environments (FS preferred)
- Strong stakeholder management - able to influence and challenge at exec level
- Contractor mindset - able to deliver pace, clarity, and results quickly
Contract:
- Outside IR35
- 2-3 days a week in the North East of England
- £600-£725 per day
- 6 months contract initially
If you're interested or know anyone, then please send your CV to (see below) .
Head of Transformation l Operational Excellence l Continuous improvement l Transformation l Enterprise l Financial services l Stakeholder management l £600 - 725 PD l Outside IR35 l6 months l North East
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