Business Change Manager

The Gambling Commission; Birmingham; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 59,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Civil Service Pension

Holiday entitlement

Holiday purchase scheme

Flexible working

Office near Birmingham New Street

Job summary

The Gambling Commission is seeking a Business Change Manager to lead change activities across a portfolio of projects. You will provide leadership, develop standards, and engage stakeholders to ensure smooth adoption of changes and realisation of benefits.

Hybrid role based in Birmingham with a fixed-term contract for two years. Competitive civil service pension, holiday entitlement, and flexible working options are offered.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading business change from design through to implementation.
• Ability to assess and manage the impact of change on people, processes and technology.
• Ability to influence senior leaders, programme teams and other stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Provide visible leadership for business change activities across projects.
• Develop and promote standards for change management methods and tools.
• Build networks and assess stakeholder impact to improve adoption of change.
• Lead the creation of required Business Change products for projects.
• Ensure change plans align with overall project plan and benefits tracking.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Change management

Leadership

Education

APM / Prince2 / Agile certification

Job description

Location: Hybrid working – Birmingham office at least 1 day per week

Contract: Fixed-term contract for 2 years for a short-term piece of work

Hours: Full-time (37 hours per week)

Salary: £54,690 per annum

Business Change Manager

The role:

The Business Change Manager will play a key role in proactively preparing the business for the impact of the changes, providing a bridge between our key programmes of work and the business to ensure that activities are planned and completed to enable the business to implement the agreed change and realise the business benefits.

This role works across a complex portfolio of programmes and projects, and the post holder will need to provide leadership, coordination and expertise to help the organisation understand, prepare for, adopt and embed change.

Our offer to you:

• Civil Service Pension, with 28.97% employer contribution
• 26 days’ holiday, rising to 29 days after two years’ service (pro rata)
• Holiday purchase scheme (option to buy up to five extra days’ annual leave)
• Flexible working & family friendly policies
• Ergonomic, fully accessible office, very close to Birmingham New Street Station
• Open, collaborative and people focused culture
• Recognised by the Sunday Times Best Places to Work awards 2026

Your responsibilities:

• Provide visible and effective leadership, leading the business change management activity and working with project managers to deliver the business case benefits and outcomes.
• Develop clear vision and standards and champion the use of best practice business change management standards, tools and processes.
• Build strong networks, both internally and externally, assessing and understanding the impact on stakeholders to improve the likelihood of their adoption of the change.
• Lead the change management elements of the business case.
• Lead the creation of the required Business Change products for the project.
• Lead engagement with key contacts.
• Ensure products are used appropriately by the Project team and/or the wider organisation.
• Establish and maintain the change plan for the project and provide input into the overall Project Plan.
• Identify, qualify, and update the business readiness criteria before implementation. Reporting on the tracking of these to 'approve/refuse' go-live to the Project Leadership team.
• Work in partnership with stakeholders to plan benefits realisation as part of all Business Change activities.
• Lead Business Change messaging, working closely with the Communications team providing content for communications relating to Business Change across projects or programmes.
• Identify, classify, and update stakeholder engagement plans. Lead stakeholder engagement on projects or programmes to ensure it meets Business Change requirements.
• Provide direction and guidance to the team and support the development of others.
• Lead Business Change activities across the project.
• Follow the Gambling Commission’s portfolio and project delivery frameworks and contribute towards its continuous improvement.

What we’re looking for:

Essential criteria:

• Relevant project management qualification (APM, Prince 2, Agile).
• Significant experience of leading and managing business change from design through to implementation to business as usual in a programme delivery environment.
• Ability to assess and manage the impact of change, understanding how change will affect people, process, services, roles, technology and ways of working.
• Ability to build relationships and influence senior leaders, programme and project teams, operational colleagues and other stakeholders, with the ability to engage them with change.
• Experience of developing and delivering business change approaches, plans, interventions and the realisation of programme benefits to support the successful implementation and adoption of change.

About us:

The Gambling Commission is the regulatory authority responsible for overseeing and regulating gambling activities in the United Kingdom. Our primary role is to ensure that gambling is conducted fairly, openly, and free from crime, while also protecting vulnerable individuals from harm