Change Management Lead - Strategic Transformation

ADNOC Abu Dhabi UAE; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 420,000 - 660,000; Full time

Job summary

ADNOC Group in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates seeks a Change Management Lead - Strategic Transformation to lead change activities across strategic transformation programs. You will help employees, leaders, and stakeholders prepare for and adopt new processes, systems, and ways of working.

The role involves managing resistance, aligning business units, communicating change effectively, and tracking adoption beyond project implementation across enterprise initiatives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with at least 10 years of relevant experience.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, relationship-building, and influencing skills.
• Effective communication and change storytelling in complex, evolving environments.
• Ability to apply structured change management methodologies such as ADKAR.
• Confidence working with senior leaders and employees across different business units.
• Data-driven approach to measuring readiness, adoption, and transformation outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Plan and execute change management activities for organizational transformation programs.
• Assess change impacts, stakeholder needs, and organizational readiness across assigned initiatives.
• Engage senior leaders, employees, and transformation teams to build trust and support for change.
• Address resistance and align multiple business units around shared transformation objectives.
• Coordinate communication and engagement activities across concurrent initiatives.
• Apply structured change management approaches, including ADKAR, to support adoption.
• Establish and monitor change KPIs, readiness indicators, adoption measures, and business outcomes.
• Reinforce behavioral and process changes after project go-live to support lasting benefits.

Skills

Stakeholder engagement

Influencing skills

Change storytelling

ADKAR

Leadership with senior leaders

Data-driven

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Job Snapshot

• Role: Change Management Lead - Strategic Transformation
• Location: Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
• Industry: Oil and Energy
• Function: Business-Strategic Management
• Experience: Minimum 10 years of relevant experience
• Job Type: Full Time Position Overview ADNOC Group is seeking a Change Management Lead - Strategic Transformation in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to lead change activities across strategic transformation programs and organizational initiatives. The role helps employees, leaders, and stakeholders prepare for and adopt new processes, systems, and ways of working. It involves managing resistance, aligning business units, communicating change effectively, and tracking adoption beyond project implementation.

Job Details

• Country: United Arab Emirates
• City: Abu Dhabi
• Industry: Oil and Energy
• Function: Business-Strategic Management
• Salary: Not disclosed
• Gender: No Preference
• Candidate Nationality: Not specified
• Job Type: Full Time
• Work Arrangement: On-site

Key Responsibilities

• Plan and execute change management activities for organizational transformation programs.
• Assess change impacts, stakeholder needs, and organizational readiness across assigned initiatives.
• Engage senior leaders, employees, and transformation teams to build trust and support for change.
• Address resistance and align multiple business units around shared transformation objectives.
• Coordinate communication and engagement activities across concurrent initiatives.
• Apply structured change management approaches, including ADKAR, to support adoption.
• Establish and monitor change KPIs, readiness indicators, adoption measures, and business outcomes.
• Reinforce behavioral and process changes after project go-live to support lasting benefits.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor 's degree with at least 10 years of relevant experience.
• Strong stakeholder engagement, relationship-building, and influencing skills.
• Effective communication and change storytelling in complex, evolving environments.
• Ability to apply structured change management methodologies such as ADKAR.
• Confidence working with senior leaders and employees across different business units.
• Data-driven approach to measuring readiness, adoption, and transformation outcomes.

Expected Deliverables

First 6 Months

• Establish working relationships with key stakeholders and transformation teams.
• Complete change impact and stakeholder assessments for assigned initiatives.
• Develop and begin executing comprehensive change management plans.
• Deliver communication and engagement activities aligned with project milestones.
• Establish change KPIs, adoption metrics, and reporting mechanisms.

Within 12 Months

• Demonstrate measurable improvements in adoption and organizational readiness.
• Lead enterprise-wide change interventions for major transformation programs.
• Establish a structured network of change champions.
• Improve organizational change capability through toolkits, training, and governance.
• Support benefits realization through sustained behavioral and process adoption.
• Establish consistent change management standards and practices across the transformation portfolio.