Business Change Manager

CANCER RESEARCH UK; London; Hybrid; GBP 40,000 - 44,000; Full time

Job summary

Cancer Research UK is seeking a Business Change Manager to lead change management for new marketing technology systems. The role involves developing strategic plans, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring successful adoption of changes. Join a mission-driven team focused on making a difference in cancer research.

Benefits

Generous benefits package

Flexible leave allowance

Discounts on travel and technology

Gym membership

Qualifications

• Experience delivering change management plans for new technology systems.
• Proven track record managing the people side of change.
• Experience in large digital transformation programmes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and deliver a strategic change management plan.
• Conduct change impact and readiness assessments.
• Engage with key stakeholders to deliver change.

Skills

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Communication

Problem-solving

Job description

BUSINESS CHANGE MANAGER

Salary: £40,000 - £44,000 per annum

Reports to: Head of ETP Business Transformation

Department: Marketing, Fundraising & Engagement

Location: Stratford, London w/ high-flex (1 - 2 days per week in the office)

Employment type: 18 month fixed-term contract

Working hours: 35 hours per week

Closing date: Tuesday 3 June 2025, 23:5

Please note: You must be eligible to work in the UK to apply for this vacancy. Cancer Research UK is not able to offer visa sponsorship.

At Cancer Research UK, we want to bring about a world where everybody can lead longer, better lives, free from the fear of cancer.

We are professionals with purpose, beating cancer every day. But we need to go much further and much faster. That's why we're looking for someone talented, someone innovative and ambitious, someone like you.

We have an exciting opportunity for someone to join us as a Business Change Manager. We need you to help develop and deliver a strategic and joined up change management plan across a number of marketing technology system changes that we're making. In this role you'll play a critical role ensuring the charity and our people are ready for these system changes, that our people receive the training they need to use these new tools and are supported as they embed the new systems in their work.

What will I be doing?

• Supporting the Senior Business Change Manager to develop and deliver a strategic change management plan that drives sustained adoption of multiple new marketing technology systems
• Applying the Prosci ADKAR methodology throughout the change lifecycle, to deliver a consistent and best practice approach to change management
• Conducting change impact and readiness assessments to inform the change management plan and address preventable risks.
• Effectively communicating and engaging with key stakeholders to help deliver the change, whether as people managers or as system users.
• Defining creative and adaptive solutions to drive adoption and sustained system usage, to achieve planned outcomes.

What skills are we looking for?

• Experience of delivering change management plans to implement new technology systems, preferably in large digital transformation programmes
• Proven track record managing the people side of change to achieve desired results
• Experience developing, delivering, evaluating and iterating change management plans that has led to successful adoption of changes, preferably within a large organisation
• Knowledge of, and experience applying, business change principles, frameworks, tools, and techniques to achieve required outcomes and benefits (e.g. change impact & organisation readiness assessments, behavioural change mechanisms, change resistance and interventions etc)
• Demonstrable experience engaging and influencing stakeholders across diverse business areas
• Strong communication skills with the proven ability to communicate complicated information in a simple and straight forward way.

What will I gain?

Each and every one of our employees contributes to our progress and is supporting our work to beat cancer. We think that's impressive.

In return, we make sure you are supported by a generous benefits package, a wide range of career and personal development opportunities and high-quality tools, policies and processes to enable you to do your job well.

Our benefits package includes a substantial retirement plan, a generous and flexible leave allowance, discounts on anything from travel to technology, gym membership, and much more.

We don't forget people have lives outside of work too and so we actively encourage a flexible working culture.

Our work - from funding cutting-edge research to developing public policy - will change the world. It's exciting to be part of our team.

How do I apply?

We operate an anonymised shortlisting process in our commitment to equality, diversity and inclusion. CVs are required for all applications; but we won't be able to view them until we invite you for an interview. Instead, we ask you to complete the work history section of the online application form for us to be able to assess you quickly, fairly and objectively.