Business Change Manager

Birmingham Source: WhatJobs

£70,000–£100,000

An ambitious, professional services organisation is building a brand-new Integration Management Office to support an aggressive growth strategy through acquisition.

This is a rare opportunity to join at the beginning of that journey and help shape the people, culture, change and integration framework that will underpin future growth. You'll play a key role in ensuring acquired businesses transition successfully into a scalable operating model while maintaining engagement, productivity and cultural alignment.

You'll have the opportunity to influence integration strategy, establish best-practice change frameworks, engage with senior stakeholders and help build a repeatable acquisition model that will support significant organisational growth over the coming years.

Details

Salary: Competitive (dependent on experience)
Location: Hybrid working, with travel to Midlands offices and acquisition locations across the UK
Office expectation: Approximately 2 days per week in office/on-site
Opportunity to help build a newly established Integration Management Office
High visibility role working closely with senior leadership
Significant scope for long-term career growth as the integration function expands

Key Responsibilities

Develop and implement change management strategies for acquisition and integration programmes.
Lead stakeholder engagement activities across leadership teams, operational functions and newly acquired businesses.
Conduct organisational impact assessments and identify key change risks and mitigation actions.
Establish communications plans that support adoption, engagement and organisational readiness.
Drive cultural integration initiatives and support alignment of values, behaviours and ways of working.
Coordinate readiness activities ahead of key integration milestones.
Support training planning, knowledge transfer and user adoption activities.
Monitor engagement, adoption and change outcomes, providing insight and recommendations for improvement.
Produce executive-level reporting, dashboards and governance materials.
Partner with programme, project and business teams to ensure successful integration outcomes.

Requirements

Proven experience delivering business change, transformation or organisational change programmes.
Strong stakeholder management experience across multiple levels of an organisation.
Experience developing and executing structured change management approaches.
Background in business readiness, communications, training and adoption activities.
Ability to operate effectively within complex, multi-stakeholder environments.