Change Manager

We are looking for an experienced, hands-on Change Manager to support the integration of a company. This is a programme-level role with responsibility for the people, readiness and adoption agenda across multiple workstreams. You will help teams understand what is changing, assess impacts, define success measures and ensure changes are effectively embedded into business as usual. You will need to balance workstream-level detail with the wider programme view, connecting dependencies and providing leadership with clear visibility of readiness, adoption and people risks. Key Responsibilities:

• Lead change impact and readiness assessments across multiple workstreams.
• Define change outcomes, success measures and ownership for business-as-usual.
• Identify people, process, technology and behavioural impacts and translate them into practical actions.
• Develop and coordinate change interventions, including communications, stakeholder engagement, training, manager support, FAQs, job aids and hypercare.
• Track readiness, adoption, risks, dependencies and emerging themes across the programme.
• Work closely with programme leadership, project managers, Communications, Learning, People teams and business stakeholders.
• Leverage existing organisational processes, tools, materials and expertise wherever possible.
• Measure adoption and ensure new processes, systems and ways of working are effectively embedded.
• Provide programme leadership with a clear view of people impact, readiness, adoption and key risks. Experience & Skills We are looking for someone with:
• Strong hands-on Change Management experience within complex transformation or integration programmes.
• Experience across M&A, post-merger integration, operating model, technology, ERP, process or organisational transformation.
• Ability to work effectively across multiple workstreams and connect dependencies.
• Experience conducting change impact and readiness assessments and turning findings into practical actions.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, including experience working with senior leaders and business teams.
• Experience measuring adoption and embedding change into business as usual.
• Excellent communication and writing skills, with the ability to make complex topics simple and actionable.
• A pragmatic, adaptable and delivery-focused approach.
• Experience in complex environments where multiple changes and priorities are evolving simultaneously would be particularly valuable. Role is an initial 6 month contract, £650 - £750 per day (Inside IR35/Umbrella), Hybrid split of time in the office and remote. Interested? Apply and let's talk!